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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 Pitching

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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
1985 23 SEA AL 6 10 .375 4.77 23 21 0 0 0 0 120.2 131 71 64 8 48 5 55 5 3 5 532 88 1.483 9.8 0.6 3.6 4.1 1.15
1986 24 SEA AL 2 9 .182 5.46 29 17 3 1 0 0 115.1 148 85 70 5 55 2 55 7 1 2 534 77 1.760 11.5 0.4 4.3 4.3 1.00
1988 26 SEA AL 8 12 .400 4.59 38 24 4 6 1 0 174.2 199 99 89 10 65 3 47 8 2 6 757 91 1.511 10.3 0.5 3.3 2.4 0.72
1989 27 SEA AL 7 3 .700 4.43 37 16 7 0 0 1 130.0 140 72 64 7 38 4 45 2 1 4 551 91 1.369 9.7 0.5 2.6 3.1 1.18
1990 28 SEA AL 6 4 .600 2.39 55 8 18 0 0 6 128.0 135 46 34 4 21 6 42 7 3 8 533 165 1.219 9.5 0.3 1.5 3.0 2.00
1991 29 SEA AL 1 2 .333 1.99 71 0 30 0 0 17 90.1 74 22 20 3 26 4 48 1 1 2 359 206 1.107 7.4 0.3 2.6 4.8 1.85
1992 30 SFG NL 10 4 .714 2.08 30 22 2 3 2 1 164.2 144 41 38 6 43 3 77 3 1 0 655 159 1.136 7.9 0.3 2.4 4.2 1.79
1993 31 SFG NL 21 8 .724 2.82 34 34 0 1 1 0 232.2 195 82 73 18 55 5 157 6 0 4 928 138 1.074 7.5 0.7 2.1 6.1 2.85 CYA-2
1994 32 SFG NL 8 7 .533 3.38 17 17 0 0 0 0 109.1 109 49 41 10 31 6 62 1 0 2 457 118 1.280 9.0 0.8 2.6 5.1 2.00
1995 33 COL NL 9 3 .750 4.94 19 19 0 0 0 0 105.2 122 62 58 12 43 2 68 1 0 2 463 109 1.562 10.4 1.0 3.7 5.8 1.58
1996 34 COL NL 1 1 .500 5.40 7 3 2 0 0 2 18.1 23 12 11 1 5 0 5 0 0 0 81 97 1.527 11.3 0.5 2.5 2.5 1.00
1997 35 COL NL 4 6 .400 6.34 14 13 1 0 0 0 65.1 85 57 46 11 26 0 29 2 2 2 304 82 1.699 11.7 1.5 3.6 4.0 1.12
1998 36 SEA AL 11 9 .550 5.85 29 26 0 0 0 0 144.2 183 103 94 21 51 2 77 10 2 1 663 79 1.618 11.4 1.3 3.2 4.8 1.51
13 Seasons 94 78 .547 3.95 403 220 67 11 4 27 1599.2 1688 801 702 116 507 42 767 53 16 38 6817 106 1.372 9.5 0.7 2.9 4.3 1.51
162 Game Avg. 10 9 .547 3.95 44 24 7 1 0 3 175 184 87 77 13 55 5 84 6 2 4 744 106 1.372 9.5 0.7 2.9 4.3 1.51
SEA (7 yrs) 41 49 .456 4.33 282 112 62 7 1 24 903.2 1010 498 435 58 304 26 369 40 13 28 3929 97 1.454 10.1 0.6 3.0 3.7 1.21
COL (3 yrs) 14 10 .583 5.47 40 35 3 0 0 2 189.1 230 131 115 24 74 2 102 3 2 4 848 97 1.606 10.9 1.1 3.5 4.8 1.38
SFG (3 yrs) 39 19 .672 2.70 81 73 2 4 3 1 506.2 448 172 152 34 129 14 296 10 1 6 2040 137 1.139 8.0 0.6 2.3 5.3 2.29
AL (7 yrs) 41 49 .456 4.33 282 112 62 7 1 24 903.2 1010 498 435 58 304 26 369 40 13 28 3929 97 1.454 10.1 0.6 3.0 3.7 1.21
NL (6 yrs) 53 29 .646 3.45 121 108 5 4 3 3 696.0 678 303 267 58 203 16 398 13 3 10 2888 120 1.266 8.8 0.8 2.6 5.1 1.96

