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Red Swanson (baseball)

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Red Swanson
Pitcher
Born: (1936-10-15) October 15, 1936 (age 88)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 10, 1955, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Last MLB appearance
September 21, 1957, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
MLB statistics
Win–loss record3–3
Earned run average4.90
Strikeouts34
Teams

Arthur Leonard "Red" Swanson (born October 15, 1936) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as a bonus baby in 1955, he spent the next two full years with the team as required by the draft rule of that time. He was assigned to the minor leagues in 1958, and continued to pitch until 1963, but never got back to the majors.

Swanson graduated from Neville High School in Monroe, Louisiana.

His father, A. L. Swanson, coached both baseball and basketball at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.

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