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Bill Swift

William Vincent Swift

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 192 lb.

Born: June 19, 1908 in Elmira, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1932
Teams (by GP): Pirates/WhiteSox/Dodgers/Bees 1932-1943

Final Game: September 29, 1943
Died: February 23, 1969 in Bartow, FL
Buried: Oakhill Burial Park, Lakeland, FL
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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 GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1932 24 PIT NL 39 82 78 4 15 1 0 0 6 0 1 15 .192 .203 .205 .408 11 16 0 3 1
1933 25 PIT NL 37 83 82 10 20 4 0 0 4 0 0 14 .244 .253 .293 .546 55 24 3 1 0 1
1934 26 PIT NL 37 86 84 3 18 3 3 0 8 0 1 23 .214 .224 .321 .545 42 27 5 0 1 1
1935 27 PIT NL 39 83 78 11 19 5 0 0 11 0 3 8 .244 .272 .308 .579 53 24 5 0 1 1
1936 28 PIT NL 45 109 105 6 31 10 0 2 15 0 2 16 .295 .315 .448 .762 101 47 1 1 1 1
1937 29 PIT NL 36 59 54 0 9 1 0 0 2 0 3 15 .167 .211 .185 .396 9 10 2 0 2 1
1938 30 PIT NL 36 54 50 3 10 3 0 1 6 0 2 10 .200 .231 .320 .551 50 16 1 0 2 1
1939 31 PIT NL 36 48 42 6 10 0 0 0 2 0 4 9 .238 .304 .238 .542 49 10 3 0 2 1
1940 32 BSN NL 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1941 33 BRO NL 9 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 11 1 0 0 0 /1
1943 35 CHW AL 18 13 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .100 .308 .100 .408 22 1 0 0 0 1
11 Yrs 336 625 591 43 134 27 3 3 54 0 0 19 113 .227 .253 .298 .551 49 176 20 2 12
162 Game Avg. 162 301 285 21 65 13 1 1 26 0 9 54 .227 .253 .298 .551 49 85 1 6
PIT (8 yrs) 305 604 573 43 132 27 3 3 54 0 16 110 .230 .254 .304 .557 50 174 20 2 12
BSN (1 yr) 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
BRO (1 yr) 9 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 11 1 0 0 0
CHW (1 yr) 18 13 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .100 .308 .100 .408 22 1 0 0 0
NL (10 yrs) 318 612 581 43 133 27 3 3 54 0 16 110 .229 .252 .301 .553 49 175 20 2 12
AL (1 yr) 18 13 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .100 .308 .100 .408 22 1 0 0 0

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 Awards
1932 24 PIT NL 39 82 -10 0 0 0 9 -1 -0.1 2 2 -0.1 .498 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1933 25 PIT NL 37 83 -5 0 0 0 8 4 0.4 2 6 0.4 .511 .502 0.4 -0.0 6 $ 1
1934 26 PIT NL 37 86 -8 0 0 0 10 2 0.2 2 5 0.2 .506 .501 0.2 0.0 5 $ 1
1935 27 PIT NL 39 83 -5 0 0 0 8 3 0.3 2 6 0.3 .509 .502 0.3 0.0 6 $ 1
1936 28 PIT NL 45 109 -0 0 0 0 12 12 1.2 3 15 1.2 .527 .507 1.2 0.0 15 $ 1
1937 29 PIT NL 36 59 -7 0 0 0 6 -0 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 -0.0 1 $ 1
1938 30 PIT NL 36 54 -4 0 0 0 6 3 0.3 2 4 0.3 .508 .502 0.3 -0.0 4 $ 1
1939 31 PIT NL 36 48 -3 0 0 0 5 2 0.2 1 4 0.2 .507 .502 0.2 -0.0 4 $ 1
1940 32 BSN NL 4 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .489 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1941 33 BRO NL 9 5 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1943 35 CHW AL 18 13 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .502 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
11 Seasons 336 625 -44 1 0 0 68 25 2.5 18 43 2.4 .508 .501 2.4 -0.1 43 $
PIT (8 yrs) 305 604 -41 1 0 0 66 25 2.5 17 42 2.4 .508 .502 2.4 -0.1 42 $
BSN (1 yr) 4 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .489 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $
BRO (1 yr) 9 5 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
CHW (1 yr) 18 13 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .502 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $

