Michael Schwimer

Michael Schwimer
Michael Schwimer
Philadelphia Phillies — No. 39
Pitcher
Born: February 19, 1986 (1986-02-19) (age 25)
Fairfax, Virginia
Bats: Right Throws: Right 
MLB debut
August 21, 2011 for the Philadelphia Phillies
Career statistics
(through September 15, 2011)
Win–loss record     1–0
Earned run average     3.24
Strikeouts     10
Teams

Michael Fredarick Schwimer (born February 19, 1986) is a Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies.[1][2]

The 6' 8" closer was drafted by the Phillies in 2008, out of the University of Virginia. In his minor league career, he averaged 12.1 strikeouts per 9 innings, as he was 20–10 with a 2.51 ERA, and gave up 184 hits while striking out 313 batters in 233 innings. In August 2011, he made his debut in the major leagues.

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Personal life

Schwimer is Jewish; the last Jewish player for the Phillies was Mike Lieberthal.[3][4][5][6] He was born in Fairfax, Virginia, to Dan and Cindy Schwimer.[2] He is 6' 8", and 240 pounds.[7]

He sometimes trains with former number one ranked professional tennis player Andy Roddick in the off-season.[8]

College

Schwimer attended the University of Virginia (UVA), from which he graduated in 2008 with a degree in sociology and statistics.[9] He interned for a hedge fund while in college, and says that he would be working in that business if he were not a baseball player.[8]

He also played for the Virginia Cavaliers baseball team.[2] In 2006, Schwimer set a UVA single-season record for appearances (36), as he held batters to a .212 batting average in 60.2 innings.[2][10] In 2007, in 23 appearances he held batters to a .229 batting average.[2] In the summer of 2007, he pitched 33.1 innings for the Orleans Firebirds of the Cape Cod Baseball League, going 2–2 with 3.51 ERA.[2] He was named to the 2007 Jewish Sports Review All American Team.[4]

He was not drafted in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft, as he warned a number of interested teams as the draft approached the 10th round that he would not sign if drafted, because he would rather return to college for his senior year and attain his degree from UVA than sign for the amount of money offered in the later rounds of the draft.[11] In 2008, he was 3–1 with a 1.72 ERA and 14 saves as the closer for UVA.[11][12] His pitching repertoire included a "lively" fastball, a late-breaking "knee-buckling" slider, and a change-up.[11]

Minor leagues (2008–11)

Schwimer was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 14th round of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft, out of college.

In the minors he was a relief pitcher; primarily a closer.[7][8] Schwimer averaged 12.1 strikeouts per 9 innings in his minor league career, as he was 20–10 with a 2.51 ERA, and gave up 184 hits and 79 walks, while striking out 313 batters, in 233 innings through his August 2011 call-up to the major leagues.[7]

In 2008, he had a 1.96 ERA for the Williamsport Crosscutters of the Class A- New York-Penn League.[7] On July 7, he was named the NY-Penn League Pitcher of the Week.[1] He averaged 13.5 strikeouts per 9 innings pitched.[9]

Schwimer split 2009 between the Clearwater Threshers of the Class A+ Florida State League, for whom he had 20 saves (3rd in the league), 48 games (4th in the league), and a 2.85 ERA,[8][9] and the Reading Phillies of the Class AA Eastern League, for whom he had a 1.35 ERA in 20.0 innings.[7] Combined, in 2009 he averaged 12.4 strikeouts per 9 innings.[9]

He started 2010 with the Reading Phillies, for whom he was an Eastern League Mid-Season All Star while he earned a team-leading 11 saves with a 3.60 ERA.[1][8][9] Schwimer finished the season with the Lehigh Valley IronPigs of the Class AAA International League, with a 1.35 ERA as he held batters to a .080 batting average with runners in scoring position.[7] Combined, in 2010 he averaged 11.4 strikeouts per 9 innings.[9][13]

