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Byron
Swopes		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 210
 
Born: February 21, 1990 in USA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Slick Fielder Award 2017   
All-Star Selections 2016    2017    2019    2021    2022    2024   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 19 VIR GL   1 0 1 4 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 3
2010 20 VIR GL   2 1 1 4 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4
2011 21 VIR GL   4 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 10 10 10 4 4 4 3 4 4
2012 22 VIR GL   5 4 4 5 4 4 2 2 2 9 9 9 5 4 4 3 4 3
2013 23 VIR GL $ 100,000 6 5 6 5 4 4 2 2 2 9 8 8 5 5 5 3 4 3
2014 24 VIR GL $ 100,000 7 6 6 5 4 4 2 2 2 8 8 8 6 6 6 3 4 3
2015 25 VIR GL $ 100,000 7 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 8 8 8 6 6 6 2 3 3
2016 26 VIR GL $ 100,000 7 6 7 5 4 4 2 2 2 8 8 8 6 6 6 2 3 3
2017 27 IND VL $ 100,000 7 6 6 5 4 5 2 2 2 8 8 8 6 6 6 2 3 3
2018 28 IND VL $ 9,000,000 7 6 7 5 4 5 2 2 2 8 8 8 6 6 6 2 3 3
2019 29 IND VL $ 9,000,000 7 6 6 5 4 5 2 2 2 8 8 8 6 6 6 2 2 2
2020 30 IND VL $ 9,000,000 7 6 6 5 4 5 2 2 2 8 8 8 6 6 6 2 2 2
2021 31 IND VL $ 7,080,000 7 6 6 5 4 5 2 2 2 8 8 8 6 6 6 2 2 2
2022 32 IND VL $ 7,080,000 7 6 6 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8 6 6 6 2 2 2
2023 33 IND VL $ 7,080,000 7 6 6 5 4 5 2 2 2 8 8 8 6 6 6 2 2 2
2024 34 IND VL $ 4,780,000 7 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 8 7 7 7 6 6 2 2 2
2025 35 IND VL $ 4,780,000 7 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6 2 2 2
Min Ratings   1 0 1 4 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
Max Ratings $ 9,000,000 7 6 7 5 5 5 2 2 2 10 10 10 7 6 6 3 4 4
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2009 19 A   147 542 58 133 33 1 15 50 10 8 46 112 .245 .304 .393 .697 64.0  
2010 20 AA   54 188 19 43 4 1 11 27 5 3 12 41 .229 .275 .436 .711 23.4  
    A   108 440 55 114 26 2 21 55 6 8 34 94 .259 .312 .470 .783 62.3  
2011 21 AAA   97 394 74 93 22 2 31 68 2 5 33 62 .236 .295 .538 .833 62.6  
    AA   54 194 25 50 12 1 7 26 2 5 24 41 .258 .339 .438 .778 27.9  
2012 22 AAA   138 544 68 140 35 2 32 82 1 5 42 98 .257 .311 .506 .816 82.9  
2013 23 VIR GL 152 568 74 139 23 1 23 81 0 1 48 146 .245 .303 .410 .714 71.6 11.2
2014 24 VIR GL 158 622 81 170 32 2 20 71 0 0 43 152 .273 .320 .428 .748 79.7 15.9
2015 25 VIR GL 26 101 13 22 4 1 3 11 0 0 10 27 .218 .288 .366 .655 9.7 1.7
2016 26 VIR GL 157 603 85 189 20 0 28 92 2 1 78 149 .313 .392 .486 .878 111.4 21.0
2017 27 IND VL 152 589 96 181 27 0 33 115 0 0 75 139 .307 .384 .521 .905 110.8 22.4
2018 28 IND VL 153 573 83 153 30 0 26 85 0 1 70 161 .267 .345 .455 .801 89.2 19.4
2019 29 IND VL 138 536 99 167 35 1 28 103 0 0 71 132 .312 .390 .537 .927 105.6 20.8
2020 30 IND VL 154 632 120 194 38 3 36 110 1 0 73 198 .307 .379 .547 .926 120.3 24.4
2021 31 IND VL 153 610 134 172 31 3 38 120 0 0 91 168 .282 .374 .530 .903 115.1 20.7
2022 32 IND VL 153 599 113 183 33 0 33 111 1 0 64 144 .306 .375 .526 .901 110.2 23.7
2023 33 IND VL 156 605 82 168 34 5 24 88 0 0 67 179 .278 .353 .469 .822 96.7 17.9
2024 34 IND VL 155 603 90 182 40 1 18 86 0 0 79 164 .302 .382 .461 .843 98.7 17.0
2025 35 IND VL 154 585 82 163 24 1 19 81 1 1 77 159 .279 .365 .421 .786 88.2 15.5
13 Years Sim 1861 7226 1152 2083 371 18 329 1154 5 4 846 1918 .288 .363 .481 .844 1207.3 231.8
2 Years AAA 235 938 142 233 57 4 63 150 3 10 75 160 .248 .304 .519 .823 145.6  
2 Years AA 108 382 44 93 16 2 18 53 7 8 36 82 .243 .308 .437 .745 51.2  
2 Years A 255 982 113 247 59 3 36 105 16 16 80 206 .252 .310 .428 .737 126.3  
6 Years Minors 598 2302 299 573 132 9 117 308 26 34 191 448 .249 .307 .467 .774 323.1  
162 Game Average 629 100 181 32 1 28 100 0 0 73 166 .288 .363 .481 .844 105.1  
Career Highs 158 632 134 194 40 5 38 120 2 1 91 198 .313 .392 .547 .927 120.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Batting split data is from simmed, major league years only.
