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Bill Swift
William Vincent Swift
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 192 lb.

Born: June 19, 1908 in Elmira, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1932
Final Game: September 29, 1943
Died: February 23, 1969 in Bartow, FL
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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1932 24 PIT NL 14 10 .583 3.61 39 23 14 11 0 4 214.1 205 97 86 15 26 64 2 0 1 865 105 1.078 8.6 0.6 1.1 2.7 2.46
1933 25 PIT NL 14 10 .583 3.13 37 29 6 13 2 0 218.1 214 96 76 11 36 64 4 0 1 910 105 1.145 8.8 0.5 1.5 2.6 1.78
1934 26 PIT NL 11 13 .458 3.98 37 24 7 13 1 0 212.2 244 107 94 15 46 81 8 0 1 923 103 1.364 10.3 0.6 1.9 3.4 1.76
1935 27 PIT NL 15 8 .652 2.70 39 21 16 11 3 1 203.2 193 76 61 6 37 74 1 1 0 830 152 1.129 8.5 0.3 1.6 3.3 2.00
1936 28 PIT NL 16 16 .500 4.01 45 31 13 17 0 2 262.1 275 132 117 18 63 92 5 0 3 1123 101 1.288 9.4 0.6 2.2 3.2 1.46
1937 29 PIT NL 9 10 .474 3.95 36 17 12 9 0 3 164.0 160 79 72 14 34 84 3 0 3 676 98 1.183 8.8 0.8 1.9 4.6 2.47
1938 30 PIT NL 7 5 .583 3.24 36 9 20 2 0 4 150.0 155 65 54 9 40 77 4 0 0 633 117 1.300 9.3 0.5 2.4 4.6 1.93
1939 31 PIT NL 5 7 .417 3.89 36 8 18 2 1 4 129.2 150 60 56 6 28 56 3 0 0 559 99 1.373 10.4 0.4 1.9 3.9 2.00
1940 32 BSN NL 1 1 .500 2.89 4 0 2 0 0 1 9.1 12 7 3 0 7 7 0 0 0 46 129 2.036 11.6 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
1941 33 BRO NL 3 0 1.000 3.27 9 0 4 0 0 1 22.0 26 9 8 4 7 9 0 0 1 97 112 1.500 10.6 1.6 2.9 3.7 1.29
1943 35 CHW AL 0 2 .000 4.21 18 1 7 0 0 0 51.1 48 25 24 5 27 28 6 0 1 229 79 1.461 8.4 0.9 4.7 4.9 1.04
11 Seasons 95 82 .537 3.58 336 163 119 78 7 20 1637.2 1682 753 651 103 351 636 36 1 11 6891 107 1.241 9.2 0.6 1.9 3.5 1.81
162 Game Avg. 13 11 .537 3.58 46 22 16 11 1 3 223 229 103 89 14 48 87 5 0 1 939 107 1.241 9.2 0.6 1.9 3.5 1.81
PIT (8 yrs) 91 79 .535 3.57 305 162 106 78 7 18 1555.0 1596 712 616 94 310 592 30 1 9 6519 108 1.226 9.2 0.5 1.8 3.4 1.91
BSN (1 yr) 1 1 .500 2.89 4 0 2 0 0 1 9.1 12 7 3 0 7 7 0 0 0 46 129 2.036 11.6 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
BRO (1 yr) 3 0 1.000 3.27 9 0 4 0 0 1 22.0 26 9 8 4 7 9 0 0 1 97 112 1.500 10.6 1.6 2.9 3.7 1.29
CHW (1 yr) 0 2 .000 4.21 18 1 7 0 0 0 51.1 48 25 24 5 27 28 6 0 1 229 79 1.461 8.4 0.9 4.7 4.9 1.04
NL (10 yrs) 95 80 .543 3.56 318 162 112 78 7 20 1586.1 1634 728 627 98 324 608 30 1 10 6662 108 1.234 9.3 0.6 1.8 3.4 1.88
AL (1 yr) 0 2 .000 4.21 18 1 7 0 0 0 51.1 48 25 24 5 27 28 6 0 1 229 79 1.461 8.4 0.9 4.7 4.9 1.04

