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.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	51 (50)	Jun 16	DET	@	NYY	W,4-0	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
2	55 (3)	Jun 20 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
3	57 (1)	Jun 22	DET	@	WSH	W,7-3	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
4	61 (3)	Jun 27	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	GF	12	3.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	67 (5)	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CHW	L,1-5	GS	0	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
6	79 (11)	Jul 17	DET		PHA	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
7	81 (1)	Jul 19 (1)	DET		PHA	L,0-5	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
8	83 (1)	Jul 20	DET		BOS	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
9	86 (2)	Jul 24	DET	@	WSH	W,2-1	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
10	88 (1)	Jul 26	DET	@	WSH	W,6-3	GF	13	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
11	89	Jul 27	DET	@	PHA	L,6-10	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	90	Jul 28	DET	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
13	91	Jul 29 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
14	93 (1)	Jul 30	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	6	1	0	7	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	94	Aug 1 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,9-8	GS	29	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
16	96 (1)	Aug 2	DET	@	NYY	W,6-0	GS	29	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
17	97	Aug 3	DET	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
18	98	Aug 4	DET	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
19	99	Aug 5 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,3-1	GS	19	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
20	111 (11)	Aug 16	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	GF	14	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
21	114 (2)	Aug 19 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
22	115	Aug 19 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,6-2	GS	0	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	116	Aug 20 (1)	DET		NYY	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	121 (4)	Aug 24	DET		WSH	L,7-10	GS	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
25	122	Aug 25	DET		WSH	L,5-11	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
26	123	Aug 26	DET		PHA	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	124	Aug 27	DET		PHA	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
28	125	Aug 28	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
29	126	Aug 29	DET		BOS	L,5-7	GS	27	6.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
30	127	Aug 30	DET		BOS	L,4-10	GS	35	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
31	128	Aug 31	DET		CHW	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	129	Sep 1	DET		CHW	L,1-4	GS	0	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
33	130	Sep 2	DET		CHW	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	6	3	0	9	0
34	132 (1)	Sep 3 (2)	DET		SLB	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
35	133	Sep 5	DET	@	CLE	L,2-5	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
36	135 (1)	Sep 7 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	GS	41	11.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
37	138 (2)	Sep 11	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
38	139	Sep 12	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	40	9.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
39	140	Sep 13	DET	@	NYY	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
40	141	Sep 14	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
41	142	Sep 15	DET	@	NYY	W,7-4	GF	14	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	145 (2)	Sep 18	DET	@	PHA	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
43	148 (2)	Sep 22	DET		CLE	W,9-4		11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
							43gm		291.1	146	17	3	166	3