Red Swanson Baseball player

Arthur Leonard "Red" Swanson 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.

Personal facts

Birth dateOctober 15, 1936
Birth place
Baton Rouge Louisiana

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Baseball player

Career startSeptember 10, 1955
Career endSeptember 21, 1957
batting sideRight
former teams
Pittsburgh Pirates
position
Pitcher
teams
Pittsburgh Pirates
throwing sideRight

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