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Bob Swift
Robert Virgil Swift
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 6, 1915 in Salina, KS (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1940
Final Game: September 27, 1953
Died: October 17, 1966 in Detroit, MI
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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
1940 25 SLB AL 130 433 398 37 97 20 1 0 39 1 0 28 39 .244 .295 .299 .594 53 119 8 1 6 *2
1941 26 SLB AL 63 195 170 13 44 7 0 0 21 2 0 22 11 .259 .344 .300 .644 69 51 5 0 3 2
1942 27 TOT AL 89 287 268 12 59 7 0 1 23 1 4 16 22 .220 .264 .257 .522 47 69 5 0 3 2
1942 27 SLB AL 29 81 76 3 15 4 0 1 8 0 2 3 5 .197 .228 .289 .517 44 22 1 0 2 2
1942 27 PHA AL 60 206 192 9 44 3 0 0 15 1 2 13 17 .229 .278 .245 .523 48 47 4 0 1 2
1943 28 PHA AL 77 262 224 16 43 5 1 1 11 0 0 35 16 .192 .301 .237 .538 59 53 10 0 3 2
1944 29 DET AL 80 283 247 15 63 11 1 1 19 2 0 27 27 .255 .331 .320 .651 82 79 9 1 8 2
1945 30 DET AL 95 310 279 19 65 5 0 0 24 1 0 26 22 .233 .298 .251 .549 56 70 7 0 5 2
1946 31 DET AL 42 124 107 13 25 2 0 2 10 0 0 14 7 .234 .322 .308 .631 72 33 4 0 3 2
1947 32 DET AL 97 323 279 23 70 11 0 1 21 2 2 33 16 .251 .330 .301 .631 74 84 8 0 11 2
1948 33 DET AL 113 356 292 23 65 6 0 4 33 1 0 51 29 .223 .338 .284 .622 64 83 9 0 13 *2
1949 34 DET AL 74 215 189 16 45 6 0 2 18 0 0 26 20 .238 .330 .302 .632 68 57 2 0 0 2
1950 35 DET AL 67 159 132 14 30 4 0 2 9 0 0 25 6 .227 .350 .303 .653 66 40 7 0 2 2
1951 36 DET AL 44 118 104 8 20 0 0 0 5 0 0 12 10 .192 .276 .192 .468 28 20 0 0 2 2
1952 37 DET AL 28 66 58 3 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 7 7 .138 .242 .155 .398 12 9 5 1 0 2
1953 38 DET AL 2 5 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .333 .600 .667 1.267 243 2 0 0 0 /2
14 Seasons 1001 3136 2750 212 635 86 3 14 238 10 6 324 233 .231 .313 .280 .592 61 769 79 3 59
162 Game Avg. 162 508 445 34 103 14 0 2 39 2 1 52 38 .231 .313 .280 .592 61 124 13 0 10
DET (10 yrs) 642 1959 1690 134 392 47 1 12 144 6 2 223 145 .232 .322 .282 .604 65 477 51 2 44
SLB (3 yrs) 222 709 644 53 156 31 1 1 68 3 2 53 55 .242 .301 .298 .599 57 192 14 1 11
PHA (2 yrs) 137 468 416 25 87 8 1 1 26 1 2 48 33 .209 .291 .240 .531 54 100 14 0 4

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
1945 30 DET AL WS CHC W 3 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .250 .500 .250 .750 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .250 .500 .250 .750 1 0 0 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 PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1940 SLB AL 25 C 128 453 389 55 9 8 .980 3.47 .982 4.68 11
1941 SLB AL 26 C 58 205 180 22 3 3 .985 3.48 .983 4.54 3
1942 TOT AL 27 C 88 393 334 50 9 5 .977 4.36 .979 4.28 5
1942 SLB AL 27 C 28 92 81 11 0 2 1.000 3.29 .978 4.28 2
1942 PHA AL 27 C 60 301 253 39 9 3 .970 4.87 .979 4.28 3
1943 PHA AL 28 C 77 339 278 53 8 9 .976 4.30 .981 4.61 4
1944 DET AL 29 C 76 342 288 48 6 4 .982 4.42 .976 4.36 5
1945 DET AL 30 C 94 423 358 60 5 12 .988 4.45 .986 4.31 7
1946 DET AL 31 C 42 205 187 14 4 2 .980 4.79 .982 4.79 3
1947 DET AL 32 C 97 451 401 45 5 6 .989 4.60 .985 4.30 5
1948 DET AL 33 C 112 536 476 55 5 13 .991 4.74 .986 4.08 10
1949 DET AL 34 C 69 261 232 26 3 6 .989 3.74 .985 4.10 3
1950 DET AL 35 C 66 222 201 20 1 3 .995 3.35 .985 4.21 4
1951 DET AL 36 C 43 166 146 17 3 3 .982 3.79 .982 4.40 2
1952 DET AL 37 C 28 133 118 12 3 1 .977 4.64 .985 4.70 1
1953 DET AL 38 C 2 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 6.50 .985 4.45 0
14 Seasons C 980 4142 3601 477 64 75 .985 4.16 .983 4.38 63
14 Seasons TOT 980 4142 3601 477 64 75 .985 4.16 .967 4.38 63

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1947 AL--11--10th
1948 AL--13--7th

Oldest s c a p y
1953 AL--born 1915-03-06--8th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1359), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1565), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Admiral Schlei (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ruben Amaro (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ted Kubiak (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

Before 1935 Season: Sent from Muskogee (Western Association) to the Detroit Tigers in an unknown transaction.

Before 1937 Season: Returned to Augusta (South Atlantic) by the Detroit Tigers after expiration of minor league working agreement.

Before 1937 Season: Obtained by the New York Yankees from Augusta (South Atlantic) as part of a minor league working agreement.

December, 1937: Traded by the New York Yankees with cash to the St. Louis Browns for Stan Keyes (minors).

June 1, 1942: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Bob Harris to the Philadelphia Athletics for Frankie Hayes.

October 11, 1943: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with Don Heffner to the Detroit Tigers for Rip Radcliff.

December 17, 1952: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

September 14, 1953: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

October 13, 1953: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

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