Greg Swindell

American baseball player (born 1965)

Baseball player

Greg Swindell

Swindell in 1987

Pitcher
Born: (1965-01-02) January 2, 1965 (age 60)
Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.

Batted: Right

Threw: Left

MLB debut
August 21, 1986, for the Cleveland Indians
Last MLB appearance
September 23, 2002, for the Arizona Diamondbacks
MLB statistics
Win–loss record| 123–122
Earned run average| 3.86
Strikeouts| 1,542
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams

* Cleveland Indians (1986–1991)
* Cincinnati Reds (1992)
* Houston Astros (1993–1996)
* Cleveland Indians (1996)
* Minnesota Twins (1997–1998)
* Boston Red Sox (1998)
* Arizona Diamondbacks (1999–2002)

Career highlights and awards

* All-Star (1989)
* World Series champion (2001)

Forest Gregory Swindell (born January 2, 1965) is an American former professional baseball player. He had a 17-year career in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher from 1986 to 2002. He played for the Cleveland Indians, Minnesota Twins and Boston Red Sox of the American League and the Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros and Arizona Diamondbacks of the National League. He was a member of the Diamondbacks team that defeated the New York Yankees to win the 2001 World Series.

## Early life

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Swindell was born on January 2, 1965, to Tonii and Harold Swindell in Fort Worth, Texas. He was the youngest of four children, two sisters Treva and Chrystie and a brother Corky

He graduated from Sharpstown High School in 1983. The previous year, led his high school team to a Texas Class 5A state championship going 14–0 on the mound with a 0.65 ERA.

## Collegiate career

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Swindell attended the University of Texas at Austin where he was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity. According to the Texas Longhorns media guide, he was one of the most decorated pitchers in school history, with a 43–8 record in 77 games and a 1.92 ERA. He made 50 starts, pitching 32 complete games and notching school records for shutouts (14) and strikeouts (501). He remains among the top 10 all-time in Longhorns history for ERA (10th), victories (3rd), innings (2nd), strikeouts (1st), appearances (4th), starts (3rd), complete games (3rd) and shutouts (1st). Swindell also had 13 career saves, which ranks sixth at UT and the top two single-season strikeout totals in UT history (204 in 1985 and 180 in 1986). He helped UT capture three straight Southwest Conference titles, post at least 51 wins during each of his three seasons, and finish second at the College World Series in 1984 and 1985.

In 1985, he had a 19–2 record and 1.67 ERA to go along with 15 complete games, six shutouts, and 204 strikeouts over 172 innings. He was named as the 1985 Baseball America National Player of the Year. He was selected a first-team All-American and All-Southwest Conference performer all three seasons and received Freshman All-America honors as well as Baseball America's Freshman of the Year Award in 1984. He also was a three time finalist for the Golden Spikes Award.

## Professional career

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Cleveland selected him in the first round of the 1986 draft. The highly touted player was brought up almost immediately in 1986 and had moderate success, going 5–2 in his rookie year that saw him pitch nine games with one being a complete game while having a 4.23 ERA. In 1987, he started the season 3-8 and then injured his elbow. ending his season after 16 appearances (15 starts) with a 5.10 ERA.

He returned in 1988 and over the next four years displayed good form on a poor-performing Indians ballclub. His record from 1988 to 1991 was 52–43, posting an earned run average below 4.00 in three of the four seasons. His best season was 1988 when he went 18–14 with a 3.20 ERA. He struck out 180 and walked only 45. The next year, he was named to the American League All-Star team.

Swindell was traded to Cincinnati after the 1991 season and spent one year with the Reds. He returned to his native Texas as a free agent in 1992 with the Astros. At that point, his effectiveness began to wane. In three and a half years, he was 30–35 with an ERA over 4.00. After another stint with Cleveland in 1996, he signed with Minnesota where he reinvented himself as a reliever.