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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
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 43 27 5 0 1 1
1935 27 PIT NL 39 82 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 8 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 49 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 21 1 0 0 0 1
11 Seasons 336 624 591 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) 305 603 573 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 21 1 0 0 0
NL (10 yrs) 318 611 581 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 21 1 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1932 PIT NL 24 P 39 37 8 27 2 1 .946 0.90 .957 1.21
1933 PIT NL 25 P 37 52 11 39 2 1 .962 1.35 .963 1.28
1934 PIT NL 26 P 37 48 8 38 2 0 .958 1.24 .960 1.12
1935 PIT NL 27 P 39 27 4 23 0 2 1.000 0.69 .956 1.18
1936 PIT NL 28 P 45 42 4 36 2 3 .952 0.89 .950 1.16
1937 PIT NL 29 P 36 23 2 21 0 3 1.000 0.64 .957 1.20
1938 PIT NL 30 P 36 29 1 26 2 1 .931 0.75 .966 1.13
1939 PIT NL 31 P 36 16 2 14 0 0 1.000 0.44 .956 1.09
1940 BSN NL 32 P 4 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.50 .950 1.10
1941 BRO NL 33 P 9 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.33 .967 1.09
1943 CHW AL 35 P 18 4 1 2 1 0 .750 0.17 .975 1.27
11 Seasons P 336 283 41 231 11 11 .961 0.81 .959 1.17
11 Seasons TOT 336 283 41 231 11 11 .961 0.81 .920 1.17

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1935 NL--2.696--2nd

Wins s c a p y
1936 NL--16--8th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1935 NL--.652--7th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1932 NL--1.078--2nd
1933 NL--1.145--3rd
1935 NL--1.129--2nd
1937 NL--1.183--6th
Career--1.241--235th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1932 NL--8.608--6th
1935 NL--8.529--4th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1932 NL--1.092--1st
1933 NL--1.484--3rd
1934 NL--1.947--7th
1935 NL--1.635--7th
1936 NL--2.161--9th
1937 NL--1.866--6th
Career--1.929--71st

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1937 NL--4.610--10th

Games Played s c a p y
1936 NL--45--5th

Saves s c a p y
1932 NL--4--5th
1937 NL--3--8th
1938 NL--4--8th
1939 NL--4--7th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1936 NL--262.3--6th

Games Started s c a p y
1936 NL--31--8th

Complete Games s c a p y
1936 NL--17--6th

Shutouts s c a p y
1935 NL--3--6th

Home Runs s c a p y
1932 NL--15--8th
1933 NL--11--9th
1934 NL--15--8th
1936 NL--18--3rd
1937 NL--14--10th

Hits s c a p y
1936 NL--275--4th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1932 NL--2.462--2nd
1933 NL--1.778--4th
1935 NL--2.000--10th
1937 NL--2.471--4th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1935 NL--.265--3rd

Losses s c a p y
1936 NL--16--5th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1936 NL--117--3rd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1934 NL--8--1st
1936 NL--5--9th
1943 AL--6--2nd

Batters Faced s c a p y
1936 NL--1123--6th

Games Finished s c a p y
1935 NL--16--9th
1938 NL--20--9th
1939 NL--18--9th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1935 NL--152--2nd

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 2 (734), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 47 (545), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1234), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 12 (656), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

January 29, 1932: Traded by Kansas City (American Association) to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Bob Osborn and Eddie Phillips.

December 8, 1939: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with cash to the Boston Bees for Danny MacFayden.

May 15, 1940: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the Boston Bees.

October 1, 1940: Drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Chicago White Sox in the 1940 rule 5 draft.

June, 1941: Purchased by St Paul (American Association) from the Brooklyn Dodgers for $5,500.

November 2, 1942: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox from St Paul (American Association) in the 1942 rule 5 draft.

October 28, 1943: Sent by the Chicago White Sox to Milwaukee (American Association) to complete an earlier deal made on September 20, 1943. The Chicago White Sox sent players to be named later to Milwaukee (American Association) for players to be named later and Grey Clarke. The Chicago White Sox sent Bill Nagel (October 1, 1943), Dick Culler (October 28, 1943) and Bill Swift (October 28, 1943) to Milwaukee (American Association) to complete the trade.

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