Russ Swan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Russ Swan

American baseball player

Date of Birth: 03-Jan-1964

Place of Birth: Fremont, California, United States

Date of Death: 26-Apr-2006

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Russ Swan

  • Russell Howard Swan (January 3, 1964 – April 26, 2006) was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1989 through 1994 for the San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners and Cleveland Indians.Listed at 6' 4", 210 lb., Swan was a southpaw reliever usually used in the set-up role, although occasionally would be called upon to work as a closer during the 1991 and 1992 campaigns.
  • He was selected by the Giants in the ninth round of the 1986 MLB draft.On June 9, 1990, Swan took a no-hitter into the eighth inning while starting a game for Seattle against the Detroit Tigers.Following his playing retirement, Swan worked as a pitching coach at Washington State University and for the Colorado Rockies organization.On April 17, 2006, Swan was found unconscious after a fall in a stairwell in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
  • He had been found without a wallet or any identification.
  • Swan died nine days later at a hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the age of 42.

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