Ron Swoboda
Ronald Alan Swoboda (Rocky)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: June 30, 1944 in Baltimore, MD
High School: Sparrows Point (Baltimore, MD)
School: University of Maryland
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1965
Final Game: September 30, 1973
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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
1965 21 NYM NL 135 438 399 52 91 15 3 19 50 2 3 33 102 .228 .291 .424 .714 102 169 10 3 1 2 3 *789
1966 22 NYM NL 112 381 342 34 76 9 4 8 50 4 2 31 76 .222 .296 .342 .638 80 117 9 5 2 1 4 7/9
1967 23 NYM NL 134 494 449 47 126 17 3 13 53 3 1 41 96 .281 .340 .419 .759 119 188 7 1 0 3 4 93
1968 24 NYM NL 132 508 450 46 109 14 6 11 59 8 1 52 113 .242 .325 .373 .699 110 168 14 4 1 1 1 *9/7
1969 25 NYM NL 109 375 327 38 77 10 2 9 52 1 1 43 90 .235 .326 .361 .687 91 118 10 2 1 2 4 97
1970 26 NYM NL 115 289 245 29 57 8 2 9 40 2 4 40 72 .233 .340 .392 .732 96 96 7 1 1 2 0 9/7
1971 27 TOT MLB 93 259 213 24 55 6 4 2 26 0 1 38 51 .258 .381 .352 .733 113 75 7 5 2 1 1 987
1971 27 MON NL 39 89 75 7 19 4 3 0 6 0 1 11 16 .253 .364 .387 .750 113 29 3 2 1 0 0 87/9
1971 27 NYY AL 54 170 138 17 36 2 1 2 20 0 0 27 35 .261 .391 .333 .724 113 46 4 3 1 1 1 9/78
1972 28 NYY AL 63 133 113 9 28 8 0 1 12 0 1 17 29 .248 .341 .345 .686 108 39 1 0 1 2 1 9/83
1973 29 NYY AL 35 47 43 6 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 18 .116 .191 .186 .378 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 9/8D
9 Seasons 928 2924 2581 285 624 87 24 73 344 20 14 299 647 .242 .324 .379 .703 101 978 65 21 9 14 18
162 Game Avg. 162 510 451 50 109 15 4 13 60 3 2 52 113 .242 .324 .379 .703 101 171 11 4 2 2 3
NYM (6 yrs) 737 2485 2212 246 536 73 20 69 304 20 12 240 549 .242 .319 .387 .706 101 856 57 16 6 11 16
NYY (3 yrs) 152 350 294 32 69 10 1 4 34 0 1 48 82 .235 .345 .316 .661 96 93 5 3 2 3 2
MON (1 yr) 39 89 75 7 19 4 3 0 6 0 1 11 16 .253 .364 .387 .750 113 29 3 2 1 0 0
NL (7 yrs) 776 2574 2287 253 555 77 23 69 310 20 13 251 565 .243 .321 .387 .708 102 885 60 18 7 11 16
AL (3 yrs) 152 350 294 32 69 10 1 4 34 0 1 48 82 .235 .345 .316 .661 96 93 5 3 2 3 2

Advanced Batting

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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
1965 21 NYM NL 438 324 47 3.9 90 .257 .228 .253 .291 .316 .424 .383 .714 .700 102 .475 0.1 0.0 .636 .276 .195 3.6
1966 22 NYM NL 381 280 34 3.3 94 .263 .222 .261 .296 .319 .342 .393 .638 .713 80 .386 -9.5 -1.0 .560 .216 .120 5.3
1967 23 NYM NL 494 334 65 5.2 89 .329 .281 .256 .340 .318 .419 .375 .759 .693 119 .625 10.6 1.1 .701 .234 .138 4.9
1968 24 NYM NL 508 358 55 4.2 81 .300 .242 .252 .325 .310 .373 .355 .699 .666 110 .568 5.8 0.6 .649 .262 .131 9.3
1969 25 NYM NL 375 264 39 4.0 96 .296 .235 .262 .326 .332 .361 .388 .687 .720 91 .476 -3.6 -0.4 .625 .257 .125 1.8
1970 26 NYM NL 289 202 33 4.4 103 .289 .233 .267 .340 .340 .392 .408 .732 .748 96 .474 -0.8 -0.1 .678 .314 .159 3.3
1971 27 TOT MLB 259 169 30 4.8 89 .329 .258 .252 .381 .321 .352 .372 .733 .694 113 .575 5.8 0.6 .705 .268 .094 .0
