Harry Swacina

Harry Joseph Swacina (Swats)

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 22, 1881 in St. Louis, MO (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1907
Teams (by GP): Terrapins/Pirates 1907-1915

Final Game: August 26, 1915
Died: June 21, 1944 in Birmingham, AL
Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1901	19	MEM	B	89	345	345		115	18	4	1					.333	.333	.417	.751		144				MEM · SOUA
1902	20	MEM	A	106	424	424		111	7	3	1					.262	.262	.300	.561		127				MEM · SOUA
1903	21	CSP	A	113	451	451		127	16	11	2					.282	.282	.379	.661		171				CSP · WL
1904	22	DEC	B	121	481	481		146								.304	.304								DEC · IIIL
1905	23	DEC	B	90	361	361		93								.258	.258								DEC · IIIL
1906	24	PEO	B	117	489	489		151								.309	.309								PEO · IIIL
1907	25	PEO	B	123	504	504		147	21	3	0					.292	.292	.345	.637		174				PEO · IIIL
1907	25	PIT	NL	26	102	95	9	19	1	1	0	10	1	4	9	.200	.240	.232	.472	47	22	1	2	3
1908	26	LOU	A	26	89	89		23	5	2	0					.258	.258	.360	.618		32				LOU · AA
1908	26	PIT	NL	53	186	176	7	38	6	1	0	13	4	5	11	.216	.238	.261	.499	59	46	0	5	3

1909	27	RKI,HRB	B	106	392	392		94	19	3	0					.240	.240	.304	.543		119				RKI,HRB · IIIL,TRIS
1910	28	MOB	A	138	475	475		149	23	4	1					.314	.314	.385	.699		183				MOB · SOUA
1911	29	MOB	A	128	486	486		143	24	5	4					.294	.294	.389	.683		189				MOB · SOUA
1912	30	NWK	AA	151	609	609		193	35	15	1					.317	.317	.429	.745		261				NWK · IL
1913	31	NWK	AA	141	530	530		172	21	7	1					.325	.325	.396	.721		210				NWK · IL
1914	32	BAL	FL	*158*	649	*617*	70	173	26	8	0	90	15	14	23	.280	.297	.348	.646	82	215	1	17	*3
1915	33	BAL	FL	85	319	301	24	74	13	1	1	38	9	9	11	.246	.268	.306	.573	66	92	0	9	3/4
1916	34	MOB	A	127	448	448		104	9	1	1					.232	.232	.263	.496		118				MOB · SOUA
1917	35	NOR	A	1	3	3		0	0	0	0					.000	.000	.000	.000		0				NOR · SOUA
1918	36	NVL	A	14	46	46		9	1	1	0					.196	.196	.261	.457		12				NVL · SOUA
1919	37	SHV	B	119	390	390		112	12	0	0					.287	.287	.318	.605		124				SHV · TL
1920	38	CLM	C	117	428	428		135	20	6	1					.315	.315	.397	.713		170				CLM · SALL
1921	39	CHS,LAK	B,C	127	450	450		138	17	3	1					.307	.307	.364	.671		164				CHS,LAK · SALL,FLOR
1922	40	RKM,AUG	B	97	401	401		108	19	2	5					.269	.269	.364	.633		146				RKM,AUG · VIRL,SALL
1923	41	JAC,GRV	D,B	75	272	272		72	20	1	0					.265	.265	.346	.610		94				JAC,GRV · CSTL,SALL
4 Yrs				322	1256	1189	110	304	46	11	1	151	29	32	54	.256	.276	.315	.592	72	375	2	33
162 Game Avg.				162	632	598	55	153	23	6	1	76	15	16	27	.256	.276	.315	.592	72	189	1	17

PIT (2 yrs)				79	288	271	16	57	7	2	0	23	5	9	20	.210	.238	.251	.489	55	68	1	7
BAL (2 yrs)				243	968	918	94	247	39	9	1	128	24	23	34	.269	.288	.334	.622	76	307	1	26

FL (2 yrs)				243	968	918	94	247	39	9	1	128	24	23	34	.269	.288	.334	.622	76	307	1	26
NL (2 yrs)				79	288	271	16	57	7	2	0	23	5	9	20	.210	.238	.251	.489	55	68	1	7

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1907	25	PIT	NL	26	102	-5	-0	0	0	-1	-6	-0.8	3	-3	-0.5	.469	.495	-0.5	-0.1	-3	$	3
1908	26	PIT	NL	53	186	-7	-0	0	-2	-2	-11	-1.5	6	-5	-0.9	.473	.491	-0.6	-0.5	-3	$	3

1914	32	BAL	FL	158	649	-13	-1	0	0	-5	-20	-2.0	8	-12	-1.2	.486	.486	-1.4	-0.4	-12	$	*3
1915	33	BAL	FL	85	319	-12	-0	0	-1	-2	-16	-1.8	4	-12	-1.4	.478	.489	-1.3	-0.4	-11	$	3/4
4 Seasons				322	1256	-38	-2	0	-3	-10	-53	-6.2	20	-33	-4.0	.480	.490	-3.8	-1.4	-30	$

