Evar Swanson

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 170lb (175cm, 77kg)

Born: October 15, 1902 in DeKalb, IL us

Died: July 17, 1973 in Galesburg, IL

Buried: Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens, Galesburg, IL

High School: DeKalb HS (DeKalb, IL)

School: Lombard College (Galesburg, IL)

Debut: April 18, 1929 (Age 26-185d, 6,882nd in major league history)
vs. STL 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1934 (Age 31-350d)
vs. CLE 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1929 season

Full Name: Ernest Evar Swanson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.7

1892

573

.303

325

RBI

170

OBP

.376

SLG

.390

OPS

.766

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1933 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1933 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	8 (7)	Apr 21	CHW		SLB	L,0-4	GF	7	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
2	9	Apr 22	CHW		CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
3	10	Apr 23	CHW		CLE	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
4	11	Apr 24	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
5	12	Apr 26	CHW		DET	L,4-6	CG	52	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	13	Apr 27	CHW		DET	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	14	Apr 28	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
8	15	Apr 29	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
9	16	Apr 30	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	17	May 1	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	18	May 4	CHW		PHA	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	19	May 7 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	20	May 7 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	21	May 8	CHW		NYY	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
15	22	May 10	CHW		NYY	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	23	May 13	CHW		WSH	L,4-5	CG	46	10.0	1	0	1	2	0
17	24	May 14 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,10-8	CG	41	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
18	25	May 14 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,9-11	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	26	May 17	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	27	May 18	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-9	CG	45	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
21	28	May 19	CHW	@	WSH	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
22	29	May 20	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	30	May 21	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	31	May 22	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	32	May 23	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	33	May 26	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	34	May 27	CHW	@	NYY	L,11-15	CG	45	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	35	May 28 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	37 (1)	May 30 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
30	38	May 30 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,8-15	GS	53	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	39	Jun 1	CHW	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	40	Jun 2	CHW	@	DET	L,1-14	CG	49	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	41	Jun 3	CHW	@	DET	W,11-6	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	42	Jun 4 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,13-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	43	Jun 4 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	44	Jun 5	CHW	@	SLB	W,14-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
37	45	Jun 6	CHW	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	46	Jun 7	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	47	Jun 8	CHW		DET	L,2-3	CG	40	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	48	Jun 9	CHW		DET	W,10-9	CG	62	14.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	49	Jun 10	CHW		DET	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	50	Jun 11 (1)	CHW		DET	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	51	Jun 11 (2)	CHW		DET	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	52	Jun 12	CHW		SLB	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	53	Jun 13	CHW		SLB	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	54	Jun 14	CHW		SLB	L,1-14	CG	49	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	55	Jun 17	CHW		NYY	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	56	Jun 18 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
49	57	Jun 18 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,5-4	GS	44	10.0	1	0	1	2	0
50	58	Jun 19	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	59	Jun 20	CHW		NYY	L,8-15	CG	52	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	60	Jun 21	CHW		WSH	L,0-9	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	61	Jun 22	CHW		WSH	L,4-11	CG	56	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
54	62	Jun 23	CHW		WSH	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	65 (2)	Jun 25 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,3-5	CG	43	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	66	Jun 26	CHW		PHA	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	67	Jun 27	CHW		PHA	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	68	Jun 28	CHW		PHA	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	69	Jun 30	CHW		BOS	L,2-4	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	70	Jul 1	CHW		BOS	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	71	Jul 3	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	72	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	73	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
64	74	Jul 5	CHW	@	CLE	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	75	Jul 7	CHW	@	PHA	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
66	76	Jul 8 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-10	CG	44	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
67	77	Jul 8 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,11-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
68	78	Jul 10 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	41	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
69	79	Jul 10 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
70	80	Jul 11	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
71	81	Jul 12	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	82	Jul 13	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
73	83	Jul 14	CHW	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	84	Jul 15	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-11	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
75	85	Jul 18	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
76	86	Jul 19	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
77	87	Jul 20	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	88	Jul 21	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-12	CG	46	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	89	Jul 22	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	90	Jul 23 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	91	Jul 23 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	92	Jul 25	CHW		CLE	L,1-2	CG	37	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
83	94 (1)	Jul 27	CHW		CLE	L,1-9	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
84	95	Jul 29	CHW		SLB	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	96	Jul 30 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,8-7	CG	0	10.0	5	1	0	6	0
86	97	Jul 30 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,15-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	98	Aug 2 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	99	Aug 2 (2)	CHW	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
89	100	Aug 4	CHW	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	43	10.2	2	0	0	2	0
90	101	Aug 5	CHW	@	SLB	L,9-10	CG	54	11.1	2	0	0	2	0
91	102	Aug 6 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	47	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	103	Aug 6 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
93	104	Aug 7	CHW	@	SLB	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	105	Aug 10	CHW		DET	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	106	Aug 11	CHW		DET	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
96	107	Aug 12	CHW		DET	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
97	108	Aug 13	CHW		DET	L,5-6	CG	71	17.0	4	0	0	4	0
98	109	Aug 15	CHW		WSH	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
99	110	Aug 16	CHW		WSH	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
100	111	Aug 17	CHW		WSH	L,1-14	CG	48	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
101	112	Aug 18	CHW		WSH	L,4-6	CG	44	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
102	113	Aug 19	CHW		NYY	W,8-7	CG	53	12.0	2	0	0	2	0
103	114	Aug 20 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,3-14	CG	51	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
104	115	Aug 20 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,3-11	CG	47	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
105	116	Aug 21	CHW		NYY	T,3-3	CG	67	18.0	4	0	0	4	0
106	117	Aug 22 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
107	118	Aug 22 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
108	119	Aug 23 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
109	120	Aug 23 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,12-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	121	Aug 24 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
111	122	Aug 24 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,7-6	CG	45	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
112	123	Aug 25	CHW		BOS	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
113	124	Aug 26	CHW		PHA	L,5-10	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
114	125	Aug 27 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
115	126	Aug 27 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,9-8	CG	48	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
116	127	Aug 28	CHW		PHA	L,5-9	CG	50	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
117	128	Aug 29	CHW		PHA	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
118	129	Aug 31	CHW		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
119	130	Sep 2	CHW		CLE	L,4-12	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
120	131	Sep 3	CHW		CLE	L,3-14	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
121	132	Sep 4 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,0-8	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
122	133	Sep 4 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
123	134	Sep 6	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
124	135	Sep 7	CHW	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
125	136	Sep 8	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-11	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
126	137	Sep 9	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-3	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
127	138	Sep 11 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
128	139	Sep 11 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
129	140	Sep 13 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
130	141	Sep 13 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
131	142	Sep 18 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
132	143	Sep 18 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
133	144	Sep 19 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-10	GS	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
134	145	Sep 19 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
135	146	Sep 20	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
136	147	Sep 23	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-5	GF	20	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
137	148	Sep 24 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-7	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
138	149	Sep 24 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,6-12	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
139	150	Sep 30	CHW		SLB	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
							143gm			255	10	8	273	0