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
1932 24 PIT NL 82 66 3 1.2 101 .238 .192 .281 .203 .333 .205 .406 .408 .739 11 .079 -9.7 -1.0 .270 .026 .013
1933 25 PIT NL 83 65 6 2.5 91 .294 .244 .274 .253 .327 .293 .375 .546 .702 55 .287 -4.9 -0.5 .385 .049 .049
1934 26 PIT NL 86 72 6 2.2 107 .295 .214 .291 .224 .346 .321 .413 .545 .760 42 .200 -7.5 -0.7 .394 .119 .107
1935 27 PIT NL 83 65 7 2.9 106 .271 .244 .289 .272 .345 .308 .412 .579 .757 53 .291 -5.2 -0.5 .422 .103 .064
1936 28 PIT NL 109 76 14 5.0 105 .333 .295 .288 .315 .348 .448 .404 .762 .751 101 .525 0.0 0.0 .667 .171 .152 .0
1937 29 PIT NL 59 49 2 1.1 100 .231 .167 .279 .211 .340 .185 .395 .396 .736 9 .070 -6.9 -0.7 .277 .074 .019
1938 30 PIT NL 54 43 4 2.5 99 .231 .200 .275 .231 .339 .320 .391 .551 .730 50 .262 -3.6 -0.4 .439 .160 .120 .0
1939 31 PIT NL 48 37 3 2.2 102 .303 .238 .278 .304 .343 .238 .397 .542 .740 49 .203 -3.0 -0.3 .400 .095 .000
1940 32 BSN NL 3 3 0 0.0 92 .000 .000 .263 .000 .327 .000 .379 .000 .705 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1941 33 BRO NL 5 4 0 0.0 98 .200 .200 .272 .200 .343 .200 .383 .400 .726 11 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .250 .000 .000
1943 35 CHW AL 13 9 0 0.0 86 .143 .100 .255 .308 .329 .100 .352 .408 .681 22 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .444 .300 .000
11 Yrs 625 489 45 2.5 101 .276 .227 .282 .253 .340 .298 .399 .551 .739 49 .246 -43.0 -4.3 .413 .103 .071 .0
162 Game Avg. 301 236 22 2.5 101 .276 .227 .282 .253 .340 .298 .399 .551 .739 49 .246 -43.0 -4.3 .413 .103 .071
PIT (8 yrs) 604 473 45 2.5 102 .280 .230 .283 .254 .340 .304 .400 .557 .741 50 .256 -40.8 -4.1 .416 .101 .073 .0
BSN (1 yr) 3 3 0 0.0 92 .000 .000 .263 .000 .327 .000 .379 .000 .705 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
BRO (1 yr) 5 4 0 0.0 98 .200 .200 .272 .200 .343 .200 .383 .400 .726 11 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .250 .000 .000
CHW (1 yr) 13 9 0 0.0 86 .143 .100 .255 .308 .329 .100 .352 .408 .681 22 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .444 .300 .000
NL (10 yrs) 612 480 45 2.5 102 .278 .229 .283 .252 .340 .301 .400 .553 .740 49 .252 -42.2 -4.2 .412 .100 .072 .0
AL (1 yr) 13 9 0 0.0 86 .143 .100 .255 .308 .329 .100 .352 .408 .681 22 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .444 .300 .000

