Nick Swisher (Nicholas Thompson Swisher) was born on November 25, 1980 in Columbus, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on September 3, 2004 for the Oakland Athletics. In 2005, his rookie year, he hit .236 with 21 home runs and 74 RBI. Swisher played for the Oakland Athletics for his entire 3 year career.
Scouting Report
Statistics
Batting Stats
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
2004
OAK
A
20
60
11
15
2
8
.250
.352
.417
4
0
8
11
2
0
0
0
2
2005
OAK
A
131
462
66
109
21
74
.236
.322
.446
32
1
55
110
4
0
0
3
9
2006
OAK
A
157
556
106
141
35
95
.254
.372
.493
24
2
97
152
11
2
1
7
13
2007
OAK
A
150
539
84
141
22
78
.262
.372
.455
36
1
100
131
10
1
3
12
13
Total
458
1617
267
406
80
255
.251
.361
.464
96
4
260
404
27
3
4
22
37
Fielding Stats
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
2004
OAK
A
OF
16
14
127
24
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
.889
2004
OAK
A
1B
3
2
18
19
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
2004
OAK
A
LF
12
11
98
19
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.950
2004
OAK
A
DH
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
2004
OAK
A
RF
4
3
28
5
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.714
2004
OAK
A
CF
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
2005
OAK
A
OF
121
115
1027.1
196
6
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
.990
2005
OAK
A
RF
121
115
1027.1
196
6
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
.990
2005
OAK
A
1B
21
13
119
109
10
0
10
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
2006
OAK
A
1B
90
80
700
666
42
5
56
0
0
0
0
0
.993
2006
OAK
A
DH
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
2006
OAK
A
OF
80
71
659.2
174
5
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
.984
2006
OAK
A
RF
1
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
2006
OAK
A
LF
79
71
654.2
170
5
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
.983
2006
OAK
A
CF
1
0
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
2007
OAK
A
OF
105
102
894.2
246
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.992
2007
OAK
A
CF
59
56
481
139
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.986
2007
OAK
A
RF
57
46
413.2
107
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
2007
OAK
A
1B
44
39
346.2
391
25
3
31
0
0
0
0
0
.993
2007
OAK
A
DH
6
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
Total
1B
158
134
1183.2
1185
77
8
100
0
0
0
0
0
.994
Total
LF
91
82
752.2
189
5
4
3
0
0
0
0
0
.980
Total
CF
61
56
484
142
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.986
Total
OF
322
302
2708.2
640
14
10
5
0
0
0
0
0
.985
Total
DH
10
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
Total
RF
183
164
1472
309
8
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
.988
Transactions
Selected by Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (16th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 4, 2002 - signed June 14, 2002).
Traded to the Chicago White Sox for three minor leaguers: Ryan Sweeney and Gio Gonzalez, and a player to be named later (January 3, 2008).
Trivia
He is the son of former Major Leaguer Steve Swisher.
Swisher was very close to his paternal grandmother Betty Lorraine Swisher, who raised him after his parents' divorce, and died from brain cancer in 2005.
He famously has her initials tattooed on his chest, and points at the sky after every hit to acknowledge her and has her initials inked on the knob of his bats and usually on his batting gloves or shoes.
To honor her further, he decided to grow his hair and donate it to Pantene Beautiful Lengths, a program that creates free wigs for cancer patients. On May 19, 2007, he cut his hair with assistance from his father before Oakland's game. He intimated in March 2008 that he may again be growing out his hair for the Beautiful Lengths program.
His website, nickswisher.net, is also dedicated to his grandmother.
