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In baseball, a swingman is a pitcher who can work either as a reliever or as a starter. [3] To thrive in this role, pitchers must possess the stamina of a starter as well as the flexibility to work out of the bullpen. [4]
The transaction set up Solomon's two most successful seasons in the majors. Working as a "swing man" who shifted between starting and relieving, he won 15 games and lost nine during 1980 and 1981, with four complete games, one save, and a composite earned run average of 2.93 in 227 1 ⁄ 3 inning pitched.
Box-and-one defense – A combination defense in which four defenders play zone in a box formation and the fifth defender guards one player man-to-man. Continuity offense – pattern of movement, cuts, screens and passes that eventually leads back to the starting formation, and repeats.
It cost Stigman his place in the 1965 Twins' starting rotation, as he reverted to a swing-man role. He went 4–2 (4.37) in 33 games pitched , with eight starts and four saves out of the bullpen. However, he contributed to the Twins' 1965 American League pennant , the club's first title since it moved to Minneapolis–Saint Paul in 1961.
References 0–9 2-for-1 A strategy used within the last minute of a period or quarter, in which the team with possession times its shot to ensure that it will regain possession with enough time to shoot again before time runs out. Applicable in competitions that use a shot clock (all except NFHS in most US states). 3-and-D Any player, typically not a star, who specializes mainly in three ...
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Trotter also achieved notoriety in November 1985, when he set the world record for the longest "Tarzan swing" off the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Trotter attached a 176-foot (54 m) cable to the center span of the bridge, then moved to a point 176 feet (54 m) away, and jumped off the bridge.