As a relief pitcher, Swindell pitched well for the Twins and Red Sox before he signed with Arizona.[1] He was effective for the Diamondbacks and was a part of the 2001 championship squad. He faced eighteen total batters and allowed one run total through the whole postseason. In 2002, he retired from baseball after 17 seasons, finishing his career by getting only one out in four batters faced in two games of the 2002 NLDS, allowing four runs (one earned).

## Post-playing career

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In 2004, Swindell was a volunteer assistant coach at Texas State University–San Marcos. In 2005, he returned to coach his alma mater, Texas Longhorns baseball, helping the team win its sixth NCAA College World Series crown.[2]

In 2007 and 2008, Swindell served a second stint on the Texas Longhorns coaching staff, as the first base coach and helping with the pitchers.

Swindell was inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame in the class of 2008.[3]

During the 2009 Major League Baseball season, Swindell worked as a post-game analyst on Fox Sports Arizona following Arizona Diamondbacks telecast. Since 2010, he has been on Thursday morning "Talk Baseball" segments on 1300 the zone (KVET-AM).[4]

Since 2016, Swindell has served as the TV analyst for the Texas Longhorns on Longhorn Network.[5]

## Personal life

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Swindell and his wife Sarah have four children; three daughters, Hayley, Brenna, and Sophia, and a son, Dawson.

## References

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1. ^ "D-backs sign Swindell to $5.7 million, 3-year deal". Kingman Daily Miner. AP. November 12, 1998. p. 7A.
2. ^ Coaching Profile Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine texassports.com (accessed August 17, 2010)
3. ^ Third College Baseball Hall of Fame Class Announced Archived 2010-10-24 at the Wayback Machine collegebaseballfoundation.org, December 18, 2009 (accessed August 17, 2010)
4. ^ "AM 1300 THE ZONE - the Longhorn Station - Austin, Texas". Archived from the original on October 17, 2008. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
5. ^ Volner, Derek (February 10, 2016). "Longhorn Network: Home of Texas Baseball". ESPN Press Room U.S. Retrieved May 22, 2022.

## External links

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* Career statistics from MLB · ESPN · Baseball Reference · Fangraphs · Baseball Reference (Minors) · Retrosheet

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1986 Major League Baseball draft first round selections

* Jeff King
* Greg Swindell
* Matt Williams
* Kevin Brown
* Kent Mercker
* Gary Sheffield
* Brad Brink
* Patrick Lennon
* Derrick May
* Derek Parks
* Thomas Howard
* Scott Hemond
* Ryan Bowen
* Greg McMurtry
* Kevin Dean
* Roberto Hernández
* Scott Scudder
* Phil Clark
* Mike White
* Grady Hall
* Lee May, Jr.
* Lee Stevens
* Luis Alicea
* Tony Clements
* Terry Carr
* Earl Sanders
* Mike Fetters
* Daryl Green

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Cleveland Guardians first-round draft picks

* 1965: Fosse
* 1966: Curtis
* 1967: Heidemann
* 1968: Weaver
* 1969: McGrew
* 1970: Dunning
* 1971: Sloan
* 1972: Manning
* 1973: Tufts
* 1974: Brennan
* 1975: Cerone
* 1976: Glass
* 1977: Compton
* 1978: Lansford
* 1979: Bohnet
* 1980: Gruber
* 1981: Alpert
* 1982: M. Snyder
* 1983: Clark
* 1984: C. Snyder
* 1985: Pohel
* 1986: Swindell
* 1987: None
* 1988: Lewis, Nagy, Mutis
* 1989: Murray
* 1990: Costo, Hence
* 1991: Ramirez
* 1992: Shuey
* 1993: Kirkreit
* 1994: Wright
* 1995: D. Miller
* 1996: Peoples
* 1997: Drew, Fitzgerald
* 1998: Sabathia
* 1999: None
* 2000: Smith, Thompson
* 2001: Denham, Horne, Martin, Conroy
* 2002: Guthrie, Whitney, Schilling
* 2003: Aubrey, B. Snyder, A. Miller
* 2004: Sowers
* 2005: Crowe, Drennen
* 2006: Huff
* 2007: Mills
* 2008: Chisenhall
* 2009: White
* 2010: Pomeranz
* 2011: Lindor
* 2012: Naquin
* 2013: Frazier
* 2014: Zimmer, Sheffield
* 2015: Aiken
* 2016: Benson
* 2017: None
* 2018: Naylor, Hankins
* 2019: Espino
* 2020: Tucker
* 2021: Williams
* 2022: DeLauter
* 2023: Velazquez
* 2024: Bazzana

