Born: (1994-02-11) February 11, 1994 (age 30) Kennesaw, Georgia, U.S.
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
August 17, 2016, for the Atlanta Braves
MLB statistics (through April 5, 2024)
Batting average
.254
Home runs
126
Runs batted in
495
Teams
Atlanta Braves (2016–2022)
Chicago Cubs (2023–present)
Career highlights and awards
2× All-Star (2022, 2023)
World Series champion (2021)
2× Gold Glove Award (2022, 2023)
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing United States
Haarlem Baseball Week
2014 Haarlem
Team
James Dansby Swanson[1] (born February 11, 1994) is an American professional baseball shortstop for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Atlanta Braves. The Arizona Diamondbacks selected him first overall in the 2015 MLB Draft.
Born in Kennesaw, Georgia, to two former college athletes from Troy University, Swanson grew up supporting the Braves. He was a two-sport athlete at Marietta High School, earning the nickname "Three-point Swanson" for his basketball prowess. The Colorado Rockies selected him out of high school in the 38th round of the 2012 MLB Draft, but Swanson opted not to sign, instead playing college baseball for the Vanderbilt Commodores. He missed most of his freshman season due to injuries, but had a breakout sophomore season as Vanderbilt's starting second baseman. The Commodores won their first ever national championship that season, and Swanson was named the 2014 College World Series Most Outstanding Player. He shifted back to shortstop in 2015 and won the Brooks Wallace Award for the best collegiate baseball player at that position.
Swanson left Vanderbilt after the 2015 season to join the Diamondbacks and begin his professional baseball career. After one season in Arizona's farm system, he was traded to the Braves as part of a prospect package sent to Atlanta to acquire Shelby Miller. Swanson made his MLB debut in August 2016 and was the only Atlanta rookie named to the Braves' 2017 Opening Day roster, but he struggled both offensively and defensively and was sent back to Triple-A that July. Swanson's 2018 season was repeatedly derailed by wrist and hand injuries, and he missed a month of the 2019 season with a bruised heel. Healthy in 2020, Swanson set a career high with a .274 batting average, and his 49 runs scored were third in MLB. He followed this with a championship title in the 2021 World Series, the Braves' first since 1995.
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James DansbySwanson (born February 11, 1994) is an American professional baseball shortstop for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has...
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making it 5–1. In the top of the eighth, after three scoreless innings, DansbySwanson walked, advanced to third on a single by Soler, and scored on a sacrifice...
scheduled off day, the Cubs took an early lead off a two-run home run by DansbySwanson in the second, but Kyle Hendricks surrendered five runs in 3.2 innings...
League in Outs Above Average. After the Cubs signed free agent shortstop DansbySwanson in December 2022, it was anticipated that Hoerner would move to second...
Cincinnati Reds. The most recent teammates to accomplish the feat are DansbySwanson and Nico Hoerner, who won with the Chicago Cubs in 2023. Since 1957...
steal a base in his major league debut. Following the departure of DansbySwanson in free agency, Grissom entered the 2023 regular season with a opportunity...
the win while three relievers combined to shut out the Brewers 4–0. DansbySwanson had three hits and drove in a run in his Cub debut. April 1 – After...
the likes of Ozzie Albies and DansbySwanson. When all three were on the team, Camargo played third base, and after Swanson was promoted to the major leagues...
signing Carlos Rodón Compensation pick for the Chicago Cubs signing DansbySwanson Glaser, Kyle (March 11, 2022). "Guide To The New CBA: Draft Lottery...
by Darren O'Day, who got Paul Goldschmidt to line out to shortstop DansbySwanson. The Braves would retake the lead on a Donaldson hit by pitch, a Nick...
returned to Mississippi, playing second base alongside shortstop DansbySwanson. Upon Swanson's promotion to the major leagues, Albies remained in Mississippi...
Baseball to appear in all 162 games of the 2022 season, alongside teammate DansbySwanson, who made 162 starts. At the midseason of the 2023 season, Olson was...
including Mookie Betts, Dustin Pedroia, George Springer, Kurt Suzuki and DansbySwanson. Baseball bats are made of either hardwood or a metal alloy (typically...
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traded him and Shelby Miller to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for DansbySwanson, Ender Inciarte, and Aaron Blair. He spent 2016 with the Kane County...
19 February 2021. Rogers, Jesse (17 December 2022). "Sources: Cubs, DansbySwanson agree to 7-year, $177M deal". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on...
moves in free agency, signing all-star, reigning gold glove shortstop DansbySwanson to a 7-year, $177 million contract as well as former MVP Cody Bellinger...
women's national soccer team forward, Mallory Swanson, the wife of former Braves teammate DansbySwanson. O'Brien, David (April 9, 2016). "Atlanta Braves...
immaculate inning in Nationals history, striking out Austin Riley, DansbySwanson, and William Contreras on nine pitches.[citation needed] After the Nationals...
in to pitch the bottom of the ninth; he recorded two outs and, with DansbySwanson at second, was replaced by Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen. Rosario hit...
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