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1932 24 PIT NL 82 0.0% 18.3% 1.2% 1.2% 7% 15.00 5.2 13.0 77%
1933 25 PIT NL 83 0.0% 16.9% 0.0% 4.8% 20% 5.9 20.5 82%
1934 26 PIT NL 86 0.0% 26.7% 1.2% 7.0% 33% 23.00 3.7 10.5 71%
1935 27 PIT NL 83 0.0% 9.6% 3.6% 6.0% 26% 2.67 9.8 7.1 84%
1936 28 PIT NL 109 1.8% 14.7% 1.8% 11.0% 39% 8.00 6.6 52.5 7.0 80%
1937 29 PIT NL 59 0.0% 25.4% 5.1% 1.7% 11% 5.00 3.6 27.0 66%
1938 30 PIT NL 54 1.9% 18.5% 3.7% 7.4% 40% 5.00 5.0 50.0 8.3 72%
1939 31 PIT NL 48 0.0% 18.8% 8.3% 0.0% 0% 2.25 4.7 21.0 69%
1940 32 BSN NL 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1941 33 BRO NL 5 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 100%
1943 35 CHW AL 13 0.0% 23.1% 23.1% 0.0% 0% 1.00 3.3 54%
11 Yrs 625 0.5% 18.1% 3.0% 5.3% 25% 5.95 5.2 197.0 10.9 76%
MLB Averages 1.4% 8.8% 8.6% 6.6% 27% 1.02 10.2 65.6 8.0 79%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1932 24 39 82 78 4 15 1 0 0 6 0 1 15 .192 .203 .205 .408 11 16 0 3
1933 25 76 165 160 14 35 5 0 0 10 0 1 29 .219 .228 .250 .478 33 40 3 1 3
1934 26 113 251 244 17 53 8 3 0 18 0 2 52 .217 .227 .275 .501 37 67 8 1 4
1935 27 152 334 322 28 72 13 3 0 29 0 5 60 .224 .238 .283 .520 41 91 13 1 5
1936 28 197 443 427 34 103 23 3 2 44 0 7 76 .241 .257 .323 .580 56 138 14 2 6
1937 29 233 502 481 34 112 24 3 2 46 0 10 91 .233 .252 .308 .559 51 148 16 2 8
1938 30 269 556 531 37 122 27 3 3 52 0 12 101 .230 .250 .309 .558 50 164 17 2 10
1939 31 305 604 573 43 132 27 3 3 54 0 16 110 .230 .254 .304 .557 50 174 20 2 12
1940 32 309 607 576 43 132 27 3 3 54 0 16 110 .229 .253 .302 .555 50 174 20 2 12
1941 33 318 612 581 43 133 27 3 3 54 0 16 110 .229 .252 .301 .553 49 175 20 2 12
1942 34 318 612 581 43 133 27 3 3 54 0 16 110 .229 .252 .301 .553 49 175 20 2 12
1943 35 336 625 591 43 134 27 3 3 54 0 0 19 113 .227 .253 .298 .551 49 176 20 2 12

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1932 24 41 85 81 4 15 1 0 0 6 0 1 16 .185 .195 .198 .393 3 39
1933 25 39 89 88 12 23 5 0 0 5 0 0 15 .261 .270 .318 .588 7 37
1934 26 39 91 89 3 19 3 3 0 8 0 1 25 .213 .222 .315 .537 6 37
1935 27 41 85 81 11 19 5 0 0 11 0 3 8 .235 .262 .296 .558 6 39
1936 28 47 111 107 6 30 10 0 2 14 0 2 17 .280 .300 .430 .730 14 45
1937 29 38 61 56 0 9 1 0 0 2 0 3 16 .161 .203 .179 .382 2 36
1938 30 38 57 53 3 11 3 0 1 7 0 2 11 .208 .236 .321 .557 4 36
1939 31 38 50 44 6 10 0 0 0 2 0 4 9 .227 .292 .227 .519 3 36
1940 32 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
1941 33 9 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 9
1943 35 19 14 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .000 .214 .000 .214 0 18
11 Yrs 353 651 618 45 136 28 3 3 55 0 19 120 .220 .246 .290 .535 45 336
162 Game Avg. 162 299 284 21 62 13 1 1 25 0 9 55 .220 .246 .290 .535 21 336

Similarity Scores

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