Harry Joseph Swacina (August 22, 1881 – June 21, 1944) was a professional baseball first baseman. Nicknamed "Swats", he played four seasons in Major League Baseball between and . Career Swacina began his professional career in with the minor league Memphis Egyptians of the Southern Association. He was playing for the Peoria Distillers of the Three-I League in 1907 when he was picked up by the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was inserted as the regular first baseman in mid-September, replacing the departed Jim Nealon, and batted .200 in 26 games. Swacina returned to the Pirates in , where he split time at first base with Alan Storke and Jim Kane. In August, his contract was sold to the Louisville Colonels, and he spent the next several years back in the minor leagues, including a stint as player-manager with the Mobile Sea Gulls in . In , the creation of the Federal League offered Swacina the opportunity to return to the majors. That season, he served as the regular first baseman for the Baltimore Terrapins. In , he split the first base duties for the Terrapins with Joe Agler. When the Federal League folded after the season, Swacina again returned to the minor leagues. He continued to play professionally until , a season which he split between the Jackson Senators of the Cotton States League and the Greenville Spinners of the South Atlantic League. Sources Major League Baseball first basemen Pittsburgh Pirates players Baltimore Terrapins players Memphis Egyptians players Colorado Springs Millionaires players Decatur Commodores players Peoria Distillers players Louisville Colonels (minor league) players Rock Island Islanders players Harrisburg Senators players Mobile Sea Gulls players Newark Indians players New Orleans Pelicans (baseball) players Nashville Vols players Shreveport Gassers players Columbia Comers players Lakeland Highlanders players Charleston Pals players Augusta Tygers players Rocky Mount Tar Heels players Jackson Senators players Greenville Spinners players Minor league baseball managers Baseball players from Alabama Baseball players from St. Louis 1881 births 1944 deaths