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Cleveland Guardians Opening Day starting pitchers

* Johnny Allen
* Jim Bagby Jr.
* Gary Bell
* Bill Bernhard
* Shane Bieber
* Bud Black
* Fred Blanding
* Bert Blyleven
* Clint Brown
* Tom Candiotti
* Bartolo Colón
* Stan Coveleski
* Dick Donovan
* Dennis Eckersley
* Bob Feller
* Wes Ferrell
* Wayne Garland
* Mudcat Grant
* Vean Gregg
* Mel Harder
* Steve Hargan
* Roberto Hernández
* Otto Hess
* Oral Hildebrand
* Bill Hoffer
* Willis Hudlin
* Addie Joss
* Corey Kluber
* Cliff Lee
* Bob Lemon
* Glenn Liebhardt
* Ben Lively
* Dennis Martínez
* Justin Masterson
* Sam McDowell
* Willie Mitchell
* Earl Moore
* Guy Morton
* Charles Nagy
* Gaylord Perry
* Jim Perry
* Allie Reynolds
* CC Sabathia
* Ken Schrom
* Herb Score
* Joe Shaute
* Sonny Siebert
* Al Smith
* Dan Spillner
* Sherry Smith
* Rick Sutcliffe
* Greg Swindell
* Ralph Terry
* Luis Tiant
* George Uhle
* Rick Waits
* Jake Westbrook
* Rick Wise
* Jaret Wright
* Early Wynn

* v
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* e

Arizona Diamondbacks 2001 World Series champions

4 Craig Counsell (NLCS MVP)
5 Tony Womack
9 Matt Williams
12 Steve Finley
13 Midre Cummings
16 Reggie Sanders
17 Mark Grace
20 Luis Gonzalez
22 Greg Swindell
25 David Dellucci
26 Damian Miller
28 Greg Colbrunn
29 Danny Bautista
32 Albie Lopez
33 Jay Bell
34 Brian Anderson
36 Mike Morgan
38 Curt Schilling (World Series MVP)
40 Bobby Witt
43 Miguel Batista
44 Erubiel Durazo
48 Rod Barajas
49 Byung-hyun Kim
51 Randy Johnson (NL CYA & World Series MVP)
54 Troy Brohawn

Manager
15 Bob Brenly

Coaches
Bench Coach 3 Bob Melvin
First Base Coach 14 Eddie Rodríguez
Hitting Coach 21 Dwayne Murphy
Pitching Coach 24 Bob Welch
Third Base Coach 35 Chris Speier
Bullpen Coach 53 Glenn Sherlock

Regular season
National League Division Series
National League Championship Series

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* e

Baseball America College Player of the Year Award

* 1981: Sodders & Heaton
* 1982: Ledbetter & Oelkers
* 1983: Magadan & Schiraldi
* 1984: McDowell & Hoover
* 1985: Incaviglia & Swindell
* 1986: Close & Loynd
* 1987: Ventura & Lilliquist
* 1988: Olerud & Benes
* 1989: McDonald
* 1990: Kelly
* 1991: McCarty
* 1992: Nevin
* 1993: Kieschnick
* 1994: Varitek
* 1995: Helton
* 1996: Benson
* 1997: Drew
* 1998: Austin
* 1999: Jennings
* 2000: Teixeira
* 2001: Prior
* 2002: Greene
* 2003: Weeks
* 2004: Weaver
* 2005: Gordon
* 2006: Miller
* 2007: Price
* 2008: Posey
* 2009: Strasburg
* 2010: Rendon
* 2011: Bauer
* 2012: Zunino
* 2013: Bryant
* 2014: Reed
* 2015: Benintendi
* 2016: Lewis
* 2017: McKay
* 2018: Singer
* 2019: Rutschman
* ~~2020~~
* 2021: Kopps
* 2022: Melendez
* 2023: Skenes
* 2024: Condon
* 2025: Cholowsky & Anderson