1971 27 MON NL 89 61 10 4.4 92 .322 .253 .260 .364 .326 .387 .380 .750 .706 113 .537 1.6 0.2 .683 .267 .133
1971 27 NYY AL 170 108 20 5.0 87 .333 .261 .248 .391 .319 .333 .368 .724 .687 113 .596 4.2 0.4 .717 .268 .072 .0
1972 28 NYY AL 133 90 14 4.2 81 .318 .248 .243 .341 .311 .345 .351 .686 .662 108 .564 2.2 0.2 .632 .239 .097 .0
1973 29 NYY AL 47 38 2 1.4 91 .167 .116 .256 .191 .324 .186 .376 .378 .701 8 .113 -5.4 -0.6 .316 .163 .070 .0
9 Seasons 2924 2059 319 4.2 90 .294 .242 .256 .324 .321 .379 .379 .703 .699 101 .514 5.2 0.6 .640 .255 .137 31.4
162 Game Avg. 510 359 56 4.2 90 .294 .242 .256 .324 .321 .379 .379 .703 .699 101 .514 1 0 .640 .255 .137 5
NYM (6 yrs) 2485 1762 273 4.2 91 .291 .242 .257 .319 .321 .387 .381 .706 .702 101 .512 2.6 0.3 .642 .257 .145 31.0
NYY (3 yrs) 350 236 36 4.1 85 .308 .235 .247 .345 .317 .316 .363 .661 .680 96 .521 1.0 0.1 .619 .241 .082 .0
MON (1 yr) 89 61 10 4.4 92 .322 .253 .260 .364 .326 .387 .380 .750 .706 113 .537 1.6 0.2 .683 .267 .133
NL (7 yrs) 2574 1823 283 4.2 91 .292 .243 .258 .321 .321 .387 .381 .708 .702 102 .513 4.2 0.5 .643 .257 .144 31.0
AL (3 yrs) 350 236 36 4.1 85 .308 .235 .247 .345 .317 .316 .363 .661 .680 96 .521 1.0 0.1 .619 .241 .082 .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
1969 25 NYM NL WS BAL W 4 16 15 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 .400 .438 .467 .904 7 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 4 16 15 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 .400 .438 .467 .904 7 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1965 21 NYM NL 438 4.3% 23.3% 7.5% 8.5% 41% 3.09 3.9 21.0 8.0 0.98 64%
1966 22 NYM NL 381 2.1% 20.0% 8.1% 5.5% 28% 2.45 4.5 42.8 6.8 1.15 68%
1967 23 NYM NL 494 2.6% 19.4% 8.3% 6.7% 26% 2.34 4.7 34.5 8.5 0.94 69%
1968 24 NYM NL 508 2.2% 22.2% 10.2% 6.1% 28% 2.17 4.0 40.9 7.6 1.39 64%
1969 25 NYM NL 375 2.4% 24.0% 11.5% 5.6% 27% 2.09 3.6 36.3 6.3 1.39 61%
1970 26 NYM NL 289 3.1% 24.9% 13.8% 6.6% 33% 1.80 3.4 27.2 6.1 1.06 57%
1971 27 TOT MLB 259 0.8% 19.7% 14.7% 4.6% 22% 1.34 4.2 106.5 8.2 1.56 62%
1971 27 MON NL 89 0.0% 18.0% 12.4% 7.9% 37% 1.45 4.7 12.5 2.14 66%
1971 27 NYY AL 170 1.2% 20.6% 15.9% 2.9% 14% 1.30 3.9 69.0 6.9 1.29 60%
1972 28 NYY AL 133 0.8% 21.8% 12.8% 6.8% 32% 1.71 3.9 113.0 9.4 0.94 64%
1973 29 NYY AL 47 2.1% 38.3% 8.5% 2.1% 20% 4.50 2.4 43.0 21.5 0.91 51%
9 Seasons 2924 2.5% 22.1% 10.2% 6.3% 30% 2.16 4.0 35.4 7.5 1.15 64%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1965 21 NYM NL 8 0 31% 122 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 5 42% 22 13 9 2 1 1 14 8 6
1966 22 NYM NL 3 0 25% 133 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 24% 22 17 4 5 3 1 6 2 3
1967 23 NYM NL 8 0 22% 178 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 51% 38 22 16 8 2 5 7 1 6
1968 24 NYM NL 9 0 23% 205 8 1 89% 7 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 8 4 58% 33 16 15 6 1 5 13 2 10
1969 25 NYM NL 6 0 26% 118 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 46% 22 14 7 1 0 1 12 4 8
