Nick Swisher
Nicolas Thompson Swisher
 
 
Born: November 25, 1980 in Columbus, OH
32 years old
Bats: B Throws: L Ht: 5'11" Wt: 210
(legend)
 Fielding Ratings(?)
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Notes:
- Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in 2002 - (Round 1 / Pick 16)
- High School: Parkersburg (Parkersburg, WV)
- College/Univ: Ohio State University (2000-2002)

Comparison

Comparison
Right Fielders
  
All Positions
 
#
Player
  
1 Bobby Abreu
1996 - 2012
RF
60.4
 
60.4
-10.6
0.0
-10.6
2 Gary Sheffield
1988 - 2009
RF
60.4
PEDa
 
80.1
-28.6
0.0
-8.9
3 Vladimir Guerrero
1996 - 2011
RF
59.9
 
59.1
-10.7
0.0
-11.6
4 Ichiro Suzuki
2001 - 2013
RF
57.9
 
47.5
4.1
0.0
-6.3
5 Brian Giles
1995 - 2009
RF
50.8
 
53.9
-9.7
0.0
-6.6
6 J.D. Drew
1998 - 2011
RF
44.9
 
37.8
2.0
0.0
-5.0
7 Magglio Ordonez
1997 - 2011
RF
38.5
PEDi
 
42.9
-11.8
0.0
-7.4
8 Alex Rios
2004 - 2013
RF
27.9
 
19.7
5.6
0.0
-2.6
9 Nick Markakis
2006 - 2013
RF
24.5
 
23.3
-3.2
0.0
-4.4
10 Shin-Soo Choo
2005 - 2013
RF
23.0
 
23.8
-3.4
0.0
-2.6
11 Jayson Werth
2002 - 2013
RF
22.4
 
19.5
-1.7
0.0
-4.6
12 Nick Swisher
2004 - 2013
RF
22.0
 
23.3
-7.0
0.0
-5.6
13 Hunter Pence
2007 - 2013
RF
21.9
 
19.5
-1.7
0.0
-4.1
14 Jose Bautista
2004 - 2013
RF
21.2
 
23.5
-4.0
0.0
-1.7
15 Jermaine Dye
1996 - 2009
RF
20.2
 
24.7
-11.4
0.0
-6.9
16 Andre Ethier
2006 - 2013
RF
16.9
 
18.1
-6.2
0.0
-5.1
17 Corey Hart
2004 - 2012
RF
16.0
 
16.1
-4.5
0.0
-4.3
18 Justin Upton
2007 - 2013
RF
15.4
 
13.7
-2.1
0.0
-3.9
19 Matt Stairs
1992 - 2011
RF
14.3
 
22.8
-17.3
0.0
-8.7
20 Michael Cuddyer
2001 - 2013
RF
14.0
 
22.8
-13.4
0.0
-4.5
21 Austin Kearns
2002 - 2013
RF
12.9
 
10.3
-1.8
0.0
-4.4
22 Jay Bruce
2008 - 2013
RF
12.6
 
10.1
-1.0
0.0
-3.4
23 Ryan Ludwick
2002 - 2013
RF
11.9
 
11.6
-3.6
0.0
-3.9
24 Nelson Cruz
2005 - 2013
RF
10.3
 
12.0
-4.9
0.0
-3.2
25 Will Venable
2008 - 2013
RF
9.3
 
6.4
0.9
0.0
-2.0
26 Matt Joyce
2008 - 2013
RF
9.2
 
10.2
-3.1
0.0
-2.1
27 Ryan Church
2004 - 2010
RF
9.1
 
5.7
1.5
0.0
-1.8
28 Jeff Francoeur
2005 - 2013
RF
8.0
 
2.5
0.3
0.0
-5.2
29 Chris Denorfia
2005 - 2013
RF
7.7
 
5.1
0.8
0.0
-1.9
30 Jody Gerut
2003 - 2010
RF
7.2
 
6.3
-0.3
0.0
-1.2
31 Jose Guillen
1997 - 2010
RF
6.2
PEDi
 
11.8
-12.9
0.0
-7.3
32 Ryan Sweeney
2006 - 2013
RF
6.2
 
5.4
-0.4
0.0
-1.2
33 Jay Gibbons
2001 - 2011
RF
5.6
PEDi
 
6.1
-4.7
0.0
-4.2
34 Nate Schierholtz
2007 - 2013
RF
4.9
 
3.8
-0.7
0.0
-1.8
35 Gabe Gross
2004 - 2010
RF
4.7
 
2.6
0.4
0.0
-1.7
36 Brad Hawpe
2004 - 2013
RF
4.6
 
11.2
-10.4
0.0
-3.8
37 Kosuke Fukudome
2008 - 2012
RF
4.0
 
4.5
-2.2
0.0
-1.7
38 Xavier Nady
2000 - 2012
RF
3.8
 
4.1
-4.3
0.0
-4.1
39 Travis Buck
2007 - 2012
RF
3.0
 
1.5
0.5
0.0
-1.0
40 Jeremy Hermida
2005 - 2012
RF
2.7
 
2.6
-2.4
0.0
-2.6
41 Brandon Moss
2007 - 2013
RF
2.0
 
2.7
-2.3
0.0
-1.7
42 Elijah Dukes
2007 - 2009
RF
1.9
 
2.3
-1.1
0.0
-0.7
43 Clete Thomas
2008 - 2013
RF
1.5
 
0.8
0.3
0.0
-0.4
44 Brett Carroll
2007 - 2012
RF
1.2
 
-0.9
1.6
0.0
-0.5
45 Emil Brown
1997 - 2009
RF
1.0
 
3.2
-4.9
0.0
-2.7
46 Steven Pearce
2007 - 2013
RF
0.2
 
-0.7
-0.3
0.0
-1.2
47 Terry Evans
2007 - 2010
RF
0.0
 
-0.2
0.1
0.0
-0.1
48 Jonathan Van Every
2008 - 2010
RF
-0.1
 
0.1
-0.2
-0.0
-0.1
49 Jeff Salazar
2006 - 2009
RF
-0.2
 
-0.1
-0.4
0.0
-0.3
50 Micah Hoffpauir
2008 - 2010
RF
-0.2
 
0.3
-1.1
0.0
-0.6
 
  Nick Swisher
2004 - 2013
RF
22.0
 
23.3
-7.0
0.0
-5.6
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