Schwimer began 2011 with the IronPigs. With them, he was 9–1 with a 1.88 ERA, and 10 saves.[14] He had 86 strikeouts in 67.0 innings (averaging 11.6 strikeouts per 9 innings), giving up 50 hits and stranding 15 of 21 inherited runners.[7][15][16] He sported an improved "nasty" change-up, better location of his low-90s-to-95-mph four-seam fastball, and his slider as he relied on deception and control for his strikeouts.[15][17][18][19][20] He held right-handers to a .068 batting average.[21] He was an International League mid-season All Star, and pitched in the Triple-A All-Star Game.[1][22] In July, he was named the Phillies Minor League Pitcher of the Month.[13]

Major leagues

Philadelphia Phillies (2011–present)

Schwimer was called up to the majors for the first time on August 17, 2011.[23] He became the 29th UVA player to make it to the major leagues, joining former Cavaliers Javier Lopez, Mark Reynolds, and Ryan Zimmerman currently in the big leagues.[24] After the call-up he said "You can't ask for a better situation than this. Coming to the best team in baseball as a 25-year-old kid, it's a dream come true."[15][16]

Even before he made an appearance in an official game, Schwimer appeared in the number 3 slot in a video on ESPN’s "Not Top 10 Plays" feature in late August. The video showed the 6’ 8″, 240-pounder walking across Citizens Bank Park to the Phillies bullpen wearing a pink feather boa, dangling a pink purse, and a matching pink "Hello Kitty" backpack on his back.[6][14][25] The backpack contains snacks for the team's relief pitchers, and team tradition calls for the most junior rookie pitcher to carry it to and from the bullpen.[14]