PIT (2 yrs)				79	288	-12	-0	0	-2	-2	-17	-2.3	9	-8	-1.4	.471	.493	-1.1	-0.6	-7	$
BAL (2 yrs)				243	968	-25	-1	0	-1	-8	-36	-3.9	11	-24	-2.6	.483	.488	-2.7	-0.8	-23	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1907	25	PIT	NL	102	78	5	1.7	76	.221	.200	.253	.240	.319	.232	.322	.472	.641	47	.252	-6.1	-0.8	.368	.084	.032	.0
1908	26	PIT	NL	186	143	11	2.1	72	.230	.216	.247	.238	.308	.261	.318	.499	.626	59	.338	-8.6	-1.1	.399	.097	.045	.0

1914	32	BAL	FL	649	461	64	3.7	94	.291	.280	.274	.297	.340	.348	.370	.646	.710	82	.477	-13.5	-1.4	.552	.115	.068	.0
1915	33	BAL	FL	319	236	25	2.8	89	.253	.246	.266	.268	.334	.306	.358	.573	.692	66	.391	-12.2	-1.4	.485	.120	.060	1.8
4 Yrs				1256	918	105	3.0	88	.267	.256	.266	.276	.332	.315	.355	.592	.687	72	.422	-40.5	-4.6	.495	.111	.060	1.9
162 Game Avg.				632	462	53	3.0	88	.267	.256	.266	.276	.332	.315	.355	.592	.687	72	.422	-40.5	-4.6	.495	.111	.060	1

PIT (2 yrs)				288	221	16	1.9	73	.227	.210	.249	.238	.312	.251	.319	.489	.632	55	.307	-14.7	-1.8	.388	.092	.041	.0
BAL (2 yrs)				968	697	89	3.4	92	.279	.269	.271	.288	.338	.334	.366	.622	.704	76	.450	-25.8	-2.8	.529	.117	.065	1.9

FL (2 yrs)				968	697	89	3.4	92	.279	.269	.271	.288	.338	.334	.366	.622	.704	76	.450	-25.8	-2.8	.529	.117	.065	1.9
NL (2 yrs)				288	221	16	1.9	73	.227	.210	.249	.238	.312	.251	.319	.489	.632	55	.307	-14.7	-1.8	.388	.092	.041	.0

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH
1907	25	26	102	95	9	19	1	1	0	10	1	4	9	.200	.240	.232	.472	47	22	1	2
1908	26	79	288	271	16	57	7	2	0	23	5	9	20	.210	.238	.251	.489	55	68	1	7
1909	27	79	288	271	16	57	7	2	0	23	5	9	20	.210	.238	.251	.489	55	68	1	7
1910	28	79	288	271	16	57	7	2	0	23	5	9	20	.210	.238	.251	.489	55	68	1	7
1911	29	79	288	271	16	57	7	2	0	23	5	9	20	.210	.238	.251	.489	55	68	1	7
1912	30	79	288	271	16	57	7	2	0	23	5	9	20	.210	.238	.251	.489	55	68	1	7
1913	31	79	288	271	16	57	7	2	0	23	5	9	20	.210	.238	.251	.489	55	68	1	7
1914	32	237	937	888	86	230	33	10	0	113	20	23	43	.259	.279	.319	.598	74	283	2	24
1915	33	322	1256	1189	110	304	46	11	1	151	29	32	54	.256	.276	.315	.592	72	375	2	33

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1907	25	27	112	104	13	24	1	1	0	14	1	5	9	.231	.273	.260	.532	7	26
1908	26	55	201	190	10	47	7	1	0	19	5	6	11	.247	.270	.295	.565	16	53

1914	32	164	680	646	76	185	28	9	0	98	16	15	24	.286	.304	.358	.661	70	158
1915	33	89	338	319	27	82	14	1	1	44	10	10	11	.257	.280	.317	.596	28	85
4 Yrs		335	1331	1259	126	338	50	12	1	175	32	36	55	.268	.290	.330	.620	121	322
162 Game Avg.		162	644	609	61	163	24	6	0	85	15	17	27	.268	.290	.330	.620	59	322

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1914 FL 158 (1st)	At Bats s c a p y 1914 FL 617 (1st)	Plate Appearances s c a p y 1914 FL 649 (5th)	Hits s c a p y 1914 FL 173 (6th)
Runs Batted In s c a p y 1914 FL 90 (6th)	Singles s c a p y 1914 FL 139 (4th)	AB per SO s c a p y 1914 FL 26.8 (1st)	Outs Made s c a p y 1914 FL 461 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Batting - 2 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 9 (1472), Average HOFer ≈ 144

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