Best Of The Oakland Athletics: Top 10 Utility Seasons
By Phil Watson
6. Nick Swisher, 2007
| Year ▾ | Age | G | PA | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 26 | 150 | 659 | 84 | 141 | 36 | 1 | 22 | 78 | 3 | 2 | 100 | 131 | .262 | .381 | .455 | .836 | 126 |
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 2/16/2014.
STARTS: 56 in CF, 46 in RF, 39 at 1B, 5 at DH
GAMES: 59 in CF, 57 in RF, 44 at 1B, 6 at DH
Nick Swisher was productive wherever he played in 2007. (This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. Attribution: Jlaff at the English language Wikipedia)
Swisher played almost every day in his final season in Oakland. It was just somewhere different almost every day.
He was fourth in the American League with nine sacrifice flies, fifth with 12 intentional walks, sixth with 100 walks and 10th with 131 strikeouts.
Swisher, a rarity as a switch-hitting left-handed thrower, was at his best in May, when he hit .333/.444/.563 in 26 games, with five homers and 23 RBI, and batted in the No. 3 spot 78 times. But he was more effective in his 50 starts batting second, with 11 homers and 28 RBI in that spot.
He was traded to the White Sox in January 2008 for Fautino De Los Santos, Gio Gonzalez and Ryan Sweeney.