Evar Swanson

Ernest Evar Swanson

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 15, 1902 in DeKalb, IL
High School: DeKalb Township HS (DeKalb Township, IL)
School: Knox College (Galesburg, IL) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1929
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Reds 1929-1934

Final Game: September 30, 1934
Died: July 17, 1973 in Galesburg, IL
Buried: Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens, Galesburg, IL
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1924	21	MOL,VER	D,AA	60	197	197		54	8	6	5						.274	.274	.452	.726		89				MOL,VER · MSVL,PCL
1925	22	VER	AA	84	266	266		78	10	3	1						.293	.293	.365	.658		97				VER · PCL
1926	23	MIS	AA	182	763	763		241	62	6	2						.316	.316	.421	.737		321				MIS · PCL
1927	24	MIS	AA	158	642	642		189	35	7	3						.294	.294	.385	.679		247				MIS · PCL
1928	25	MIS	AA	180	740	740		256	53	0	4						.346	.346	.434	.780		321				MIS · PCL
1929	26	CIN	NL	148	636	574	100	172	35	12	4	43	33		41	47	.300	.353	.423	.776	95	243	6	15	*O78
1930	27	CIN	NL	95	323	301	43	93	15	3	2	22	4		11	17	.309	.335	.399	.734	81	120	1	10	O8/7

1931	28	CLB	AA	146	528	528		175	38	14	8						.331	.331	.502	.833		265				CLB · AA
1932	29	STL-min	AA	151	619	619		232	50	18	9						.375	.375	.557	.932		345				CLB · AA
1932	29	CHW	AL	14	61	52	9	16	3	1	0	8	3	1	8	3	.308	.400	.404	.804	115	21	0	1	7O
1933	30	CHW	AL	144	651	539	102	165	25	7	1	63	19	11	93	35	.306	.411	.384	.795	117	207	3	15	*O9/87
1934	31	CHW	AL	117	493	426	71	127	9	5	0	34	10	3	59	31	.298	.385	.343	.727	87	146	1	6	*O9/78
5 Yrs				518	2164	1892	325	573	87	28	7	170	69	15	212	133	.303	.376	.390	.766	98	737	11	47
162 Game Avg.				162	677	592	102	179	27	9	2	53	22		66	42	.303	.376	.390	.766	98	230	3	15

CHW (3 yrs)				275	1205	1017	182	308	37	13	1	105	32	15	160	69	.303	.400	.368	.767	104	374	4	22
CIN (2 yrs)				243	959	875	143	265	50	15	6	65	37		52	64	.303	.347	.415	.762	90	363	7	25

AL (3 yrs)				275	1205	1017	182	308	37	13	1	105	32	15	160	69	.303	.400	.368	.767	104	374	4	22
NL (2 yrs)				243	959	875	143	265	50	15	6	65	37		52	64	.303	.347	.415	.762	90	363	7	25

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
1929	26	CIN	NL	148	636	-4	4	0	0	-5	-6	-0.5	18	12	1.3	.497	.497	1.3	-0.5	12	$	*O78
1930	27	CIN	NL	95	323	-8	-0	0	-1	-2	-11	-1.0	9	-2	-0.1	.489	.494	0.0	-0.2	-1	$	O8/7

1932	29	CHW	AL	14	61	2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.1	2	3	0.3	.509	.501	0.3	-0.1	3	$	7O
1933	30	CHW	AL	144	651	21	0	0	0	-6	14	1.4	21	35	3.4	.510	.509	3.4	-0.6	35	$	*O9/87
1934	31	CHW	AL	117	493	-4	1	0	-2	-5	-10	-1.0	15	5	0.5	.492	.494	0.8	-0.7	7	$	*O9/78
5 Seasons				518	2164	5	5	0	-3	-19	-12	-1.1	65	53	5.4	.498	.499	5.8	-2.0	56	$

CHW (3 yrs)				275	1205	18	1	0	-2	-12	5	0.5	38	43	4.2	.502	.501	4.5	-1.3	45	$
CIN (2 yrs)				243	959	-12	3	0	-1	-7	-17	-1.5	27	10	1.2	.494	.495	1.3	-0.7	11	$

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
1929	26	CIN	NL	636	417	84	5.4	116	.321	.300	.298	.353	.361	.423	.434	.776	.795	95	.490	-3.8	-0.3	.803	.253	.124	7.1
1930	27	CIN	NL	323	218	40	4.9	121	.323	.309	.304	.335	.362	.399	.452	.734	.813	81	.416	-8.7	-0.8	.654	.140	.090	2.7

