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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 Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1929 CIN NL 26 OF 142 141 133 336 317 9 10 2 .970 2.30 .973 2.47
1929 CIN NL 26 LF 90 89 82 195 187 6 2 1 .990 2.14 .971 2.10
1929 CIN NL 26 CF 53 52 51 141 129 4 8 1 .943 2.51 .976 2.94
1930 CIN NL 27 OF 71 66 65 190 178 5 7 1 .963 2.58 .968 2.40
1930 CIN NL 27 CF 68 63 62 185 174 4 7 0 .962 2.62 .971 2.78
1930 CIN NL 27 LF 3 3 3 5 4 1 0 1 1.000 1.67 .968 2.00
1932 CHW AL 29 LF 14 14 14 25 24 0 1 0 .960 1.71 .964 2.21
1932 CHW AL 29 OF 14 14 14 25 24 0 1 0 .960 1.71 .967 2.42
1933 CHW AL 30 OF 139 136 132 296 281 7 8 0 .973 2.07 .970 2.37
1933 CHW AL 30 RF 130 127 124 269 256 7 6 0 .978 2.02 .962 2.10
1933 CHW AL 30 CF 7 4 4 13 11 1 1 0 .923 1.71 .976 2.74
1933 CHW AL 30 LF 6 5 4 14 12 1 1 0 .929 2.17 .971 2.27
1934 CHW AL 31 OF 105 99 99 201 193 4 4 1 .980 1.88 .968 2.29
1934 CHW AL 31 RF 100 96 96 197 189 4 4 1 .980 1.93 .964 2.07
1934 CHW AL 31 LF 4 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 .967 2.17
1934 CHW AL 31 CF 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .970 2.60
5 Seasons OF 471 456 443 1048 993 25 30 4 .971 2.16 .970 2.39
2 Seasons RF 230 223 220 466 445 11 10 1 .979 1.98 .963 2.09
4 Seasons CF 129 119 117 340 315 9 16 1 .953 2.51 .973 2.84
5 Seasons LF 117 114 106 242 230 8 4 2 .983 2.03 .970 2.12
5 Seasons TOT 471 456 443 1048 993 25 30 4 .971 2.16 .970 2.39
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1929 CIN NL 26 148 141 148 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 90 53 0 142 0 2 4
1930 CIN NL 27 95 66 95 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 68 0 71 0 18 7
1932 CHW AL 29 14 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 14 0 0 0
1933 CHW AL 30 144 136 144 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 130 139 0 7 0
1934 CHW AL 31 117 99 117 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 100 105 0 11 1
5 Seasons 518 456 518 471 0 0 0 0 0 0 117 129 230 471 0 38 12
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1929 NL  6 (5th)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1929 NL  8 (4th)
1930 NL  7 (5th)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1933 AL  130 (2nd)
1934 AL  100 (4th)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1933 AL  256 (2nd)
1934 AL  189 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1929 NL  2.14 (4th)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1929 NL  .990 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1933 AL  2.02 (5th)
1934 AL  1.93 (5th)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1933 AL  .978 (3rd)
1934 AL  .980 (2nd)

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