Bill Swift
William Charles Swift
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 27, 1961 in Portland, ME
School: University of Maine
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1984 amateur draft.
Signed June 15, 1984. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 7, 1985
Final Game: September 11, 1998
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Standard Fielding

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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
1985 SEA AL 23 P 23 21 120.2 29 10 18 1 1 .966 2.09 1.22 .952 1.86 0.70
1986 SEA AL 24 P 29 17 115.1 35 13 21 1 1 .971 2.65 1.17 .957 1.83 0.68
1988 SEA AL 26 P 38 24 174.2 56 19 33 4 3 .929 2.68 1.37 .962 1.78 0.67
1989 SEA AL 27 P 37 16 130.0 59 18 39 2 5 .966 3.95 1.54 .959 1.87 0.66
1990 SEA AL 28 P 55 8 128.0 33 10 21 2 1 .939 2.18 0.56 .955 1.78 0.59
1991 SEA AL 29 P 71 0 90.1 34 6 25 3 4 .912 3.09 0.44 .959 1.80 0.58
1992 SFG NL 30 P 30 22 164.2 52 18 33 1 3 .981 2.79 1.70 .952 1.94 0.60
1993 SFG NL 31 P 34 34 232.2 67 17 44 6 3 .910 2.36 1.79 .955 1.84 0.54 CYA-2
1994 SFG NL 32 P 17 17 109.1 23 8 13 2 1 .913 1.73 1.24 .961 1.86 0.54
1995 COL NL 33 P 19 19 105.2 38 9 28 1 2 .974 3.15 1.95 .955 1.84 0.51
1996 COL NL 34 P 7 3 18.1 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.95 0.86 .950 1.82 0.51
1997 COL NL 35 P 14 13 65.1 27 4 22 1 2 .963 3.58 1.86 .952 1.85 0.52
1998 SEA AL 36 P 29 26 144.2 50 17 29 4 3 .920 2.86 1.59 .960 1.78 0.50
13 Seasons P 403 220 1599.2 509 151 330 28 29 .945 2.71 1.19 .957 1.84 0.60
13 Seasons TOT 403 220 1599.2 509 151 330 28 29 .945 2.71 1.19 .902 1.84 0.60

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1985 SEA AL 23 23 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 SEA AL 24 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 SEA AL 26 38 0 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 SEA AL 27 37 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 SEA AL 28 55 0 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 SEA AL 29 71 0 3 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 SFG NL 30 34 22 34 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
1993 SFG NL 31 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 SFG NL 32 18 17 18 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1995 COL NL 33 19 19 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 COL NL 34 7 3 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 COL NL 35 16 13 16 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1998 SEA AL 36 29 2 2 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 410 110 133 403 403 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1985 SEA AL 23 557 81% 34% 21 95% 0 10 1 9 19 17 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1986 SEA AL 24 566 79% 37% 25 88% 0 11 1 9 20 15 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 67%
1988 SEA AL 26 776 84% 49% 41 88% 1 19 1 12 35 26 3 4 0 0 4 1 3 2 3 0 5 80%
1989 SEA AL 27 565 85% 55% 46 89% 1 18 1 13 39 31 4 2 1 0 1 0 5 3 5 0 7 71%
1990 SEA AL 28 548 87% 52% 24 96% 0 10 1 7 21 19 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1991 SEA AL 29 370 80% 53% 29 93% 0 6 0 4 25 19 4 3 0 2 1 2 4 4 4 0 3 100%
1992 SFG NL 30 667 81% 47% 35 100% 0 18 2 16 33 27 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 3 0 3 100%
1993 SFG NL 31 952 77% 47% 51 86% 2 17 0 16 44 36 4 6 1 2 3 4 3 3 3 0 5 80%
1994 SFG NL 32 470 80% 48% 15 80% 1 8 1 5 13 12 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 50%
1995 COL NL 33 472 76% 43% 27 89% 1 10 0 9 25 20 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 80%
1996 COL NL 34 81 88% 57% 4 100% 0 2 0 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 COL NL 35 312 81% 38% 23 96% 1 4 0 4 22 19 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 3 100%
1998 SEA AL 36 689 80% 41% 28 93% 2 16 0 13 27 21 2 4 1 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 2 100%
13 Seasons 7025 81% 46% 369 91% 9 149 8 119 327 266 30 28 4 4 20 10 28 21 28 0 44 84%
MLB Averages 76% 31% 90% 85%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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