Vernon Monroe Swartz (January 1, 1897 – January 13, 1980), nicknamed "Dazzy", was a

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. He played for the

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."Monty Swartz Statistics and History"
baseball-reference.com. Retrieved December 31, 2011. Swartz was signed by the Reds halfway through the 1920 season but did not see any action until the final game of year. He started against the

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at Redland Field on October 3, 1920. Swartz held the lead until the ninth inning when he allowed the first two batters,

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and

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, to reach second and third. When Heinie Mueller grounded the ball back to Swartz, he threw Dillhoefer out at the plate. But when the next batter, Hal Janvrin, hit another comebacker, Swartz instead made the play to first base, allowing

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to score the tying run. Swartz went on to pitch a

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, surrendering the three winning runs in the twelfth and final inning.

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