Schwimer made his major league debut on August 21, 2011, against the Washington Nationals. On his second pitch in the major leagues, he gave up a game-tying home run to Nationals second baseman Danny Espinosa. Schwimer said: "I was thinking that it can't get my better than this. And after a few pitches, I was thinking that it can't get much worse than this."[26] He retired the next eight batters, striking out four of them.[27]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Michael Schwimer Stats, Bio, Photos, Highlights". minorleaguebaseball.com. http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=543754. Retrieved August 21, 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Michael Schwimer Biography". VirginiaSports.com. http://www.virginiasports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17800&ATCLID=1134169. Retrieved August 21, 2011. 
  3. ^ Randy Miller (August 19, 2011). "Don't expect much from Phils at next trade deadline". phillyBurbs.com. http://www.phillyburbs.com/sports/phillies/don-t-expect-much-from-phils-at-next-trade-deadline/article_aa325f62-6dcc-5e91-ab67-656e73d62029.html. Retrieved August 22, 2011. 
  4. ^ a b "Matt Kamine Named to Jewish Sports Review All-America Baseball Team". CSTV. July 19, 2007. http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/stories/071907aag.html. Retrieved August 21, 2011. 
  5. ^ Ron Kaplan (August 18, 2011). "One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor". New Jersey Jewish News. http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/2011/08/18/one-mans-ceiling-is-another-mans-floor/. Retrieved August 21, 2011. 
  6. ^ a b "Newest MLB Jew: Phillies call-up reliever Michael Schwimer". Jewish Baseball News. August 17, 2011. http://www.jewishbaseballnews.com/tag/michael-schwimer/. Retrieved August 21, 2011. 
  7. ^ a b c d e f g "Michael Schwimer Minor League Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=schwim001mic. Retrieved August 21, 2011. 
  8. ^ a b c d e Ed Barkowitz (April 12, 2011). "Five Minutes with Michael Schwimer, RHP". philly.com. http://articles.philly.com/2011-04-12/sports/29410145_1_athletic-moment-free-time-lehigh-valley. Retrieved August 21, 2011. 
  9. ^ a b c d e f "Michael Schwimer Stats, Bio, Photos, Highlights". mlb.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=543754. Retrieved August 21, 2011. 
  10. ^ Rod Mackenzie (January 14, 2007). "2007 GoJackets.com Baseball Preview – UVA". scout.com. http://georgiatech.scout.com/2/609588.html. Retrieved August 22, 2011. 
  11. ^ a b c Jay Jenkins (May 15, 2008). "Schwimer takes over". Daily Progress. http://www2.dailyprogress.com/sports/cdp-sports-cavinsider/2008/may/15/schwimer_takes_over-ar-78658/. Retrieved August 22, 2011. 
  12. ^ "Michael Schwimer Baseball Stats". The Baseball Cube. http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp?P=Michael-Schwimer. Retrieved August 22, 2011. 
  13. ^ a b "Michael Schwimer patiently waiting his turn". The Morning Call. August 6, 2011. http://articles.mcall.com/2011-08-06/sports/mc-ironpigs-sunday-0806-20110806_1_major-league-scott-mathieson-drew-carpenter. Retrieved August 22, 2011. 
  14. ^ a b c Steve Bucci (August 18, 2011). "Schwimer Gets The Call, and the Backpack". Philadelphia Sports Daily. http://phillysportsdaily.com/phillies/2011/08/18/schwimer-gets-the-call-and-the-backpack/. Retrieved August 21, 2011. 
  15. ^ a b c Matt Gelb (August 18, 2011). "Phillies' Schwimer adjusting to big leagues". The Philadelphia Inquirer. http://articles.philly.com/2011-08-18/sports/29900967_1_phillies-notes-phillies-manager-michael-schwimer. Retrieved August 22, 2011. 
  16. ^ a b David Murphy (August 18, 2011). "Schwimer called up after Polanco placed on DL". Philadelphia Daily News. http://articles.philly.com/2011-08-18/sports/29900965_1_phillies-notebook-sports-hernia-roster-move. Retrieved August 22, 2011. 
  17. ^ "Phillies Officially Call Up Michael Schwimer". Philadelphia Sports Daily. August 17, 2011. http://phillysportsdaily.com/phillies/2011/08/17/phillies-officially-call-up-michael-schwimer/. Retrieved August 22, 2011. 
  18. ^ David Hale (August 18, 2011). "Howard's sore hand a mystery". The News Journal. http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20110818/SPORTS01/108180353/Howard-s-sore-hand-mystery?odyssey=mod. Retrieved August 22, 2011. 
  19. ^ Randy Miller (August 18, 2011). "Howard says hand injury isn't serious". phillyBurbs.com. http://www.phillyburbs.com/sports/phillies/howard-says-hand-injury-isn-t-serious/article_4c50a943-a112-57bf-a169-1429d0d6a609.html. Retrieved August 22, 2011. 
  20. ^ Todd Zolecki (August 18, 2011). "Schneider gets call at catcher as Ruiz rests". mlb.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110817&content_id=23348048&notebook_id=23350136&vkey=notebook_phi&c_id=phi. Retrieved August 22, 2011. 
  21. ^ John R. Finger (August 17, 2011). "Ruiz sits out after being hit by foul ball". CSN. http://www.csnphilly.com/08/17/11/Phils-Notes-Ruiz-sits-out-after-being-hi/news_phillies.html?blockID=550430&feedID=704. Retrieved August 22, 2011. 
  22. ^ "Madson logs inning of rehab work". Philadelphia Daily News. July 14, 2011. http://articles.philly.com/2011-07-14/sports/29773665_1_rehab-work-rehab-appearance-logs. Retrieved August 22, 2011. 
  23. ^ "Michael Schwimer to Make MLB Debut with Philadelphia Phillies". Virginiasports.com. August 17, 2011. http://www.virginiasports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17800&ATCLID=205244069. Retrieved August 21, 2011. 
  24. ^ "Schwimer Makes It To The Majors". Nbc29.com. August 17, 2011. http://www.nbc29.com/story/15286533/schwimer-makes-it-to-the-majors. Retrieved August 22, 2011. 
  25. ^ Mandy Housenick (August 17, 2011). "Michael Schwimer called up from Lehigh Valley to take Polanco's place on 25-man roster". Morning Call. http://articles.mcall.com/2011-08-17/sports/mc-philliesnotebook-0817-20110817_1_phillies-notebook-bastardo-gm-ruben-amaro. Retrieved August 22, 2011. 
  26. ^ Todd Zolecki (August 21, 2011). "Schwimer's big league debut bittersweet". mlb.com. http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110821&content_id=23565838&vkey=news_phi&c_id=phi. Retrieved August 22, 2011. 
  27. ^ Hagen, Paul (August 22, 2011). "Phils' bullpen a cause for alarm? Not yet". Philadelphia Daily News. http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/paul_hagen/20110822_Paul_Hagen__Phils__bullpen_a_cause_for_alarm__Not_yet.html. Retrieved August 22, 2011. 

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