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1995 33 COL NL NLDS L ATL 0 0 6.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 7 4 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 24 1.500 10.5 0.0 3.0 4.5 1.50
1 NLDS 0 0 6.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 7 4 4 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 24 1.500 10.5 0.0 3.0 4.5 1.50

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
1991 29 SEA AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 30 SFG NL 34 57 51 3 8 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 18 .157 .173 .216 .389 13 11 0 0 5 0 0 1
1993 31 SFG NL 34 96 80 12 21 1 0 0 4 0 0 5 19 .263 .302 .275 .577 59 22 3 0 10 1 0 1 CYA-2
1994 32 SFG NL 18 40 32 5 6 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 5 .188 .257 .281 .538 44 9 0 0 5 0 0 1
1995 33 COL NL 19 43 36 5 7 1 0 1 4 1 0 2 5 .194 .237 .306 .542 28 11 0 0 5 0 0 1
1996 34 COL NL 7 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 63 2 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1997 35 COL NL 14 28 19 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 4 .211 .375 .263 .638 58 5 1 1 4 0 0 1
1998 36 SEA AL 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Seasons 131 275 229 27 48 9 0 1 15 1 0 15 54 .210 .260 .262 .522 39 60 4 1 29 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 340 283 33 59 11 0 1 19 1 0 19 67 .210 .260 .262 .522 39 74 5 1 36 1 0
COL (3 yrs) 40 77 61 7 13 2 0 1 6 1 0 6 10 .213 .294 .295 .589 42 18 1 1 9 0 0
SFG (3 yrs) 86 193 163 20 35 7 0 0 9 0 0 9 42 .215 .254 .258 .512 42 42 3 0 20 1 0
SEA (7 yrs) 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (6 yrs) 126 270 224 27 48 9 0 1 15 1 0 15 52 .214 .266 .268 .533 42 60 4 1 29 1 0
AL (7 yrs) 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1995 33 COL NL NLDS ATL L 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1993-NL--2--44%
0.44 Career Shares (102nd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1992 NL--2.077--1st
1993 NL--2.824--4th

Wins s c a p y
1993 NL--21--3rd

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1993 NL--.724--6th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1992 NL--1.136--8th
1993 NL--1.075--2nd

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1993 NL--7.543--2nd

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1993 NL--2.128--8th

Games Played s c a p y
1991 AL--71--4th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1993 NL--232.7--7th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1993 NL--157--9th

Games Started s c a p y
1993 NL--34--7th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1993 NL--2.855--10th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1988 AL--.515--4th
1992 NL--.328--4th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1988 AL--8--10th
1990 AL--7--8th
1998 AL--10--9th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1992 NL--159--2nd
1993 NL--138--4th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 13 (1073), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 17 (670), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1091), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 6, 1983: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the 1983 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 4, 1984: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1984 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 1984.

December 11, 1991: Traded by the Seattle Mariners with Dave Burba and Mike Jackson to the San Francisco Giants for Kevin Mitchell and Mike Remlinger.

October 15, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

April 8, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.

August 20, 1997: Released by the Colorado Rockies.

August 26, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

August 30, 1997: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

February 14, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

October 23, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

January 8, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1986Seattle Mariners$75,000
1988Seattle Mariners$77,500
1989Seattle Mariners$195,000
1990Seattle Mariners$370,000
1991Seattle Mariners$950,000
1992San Francisco Giants$2,316,667
1993San Francisco Giants$3,316,667
1994San Francisco Giants$2,316,667
1995Colorado Rockies$3,933,333
1996Colorado Rockies$4,608,333
1997Colorado Rockies$4,608,333
1998Seattle Mariners$425,000
Career (may be incomplete)$23,192,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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