* v
* t
* e

Collegiate Baseball Player of the Year Award

* 1984: McDowell
* 1985: Incaviglia
* 1986: Swindell
* 1987: Robinson & Ventura
* 1988: Benes
* 1989: Bryant & McDonald
* 1990: Kelly
* 1991: Jones
* 1992: Peever
* 1993: Kieschnick
* 1994: Jackson
* 1995: Helton & Kotsay
* 1996: Benson
* 1997: Drew
* 1998: Mench
* 1999: Jennings
* 2000: Bouknight
* 2001: Prior
* 2002: Greene
* 2003: Weeks
* 2004: Weaver
* 2005: Robinson
* 2006: Kulbacki & Roemer
* 2007: Price & Thomas
* 2008: Posey
* 2009: Strasburg
* 2010: Sale
* 2011: Bauer
* 2012: Petree
* 2013: Bryant
* 2014: Reed
* 2015: Benintendi
* 2016: Lauer
* 2017: McKay & Rooker
* 2018: Spillane
* 2019: Rutschman
* 2020: Gonzales
* 2021: Kopps
* 2022: Melendez
* 2023: Skenes

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1984 College Baseball All-America Team selections

* P Scott Bankhead
* P John Hoover
* P Todd Simmons
* P Greg Swindell
* P Scott Wright
* C John Marzano
* C B. J. Surhoff
* 1B Mark McGwire
* 2B Billy Bates
* 2B Bob Ralston

* 3B David Denny
* 3B Gene Larkin
* SS Barry Larkin
* SS Cory Snyder
* O Chris Gwynn
* O Shane Mack
* O Oddibe McDowell
* O Rafael Palmeiro
* DH Pete Incaviglia

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1985 College Baseball All-America Team selections

* P Jeff Brantley
* P Mike Cook
* P Scott Marrett
* P Rick Raether
* P Greg Swindell
* C B. J. Surhoff
* 1B Will Clark
* 2B Billy Bates
* 3B Jeff King

* 3B Bo Tomberlin
* SS Barry Larkin
* O Brad Bierly
* O Gary Cooper
* O Frank Fazzini
* O Pete Incaviglia
* O Mike Watters
* DH Dave Otto
* U Jim Fregosi, Jr.

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1986 College Baseball All-America Team selections

* P Richie Lewis
* P Mike Loynd
* P Rick Raether
* P Alex Sanchez
* P Greg Swindell
* C Doug Duke
* 1B Rick Bernardo
* 1B George Canale
* 2B Luis Alicea
* 2B Scott Cerny

* 3B Jeff King
* 3B Robin Ventura
* SS Matt Williams
* O Todd Azar
* O Casey Close
* O Gary Cooper
* O Thomas Howard
* DH Kevin Burdick
* DH Craig Cooper
* U Winfred Johnson

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Members of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame

