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A veteran reliever and one of the Bears' team captains...will lead Cal, either out of the bullpen, or as a starter...throws in the mid-to-high 80s with a slider and change-up...
AS A JUNIOR (2004): Was 3-2 with a save and a team-best 2.97 ERA...finished tied for first (with teammate Jesse Ingram) in the Pac-10 with 30 appearances...won in a start at Sacramento State Apr. 27 (1.0 inning, one strikeout)...won in a start versus San Jose State Apr. 13 (1.0 inning, one hit, one strikeout)...earned first collegiate save Mar. 20 at Arizona State (3.0 innings, no hits, no runs, four strikeouts)...threw a season-high 4.0 innings in relief versus Pacific Mar. 16 (no hits, no runs, one walk, two strikeouts)...
AS A SOPHOMORE (2003): Saw action in seven games, going 1-0 with a 5.23 ERA...had eight strikeouts in 10.3 innings...picked up the win at San Francisco Feb. 4, recording a career-high six strikeouts in 2.7 innings (three hits, two runs, one walk)...threw a season-high 3.3 innings versus San Jose State Feb. 11 (one hit, one earned run, one walk)...AS A FRESHMAN (2002): Was utilized late in the season and performed well, going 1-0 with a 5.62 ERA and recording nine strikeouts in 16.0 innings...made four appearances with two starts...picked up the win versus Oregon State May 12, throwing a career-high 6.3 innings (five hits, three runs, five walks, five strikeouts)...also started at San Francisco Apr. 30 (5.0 innings, seven hits, five runs, one walk, two strikeouts)...
HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL: At Los Gatos High School was first team all-league and first team all-county as a senior, going 8-4 with a 1.61 ERA in 83.0 innings...was listed as one of the Top 10 baseball players in Northern California in Baseball America...also played two years of varsity basketball and hockey...in the summer of 2001 played baseball in Indiana and was on a team (Haldtke's World of Baseball) that placed third at the USFAB World Series...majoring in social welfare...parents are David and Connie Swanson...born October 17, 1982 in Los Gatos, CA.
Swanson's Career Statistics
YEAR ERA G GS CG W L S IP H R ER BB SO
2002 5.62 4 2 0 1 0 0 16.0 19 12 10 9 9
2003 5.23 7 0 0 1 0 0 10.3 13 7 6 4 8
2004 2.97 30 4 0 3 2 1 39.3 39 15 13 13 24
Total 3.97 41 6 0 5 2 1 65.7 71 34 29 26 41
Career vs. the Pac-10
G W L S PCT IP H R ER BB SO HB HR ERA
vs. UA 4 0 0 0 .000 6.7 8 3 2 4 4 0 1 2.69
vs. ASU 1 0 0 1 .000 3.7 3 2 2 0 0 0 2 4.86
vs. OSU 3 1 0 0 1.000 9.3 9 5 5 5 6 0 2 4.84
vs. STAN 3 0 0 0 .000 3.7 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0.00
vs. UCLA 3 0 1 0 .000 1.0 3 4 3 2 1 0 2 27.00
vs. USC 1 0 0 0 .000 1.7 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0.00
vs. UW 1 0 0 0 .000 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00
vs. WSU 2 0 0 0 .000 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
Career Bests
Most Strikeouts: 6, Feb. 4, 2003 at San Francisco
Most Innings Pitched: 6.7, May 12, 2002 vs. Oregon State
Longest Winning Streak: 2, May 12, 2002-Feb. 24, 2004
Longest Losing Streak: One game
