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Name	Team	Age
Sweet Swisher	Retired (1987, Age 37)	Died (2021, Age 71)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 4, Pick 57 (1971)	LF	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Earl Averill League	0	12 years (128 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B-	C	B
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
C+	B-	B-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B+	B+	C-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
A	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
D-	0	8/9/1950
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (1B)
A+ (96.7 %)	A  (91.9 %)	D  (16.0 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1971

Minors

69.00

6 / 9

7 / 11

4 / 7

9 / 11

9 / 9

10 / 10

12 / 12

57 / 69

1972

Minors

56.00

7 / 11

4 / 8

0 / 6

1 / 6

5 / 5

11 / 12

8 / 8

36 / 56

1973

Minors

52.00

2 / 6

4 / 6

4 / 8

2 / 8

6 / 9

5 / 7

8 / 8

31 / 52

1974

Minors

58.00

1 / 9

5 / 9

1 / 12

0 / 3

5 / 16

3 / 6

2 / 3

17 / 58

1975

Minors

2.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

1 / 2

1975

Majors

45.01

1 / 7

4 / 7

1 / 2

3 / 8

4 / 7

3 / 9

3 / 5

19 / 45

1976

Majors

50.14

5 / 10

3 / 8

0 / 5

3 / 8

6 / 9

2 / 4

1 / 6

20 / 50

1977

Majors

42.98

1 / 3

1 / 5

3 / 9

2 / 7

3 / 11

1 / 5

0 / 2

11 / 42

1978

Majors

37.65

0 / 2

3 / 11

0 / 3

1 / 4

2 / 5

0 / 5

1 / 7

7 / 37

1979

Majors

52.79

1 / 4

2 / 13

0 / 6

0 / 9

2 / 7

2 / 6

0 / 7

7 / 52

1980

Majors

63.83

162

134

0

0 / 11

2 / 11

0 / 7

0 / 6

2 / 7

1 / 10

0 / 11

5 / 63

1981

Majors

63.94

162

129

0

0 / 9

0 / 6

0 / 12

0 / 6

1 / 12

1 / 10

0 / 8

2 / 63

1982

Majors

64.39

162

134

0

0 / 16

0 / 4

0 / 9

1 / 7

0 / 8

1 / 6

1 / 14

3 / 64

1983

Majors

62.65

162

122

0

0 / 9

0 / 9

0 / 7

0 / 9

1 / 8

0 / 8

0 / 12

1 / 62

1984

Majors

67.58

162

119

0

-2 / 4

-3 / 9

-3 / 8

-4 / 13

-7 / 13

-1 / 9

-2 / 11

-22 / 67

1985

Majors

56.26

162

99

0

-2 / 5

-3 / 7

-3 / 10

-7 / 7

-1 / 10

-4 / 7

-1 / 10

-21 / 56

1986

Majors

26.89

162

15

0

-5 / 4

-6 / 3

-6 / 1

-6 / 7

-2 / 5

-1 / 3

-3 / 3

-29 / 26

1987

Majors

25.58

162

15

0

-6 / 6

-3 / 4

-2 / 1

-3 / 5

-6 / 1

-1 / 4

-3 / 4

-24 / 25

Total

1296

767

0

9 / 125

20 / 131

0 / 114

2 / 124

30 / 142

33 / 122

27 / 131

121 / 889

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1987-11-01	Sweet Swisher has retired from the Cincinnati Redmen
1983-07-18	A trade has been completed between the Cincinnati Rivermen and the New York Opossums. The New York Opossums receive Draft Pick - 1984 Round 2 (CIN) from the Cincinnati Rivermen in exchange for Sweet Swisher.
1979-06-06	Sweet Swisher of the New York Opossums is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1978-06-21	Sweet Swisher of the New York Opossums is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1976-09-24	Sweet Swisher of the New York Opossums is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1975-05-12	The New York Opossums have promoted Sweet Swisher to the major league team. The New York Opossums have designated Jay Parker for assignment.
1975-04-28	The New York Opossums have promoted Bill Ostergard to the major league team. The New York Opossums have sent Sweet Swisher to the minors.
1975-04-27	Sweet Swisher of the New York Opossums is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1975-04-21	The New York Opossums have renamed Park Swisher to Sweet Swisher.
1975-04-08	The New York Opossums have promoted Park Swisher to the major league team. The New York Opossums have designated Jimmy Robinson for assignment.