1932	29	CHW	AL	61	38	9	6.4	105	.327	.308	.276	.400	.346	.404	.406	.804	.752	115	.607	1.6	0.2	.838	.288	.096	.0
1933	30	CHW	AL	651	400	85	5.7	101	.326	.306	.273	.411	.344	.384	.394	.795	.737	117	.582	19.7	1.9	.808	.265	.078	1.9
1934	31	CHW	AL	493	308	57	4.9	114	.322	.298	.290	.385	.365	.343	.419	.727	.783	87	.492	-6.3	-0.6	.705	.200	.045	.0
5 Yrs				2164	1381	275	5.3	112	.323	.303	.290	.376	.356	.390	.421	.766	.777	98	.510	2.6	0.4	.760	.227	.087	12.7
162 Game Avg.				677	432	86	5.3	112	.323	.303	.290	.376	.356	.390	.421	.766	.777	98	.510	1	0	.760	.227	.087	4

CHW (3 yrs)				1205	746	151	5.4	106	.324	.303	.281	.400	.352	.368	.405	.767	.757	104	.548	15.1	1.5	.767	.239	.065	1.9
CIN (2 yrs)				959	635	124	5.2	118	.322	.303	.300	.347	.361	.415	.440	.762	.801	90	.465	-12.5	-1.1	.752	.214	.112	10.3

AL (3 yrs)				1205	746	151	5.4	106	.324	.303	.281	.400	.352	.368	.405	.767	.757	104	.548	15.1	1.5	.767	.239	.065	1.9
NL (2 yrs)				959	635	124	5.2	118	.322	.303	.300	.347	.361	.415	.440	.762	.801	90	.465	-12.5	-1.1	.752	.214	.112	10.3

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1929	26	CIN	NL	636	0.6%	7.4%	6.5%	8.0%	30%	1.15	12.2	143.5	13.3	82%
1930	27	CIN	NL	323	0.6%	5.3%	3.4%	6.2%	22%	1.55	17.7	150.5	13.7	87%

1932	29	CHW	AL	61	0.0%	4.9%	13.1%	6.6%	25%	0.38	17.3		6.5	80%
1933	30	CHW	AL	651	0.2%	5.4%	14.3%	5.1%	20%	0.38	15.4	539.0	8.6	77%
1934	31	CHW	AL	493	0.0%	6.3%	12.0%	2.8%	11%	0.53	13.7		12.5	80%
5 Yrs				2164	0.3%	6.2%	9.8%	5.6%	21%	0.63	14.2	270.3	11.1	81%
MLB Averages					1.3%	8.1%	8.0%	7.1%	28%	1.01	11.1	66.7	7.6	80%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH
1929	26	148	636	574	100	172	35	12	4	43	33		41	47	.300	.353	.423	.776	95	243	6	15
1930	27	243	959	875	143	265	50	15	6	65	37		52	64	.303	.347	.415	.762	90	363	7	25
1931	28	243	959	875	143	265	50	15	6	65	37		52	64	.303	.347	.415	.762	90	363	7	25
1932	29	257	1020	927	152	281	53	16	6	73	40	1	60	67	.303	.350	.414	.764	92	384	7	26
1933	30	401	1671	1466	254	446	78	23	7	136	59	12	153	102	.304	.374	.403	.777	101	591	10	41
1934	31	518	2164	1892	325	573	87	28	7	170	69	15	212	133	.303	.376	.390	.766	98	737	11	47

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1929	26	156	651	589	91	166	34	12	4	39	32	40	49	.282	.334	.401	.735	77	148
1930	27	99	325	304	37	87	14	3	2	19	4	10	18	.286	.311	.372	.683	34	95

1932	29	15	63	54	9	16	3	1	0	8	3	8	3	.296	.387	.389	.776	8	14
1933	30	153	682	568	102	169	26	7	1	63	19	95	37	.298	.401	.373	.774	84	144
1934	31	123	498	435	63	120	9	5	0	30	9	56	33	.276	.360	.320	.679	49	117
5 Yrs		546	2219	1950	302	558	86	28	7	159	67	209	140	.286	.359	.370	.728	252	518
162 Game Avg.		162	658	579	90	166	26	8	2	47	20	62	42	.286	.359	.370	.728	75	518

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

On-Base% s c a p y 1933 AL .411 (6th)	Runs Scored s c a p y 1933 AL 102 (9th)	Triples s c a p y 1929 NL 12 (8th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1933 AL 93 (5th)
Stolen Bases s c a p y 1929 NL 33 (2nd) 1933 AL 19 (3rd)	Singles s c a p y 1933 AL 132 (7th)	Times On Base s c a p y 1933 AL 261 (5th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1929 NL 6 (5th) 1933 AL 3 (6th)
Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1933 AL 15 (5th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1933 AL 11 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 10 (1407), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 20 (804), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 17 (918), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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