Hannah Jeter and JoAnna Garcia Swisher are just a few A-listers who’ve been wooed by Major League Baseball athletes over the years.
Garcia Swisher was acting for more than a decade before her now-husband, Nick Swisher, was drafted in 2002 by the Oakland Athletics. Two years later, Swisher made his MLB debut with the Oakland As, but it wasn’t until 2010 that he married the actress.
“He was really consistent and he was very willing to prove himself. He’s like, ‘I don’t want you to think that I’m some stereotypical athlete,’” Garcia Swisher exclusively told Us Weekly in February 2018, recalling how she fell for her husband. “He was like, ‘I’m only going to be dating you and you are the only one, and until you believe that, I’ll be here reminding you of that.’ And that just really struck me like he’s in it to win it.”
She confessed that being an athlete “wasn’t the first type of profession” she wanted in a partner. That changed when Garcia Swisher met Swisher. “I thought, ‘Wow, he’s just really refreshing and he’s really kind,’” she recalled.
Scroll down to see which celebrities have romanced baseball players over the years:
