Moe Swigler  
Starting Pitcher | Baltimore Orioles

Pitching
His curveball is solid; he throws it better than your average starter. Swigler has to keep the ball down, especially against lefties, or he gets hit hard and often. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. Swigler also has a decent changeup. His stuff becomes less sharp as he gets into the late innings. Dating back to his days in the minors, Swigler has been more effective against righthanders than lefthanders.

Defense & Hitting
He isn't especially quick off the mound but generally fields his position adequately. Swigler doesn't make much of an attempt to combat the running game. Basestealers ran at will last year. Swigler is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Swigler has some pop in his swing.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
2000 BAL 71 78 39 33 50 44 46 51 47 57 46 0 0 57 0 0 24 0 Overhand Low Minors 1 13 43 54 226
2001 BAL 73 81 51 34 50 44 46 51 47 57 50 0 0 71 0 0 25 0 Overhand Active 0 0 9 57 268
2002 BAL 75 92 60 36 50 44 46 51 47 65 50 0 0 71 0 0 26 1 Overhand Active 0 0 0 60 305
2003 BAL 80 92 69 36 50 44 46 51 47 65 52 0 0 78 0 0 27 2 Overhand Active 0 0 0 60 332
2004 BAL 80 98 82 36 50 44 46 51 47 65 52 0 0 82 0 0 28 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 60 360
2005 BAL 84 99 85 36 50 44 46 51 47 71 53 0 0 77 0 0 29 4 Overhand Active 0 0 0 60 370
2006 BAL 89 99 85 28 50 44 46 51 47 71 53 0 0 83 0 0 30 5 Overhand Active 0 0 0 60 375
2007 BAL 88 99 85 30 50 44 46 51 47 71 53 0 0 86 0 0 31 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 60 378
2008 BAL 88 99 85 31 50 44 46 51 47 75 53 0 0 86 0 0 32 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 60 383
2009 BAL 87 99 85 31 50 44 46 51 47 77 54 0 0 86 0 0 33 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 59 384
2010 BAL 87 98 85 32 50 44 46 51 47 77 55 0 0 86 0 0 33 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 60 386
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History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.