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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 (DeKalb Township, IL)
School: Knox College (and Lombard College) (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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
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
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 144 650 539 102 165 25 7 1 63 19 11 93 35 .306 .411 .384 .795 116 207 3 15 *O9/87
1934 31 CHW AL 117 492 426 71 127 9 5 0 34 10 3 59 31 .298 .385 .343 .727 87 146 1 6 *O9/78
5 Seasons 518 2162 1892 325 573 87 28 7 170 69 15 212 133 .303 .376 .390 .766 98 737 11 47
162 Game Avg. 162 676 592 102 179 27 9 2 53 22 66 42 .303 .376 .390 .766 98 230 3 15
CHW (3 yrs) 275 1203 1017 182 308 37 13 1 105 32 15 160 69 .303 .400 .368 .767 103 374 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 1203 1017 182 308 37 13 1 105 32 15 160 69 .303 .400 .368 .767 103 374 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1929 26 CIN NL 636 -4 5 0 0 0 -5 18 14 1.4 14 1.4 0.0 $ *O78
1930 27 CIN NL 323 -12 0 0 0 -1 -1 10 -4 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ O8/7
1932 29 CHW AL 61 1 0 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ 7O
1933 30 CHW AL 650 15 2 0 0 0 -6 19 30 3.0 30 3.0 0.0 $ *O9/87
1934 31 CHW AL 492 -4 2 0 0 -2 -5 16 7 0.7 9 0.9 -0.2 $ *O9/78
5 Seasons 2162 -4 9 0 0 -3 -18 65 49 5.0 52 5.2 -0.2 $
CHW (3 yrs) 1203 12 4 0 0 -2 -12 37 39 3.9 41 4.1 -0.2 $
CIN (2 yrs) 959 -16 5 0 0 -1 -6 28 10 1.1 11 1.1 0.0 $

Standard Fielding

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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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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 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)

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)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 10 (1394), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 20 (802), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 17 (917), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  4. Harry Walker (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Harry Walker (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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