- Born
- Birth nameForest Gregory Swindell
- Height6′ 3″ (1.91 m)
- Greg Swindell is an American former Major League Baseball player, who had a 17-year career 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. With the Diamondbacks, he won the 2001 World Series against the New York Yankees.
Cleveland selected Swindell in the first round of the 1986 draft. The highly touted player was brought up almost immediately in 1986 and had moderate success. In 1987 he started the season 3-8 and then injured his elbow. He returned in 1988 and over the next four years displayed good form on a poor-performing Indians ball-club. His record from 1988-1991 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.
Greg 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. He was effective for the Diamondbacks and was a part of the 2001 championship squad. In 2002, he retired from baseball after 17 seasons.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Bazza the Beast
- Drafted as 2nd overall pick by Cleveland Indians in 1986 MLB amateur draft.
- Pitcher for Cleveland Indians (1986-1991 and 1996), Cincinnati Reds (1992), Houston Astros (1993-1996), Minnesota Twins (1997-1998), Boston Red Sox (1998) and Arizona Diamondbacks (1999-2002).
- Member of 1996 American League Central Division Champion Cleveland Indians team. Member of 1999 and 2002 National League Western Division Champion Arizona Diamondbacks teams. Member of 2001 World Series Arizona Diamondbacks team.
- Named to 1989 American League All Star Team.
- Led American League in Walks per 9 Innings Pitched (1.17) and Strikeouts to Walks (5.45) in 1991.
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