Dansby Swanson is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on February 11, 1994 in Kennesaw, United States. Shortstop, who was picked as the first player overall during 2015’s MLB Draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks. Later, he was transferred by the Atlanta Braves during the 2015-16 off-season.
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James Dansby Swanson (born February 11, 1994) is an American professional baseball shortstop for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). Swanson attended Vanderbilt University and played college baseball for the Vanderbilt Commodores. The Arizona Diamondbacks selected him first overall in the 2015 Major League Baseball draft, and traded him to the Braves during the 2015–16 offseason.
On December 9, 2015, the Diamondbacks traded Swanson, Ender Inciarte, and Aaron Blair to the Atlanta Braves for Shelby Miller and Gabe Speier. The Braves invited Swanson to spring training, and he was sent to the Carolina Mudcats of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League at the end of spring training. Swanson was promoted to the Mississippi Braves of the Class AA Southern League on April 30, 2016, after hitting .333/.441/.526 in 21 appearances at Carolina. On June 28, he was named to appear in the All-Star Futures Game, soon after having played the Southern League All-Star Game. On August 16, the Braves announced that Swanson would be promoted to the major leagues the next day. Upon his callup, Swanson was assigned jersey #2. On August 17, he went 2-4 in his MLB debut, including his first career hit off of Minnesota Twins pitcher Kyle Gibson. Swanson hit an inside-the-park home run against the Washington Nationals on September 6, his team’s first such home run since 2001. With the hit, Swanson followed Paul Runge as only the second Braves player to ever make an inside-the-park home run with his first career big league home run. Swanson finished the year in the majors, recording a .302 batting average, .361 on-base percentage and a .803 on-base plus slugging percentage.
The family was from Marietta, Georgia, to parents Cooter and Nancy.