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5435 838 1529 279 15 243 844 5 3 607 1450 .281 .354 .472 .826 893.7
vs LH   1791 314 554 92 3 86 310 0 1 239 468 .309 .390 .508 .898 341.9
Home 924 3462 560 993 178 9 161 539 2 1 414 945 .287 .363 .483 .845 595.6
Away 937 3764 592 1090 193 9 168 615 3 3 432 973 .290 .363 .480 .843 640.0
RISP   1796 0 515 92 6 87 795 0 0 269 502 .287 .374 .490 .864 331.2
Pinch Hitting   59 5 16 2 0 1 6 0 0 9 15 .271 .362 .356 .718 8.3
Close/Late   768 100 218 40 3 33 117 0 0 108 199 .284 .373 .473 .845 134.4
Mar/Apr 315 1253 205 373 67 5 68 235 3 2 140 344 .298 .369 .522 .891 230.9
May 293 1123 179 339 50 1 48 185 0 1 119 279 .302 .368 .476 .844 191.0
June 298 1141 182 316 50 5 59 176 0 0 130 317 .277 .349 .485 .834 192.2
July 228 878 141 249 50 1 28 140 2 0 114 227 .284 .366 .438 .804 141.1
August 301 1134 181 314 69 3 55 163 0 1 130 304 .277 .352 .489 .840 190.7
Sep/Oct 426 1697 264 492 85 3 71 255 0 0 213 447 .290 .370 .469 .839 289.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2013 23 VIR GL C 142 138 1238.0 825 49 8 1 .991 6.35 107 33 .308 5 5.9
2014 24 VIR GL C 124 122 1087.3 641 46 6 5 .991 5.69 78 16 .205 0 4.4
2015 25 VIR GL C 17 15 140.3 86 5 1 0 .989 5.84 13 3 .231 0 0.6
2016 26 VIR GL C 154 151 1357.3 787 60 9 0 .989 5.62 138 37 .268 4 6.4
2017 27 IND VL C 148 148 1312.7 947 52 7 0 .993 6.85 98 34 .347 4 8.0
2018 28 IND VL C 151 150 1338.0 903 52 8 2 .992 6.42 100 30 .300 2 8.4
2019 29 IND VL C 134 132 1178.0 679 34 8 1 .989 5.45 87 16 .184 3 3.9
2020 30 IND VL C 151 150 1333.7 860 46 7 2 .992 6.11 101 24 .238 4 4.9
2021 31 IND VL C 151 150 1344.7 830 51 5 4 .994 5.90 85 20 .235 1 7.8
2022 32 IND VL C 145 145 1287.3 777 35 12 3 .985 5.68 88 25 .284 1 5.4
2023 33 IND VL C 145 145 1283.7 866 48 4 1 .996 6.41 89 26 .292 3 8.5
2024 34 IND VL C 142 142 1248.7 753 44 13 1 .984 5.74 92 21 .228 8 3.0
2025 35 IND VL C 150 150 1327.0 819 46 6 3 .993 5.87 101 25 .248 4 5.4
Career Totals   1754 1738 15476.6 9773 568 94 23 .991 6.01 1177 310 .263 39 72.7
Career Highs   154 151 1357.3 947 60 13 5 .996 6.85 138 37 .347 8  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2017 27 IND VL 10 37 3 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 5 14 .216 .310 .270 .580
2018 28 IND VL 9 36 6 8 2 0 2 5 0 0 4 10 .222 .300 .444 .744
2019 29 IND VL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2020 30 IND VL 5 21 4 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 6 .238 .333 .381 .714
2021 31 IND VL 13 54 7 13 3 1 3 7 0 0 4 17 .241 .288 .500 .788
2022 32 IND VL 14 64 10 18 3 0 3 14 0 0 5 19 .281 .333 .469 .802
Career Post-Season Batting 51 213 30 52 10 1 9 31 0 0 21 66 .244 .311 .427 .738
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
2016-10-.392
2019-8-.390
 Slugging Pct
2019-8-.537
2020-5-.547
2022-9-.526
 OPS
2017-6-.905
2019-5-.927
2020-5-.926
2022-9-.901
 XR
2017-10-110.8
2020-3-120.3
2021-9-115.1
 Runs
2020-3-120
2021-3-134
2022-9-113
 Hits
2020-9-194
Total Bases
2020-4-346
 Homeruns
2020-7-36
2021-5-38
 RBIs
2020-10-110
2021-10-120
 Strikeouts
2013-6-146
2014-6-152
2018-7-161
2020-1-198
2021-8-168
2023-3-179
2024-5-164
2025-10-159
CAR-12-1918
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 16)
   Gray Ink Test: 37    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 106)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 59    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  5. Peter Houle (857)
  6. Walter Bush (853)
  7. Steve Chastain (850)
  8. Carlos Martinez (844)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Durham in 2009
Traded from Durham to Pasadena on 3/2/2009
Injured on 4/17/2009 with a Broken Ribs, out for 2 weeks
Traded from Pasadena to Virginia on 4/30/2009
Injured on 9/14/2009 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
Injured on 7/7/2011 with a Broken Finger, out for 3 weeks
 
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