Bob Swift

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: March 6, 1915 in Salina, KS us

Died: October 17, 1966 in Detroit, MI

Buried: Roselawn Memorial Park, Salina, KS

Debut: April 16, 1940 (Age 25-041d, 8,853rd in major league history)
vs. DET 4 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1953 (Age 38-205d)
vs. CLE 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1940 season

Full Name: Robert Virgil Swift

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1945 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.6

2750

635

.231

212

RBI

238

OBP

.313

SLG

.280

OPS

.592

OPS+

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

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 21	DET		CHW	L,4-6	GF	15	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	7 (1)	Apr 24	DET		SLB	L,1-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	8	Apr 25	DET		SLB	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
4	9	Apr 26	DET	@	CLE	L,0-6	GS	29	7.0	5	1	0	6	1
5	10	Apr 28	DET	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
6	11	Apr 29	DET		BOS	W,8-3	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	13 (1)	May 2	DET		PHA	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
8	14	May 3	DET		PHA	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	15	May 4	DET		NYY	T,2-2	CG	27	6.0	5	0	0	5	0
10	16	May 6	DET		NYY	W,3-2	GS	27	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
11	17	May 9	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS	27	6.0	7	1	0	8	0
12	18	May 10	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	19	May 11 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,10-0	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
14	21 (1)	May 13	DET	@	WSH	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
15	23 (1)	May 15	DET	@	PHA	W,4-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	26 (2)	May 19 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,3-2	GF	18	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	27	May 19 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	32 (4)	May 25 (1)	DET		CHW	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
19	33	May 25 (2)	DET		CHW	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
20	38 (4)	May 30 (2)	DET		SLB	L,3-8	GS	0		7	0	1	8	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	40 (1)	Jun 3	DET		NYY	L,0-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	41	Jun 4 (1)	DET		NYY	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
23	42	Jun 4 (2)	DET		NYY	L,8-17	GF	19	3.0	3	1	0	4	0
24	44 (1)	Jun 8	DET		BOS	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
25	46 (1)	Jun 10	DET		PHA	L,8-9	GS	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
26	47	Jun 11 (1)	DET		PHA	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	50 (2)	Jun 15 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	51	Jun 17	DET	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
29	53 (1)	Jun 20	DET	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
30	54	Jun 21 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
31	56 (1)	Jun 22	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
32	57	Jun 23	DET	@	BOS	L,2-8	CG	44	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
33	59 (1)	Jun 25 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
34	63 (3)	Jun 29 (2)	DET		SLB	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	64	Jun 30	DET	@	CHW	L,5-6	GF	10	2.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	65	Jul 1	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
37	66	Jul 2	DET	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
38	67	Jul 3	DET	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
39	68	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,6-13	CG	44	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
40	71 (2)	Jul 6 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,8-4	GS	0		2	1	0	3	0
41	73 (1)	Jul 11 (1)	DET		BOS	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
42	75 (1)	Jul 12	DET		BOS	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
43	76	Jul 13 (1)	DET		PHA	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
44	78 (1)	Jul 15	DET		WSH	W,11-6	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
45	79	Jul 16 (1)	DET		WSH	W,9-8	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
46	81 (1)	Jul 17 (1)	DET		WSH	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
47	83 (1)	Jul 18	DET		NYY	W,8-0	CG	28	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
48	84	Jul 19	DET		NYY	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	86 (1)	Jul 20 (2)	DET		NYY	W,12-11	GS	0		1	0	0	1	1
50	87	Jul 22	DET	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
51	89 (1)	Jul 24	DET	@	WSH	L,0-3	GS	24	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	91 (1)	Jul 26	DET	@	PHA	W,13-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
53	93 (1)	Jul 27 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	94	Jul 28	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	96 (1)	Aug 1	DET	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
56	97	Aug 2	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	GS	27	7.0	6	1	0	7	0
57	99 (1)	Aug 5	DET		CLE	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
58	100	Aug 6 (1)	DET		CLE	W,13-6	GS	34	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	102 (1)	Aug 8	DET		CHW	L,2-4	CG	41	10.0	8	2	0	10	0
60	103	Aug 9	DET		CHW	W,8-4	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	104	Aug 10	DET		CHW	L,2-10	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
62	107 (2)	Aug 12 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,0-11	CG	43	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
63	109 (1)	Aug 13 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,5-6	GS	0	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	111 (1)	Aug 15	DET	@	CHW	W,9-2	GS	25	6.0	3	2	0	5	0
65	113 (1)	Aug 17 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	114	Aug 19	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	115	Aug 20	DET		NYY	L,13-14	CG	55	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
68	116	Aug 21 (1)	DET		WSH	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	119 (2)	Aug 22 (2)	DET		WSH	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
70	120	Aug 23	DET		WSH	L,3-5	GS	33	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
71	121	Aug 24 (1)	DET		PHA	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
72	124 (2)	Aug 26 (1)	DET		BOS	W,12-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
73	126 (1)	Aug 27 (1)	DET		BOS	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
74	128 (1)	Aug 28	DET		BOS	L,3-13	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
75	130 (1)	Aug 30	DET	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	41	9.2	5	0	0	5	0
76	131	Aug 31 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	133 (1)	Sep 1 (1)	DET		CHW	W,6-5	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	134	Sep 1 (2)	DET		CHW	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
79	136 (1)	Sep 6	DET		SLB	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
80	137	Sep 7	DET		SLB	L,0-3	GS	29	7.0	7	1	0	8	0
81	138	Sep 9	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
82	139	Sep 10	DET	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
83	140	Sep 11 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
84	142 (1)	Sep 12	DET	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
85	143	Sep 13	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
86	145 (1)	Sep 14 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
87	146	Sep 15	DET	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	148 (1)	Sep 17 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,4-6	GS	0		4	1	0	5	1
89	150 (1)	Sep 20 (1)	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
90	151	Sep 20 (2)	DET		CLE	T,5-5	GS	33	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
91	152	Sep 22 (1)	DET		CLE	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
92	153	Sep 22 (2)	DET		CLE	L,6-7	GF	19	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	154	Sep 23	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
94	155	Sep 24	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	0	10.0	7	1	0	8	0
95	156	Sep 26	DET	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
96	157	Sep 27	DET	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
97	158	Sep 28	DET	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
							97gm		731.0	401	45	5	451	6