Players|

* Jim Abbott
* Rusty Adkins
* Bill Almon
* Steve Arlin
* Joe Arnold
* Doug Ault
* Chris Bando
* Sal Bando
* Eddie Bane
* Alan Bannister
* Floyd Bannister
* Pete Barnes
* Lance Berkman
* Bill Bordley
* Tom Borland
* Tom Brennan
* Lou Brock
* Tim Burzette
* Joe Carter
* Rick Cerone
* Dave Chalk
* Will Clark
* Casey Close
* Ron Darling
* Rich Dauer
* Andre Dawson
* Matt DeSalvo
* John Deutsch
* Darren Dreifort
* Kirk Dressendorfer
* J. D. Drew
* Alex Fernandez
* Mike Fiore
* Terry Francona
* Eddy Furniss
* Mike Fuentes
* Nomar Garciaparra
* Ralph Garr
* Gary Gentry
* Jim Gideon
* Danny Goodwin
* Alex Gordon
* Dick Groat
* Neal Heaton
* Don Heinkel
* Todd Helton
* Al Holland
* Condredge Holloway
* Wally Hood
* Burt Hooton
* Bob Horner
* Dick Howser
* Pete Incaviglia
* Roy Lee Jackson
* Tim Jorgensen
* Mike Kelly
* Steve Kemp
* Terry Kennedy
* Brooks Kieschnick
* Mark Kotsay
* Barry Larkin
* Fred Lynn
* Dave Magadan
* Russell Martin
* Tino Martinez
* Ben McDonald
* Oddibe McDowell
* Paul Molitor
* Rick Monday
* Keith Moreland
* John Olerud
* Gregg Olson
* Tom Paciorek
* Rafael Palmeiro
* Rick Reichardt
* Ken Ritter
* Roy Smalley III
* Phil Stephenson
* Mickey Sullivan
* B. J. Surhoff
* Greg Swindell
* Derek Tatsuno
* Jason Varitek
* Robin Ventura
* Frank Viola
* Billy Wagner
* Todd Walker
* Tim Wallach
* Rickie Weeks
* Brad Wilkerson
* Dave Winfield
* Rich Wortham

Coaches|

* Bob Bennett
* Skip Bertman
* Robert Braddy
* Chuck Brayton
* Jim Brock
* Roger Cador
* Pat Casey
* Ed Cheff
* Jack Coffey
* Rod Dedeaux
* Ken Dugan
* Bibb Falk
* Ron Fraser
* Augie Garrido
* Gordie Gillespie
* Wayne Graham
* Cliff Gustafson
* Larry Hays
* Bill Holowaty
* Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones
* Wally Kincaid
* Jerry Kindall
* Robert Lee
* Danny Litwhiler
* Andy Lopez
* Demie Mainieri
* Mark Marquess
* Mike Martin
* Art Mazmanian
* Mike Metheny
* Marty Miller
* Jim Morris
* Ron Polk
* Frank Sancet
* Don Schaly
* John Scolinos
* Dick Siebert
* Lloyd Simmons
* Gene Stephenson
* Tommy Thomas
* Bob Todd
* Frank Vieira
* Gary Ward
* Bill Wilhelm
* John Winkin
* Bobby Winkles

Veteran players
(pre-1947 era)|

* Jack Barry
* Owen Carroll
* Billy Disch
* Lou Gehrig
* Christy Mathewson
* William Clarence Matthews
* Frank Quinn
* Branch Rickey
* Jackie Robinson
* Joe Sewell
* George Sisler
* Charlie Teague

Executives|

* Everett Barnes
* Dave Keilitz
* Dennis Poppe

Umpires|

* Randy Christal
* Jim Garman
* C.J. Mitchell
* Tony Thompson
* Dave Yeast

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Texas Longhorns 2005 College World Series champions

8 David Maroul (College World Series MOP)
9 Clay Van Hook
13 Drew Stubbs
30 Kenn Kasparek
31 Taylor Teagarden
44 J. B. Cox

Head Coach 16 Augie Garrido
Assistant Coaches Tom Harmon, Tom Holliday, Greg Swindell

Regular season
NCAA tournament
College World Series
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*[Lansford]: Phil Lansford
*[Alpert]: George Alpert
*[M. Snyder]: Mark Snyder
*[Pohel]: Mike Pohel
*[Hence]: Sam Hence
*[Peoples]: Danny People
*[Fitzgerald]: Jason Fitzgerald
*[Smith]: Corey Smith
*[Denham]: Dan Denham
*[Horne]: Alan Horne
*[Conroy]: Mike Conroy
*[Whitney]: Whitney
*[Schilling]: Micah Schilling
*[Drennen]: John Drennan
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