1970 26 NYM NL 2 0 23% 96 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 7 57% 16 7 9 2 1 1 5 2 3
1971 27 TOT MLB 0 0 23% 99 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 7 41% 15 11 4 5 3 2 9 3 6
1971 27 MON NL 0 0 22% 39 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 33% 4 4 0 3 1 2 2 1 1
1971 27 NYY AL 0 0 23% 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 45% 11 7 4 2 2 0 7 2 5
1972 28 NYY AL 1 0 18% 44 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 40% 9 6 3 1 1 0 5 2 3
1973 29 NYY AL 0 0 63% 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33% 3 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 1
9 Seasons 37 0 24% 1020 20 14 59% 19 12 0 1 1 1 9 1 30 44 46% 180 109 67 32 13 17 72 24 46
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1965 21 NYM NL 438 31% 91 25 7 2 2 1.29 19 0 9 14 5 10 9 0 1 1 100% 83 10 12% 37 9 24% 261 34 13% 21 8 38% 17 9 53% 0
1966 22 NYM NL 381 51% 76 19 8 2 5 2.22 8 0 10 1 7 2 6 0 3 2 67% 68 9 13% 31 4 13% 247 42 17% 20 6 30% 23 8 35% 0
1967 23 NYM NL 494 37% 126 9 2 0 0 0.90 13 0 6 8 5 6 7 0 3 0 0% 91 7 8% 37 11 30% 291 40 14% 23 8 35% 27 7 26% 0
1968 24 NYM NL 508 35% 109 9 4 0 3 2.81 11 0 9 8 3 6 5 0 1 1 100% 84 14 17% 46 15 33% 306 49 16% 36 17 47% 24 8 33% 0
1969 25 NYM NL 375 37% 77 9 2 0 2 1.91 9 1 16 5 4 3 6 0 1 1 100% 84 10 12% 37 12 32% 278 46 17% 26 10 38% 19 5 26% 0
1970 26 NYM NL 289 46% 57 20 5 1 2 1.73 9 1 16 2 7 6 3 0 1 1 100% 68 7 10% 38 13 34% 219 33 15% 25 11 44% 17 2 12% 0
1971 27 TOT MLB 259 73% 55 29 4 0 4 1.31 2 0 10 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 100% 56 7 13% 26 8 31% 179 25 14% 15 6 40% 14 3 21% 0
1971 27 MON NL 89 70% 19 18 3 0 2 0.85 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 14 3 21% 8 2 25% 51 7 14% 3 1 33% 3 0 0% 0
1971 27 NYY AL 170 75% 36 11 1 0 2 2.07 2 0 8 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 100% 42 4 10% 18 6 33% 128 18 14% 12 5 42% 11 3 27% 0
1972 28 NYY AL 133 76% 28 26 4 1 2 1.33 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 25 1 4% 13 5 38% 83 11 13% 11 2 18% 6 2 33% 0
1973 29 NYY AL 47 91% 5 1 1 0 1 0.11 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 4 0 0% 34 1 3% 1 0 0% 5 0 0% 0
9 Seasons 2924 44% 624 147 37 6 21 1.58 73 2 79 38 35 35 38 0 13 9 69% 563 65 12% 269 77 29% 1898 281 15% 178 68 38% 152 44 29% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1965 21 135 438 399 52 91 15 3 19 50 2 3 33 102 .228 .291 .424 .714 102 169 10 3 1 2 3
1966 22 247 819 741 86 167 24 7 27 100 6 5 64 178 .225 .293 .386 .679 92 286 19 8 3 3 7
1967 23 381 1313 1190 133 293 41 10 40 153 9 6 105 274 .246 .311 .398 .709 102 474 26 9 3 6 11
1968 24 513 1821 1640 179 402 55 16 51 212 17 7 157 387 .245 .315 .391 .706 104 642 40 13 4 7 12
1969 25 622 2196 1967 217 479 65 18 60 264 18 8 200 477 .244 .317 .386 .703 102 760 50 15 5 9 16
1970 26 737 2485 2212 246 536 73 20 69 304 20 12 240 549 .242 .319 .387 .706 101 856 57 16 6 11 16
1971 27 830 2744 2425 270 591 79 24 71 330 20 13 278 600 .244 .325 .384 .709 102 931 64 21 8 12 17
1972 28 893 2877 2538 279 619 87 24 72 342 20 14 295 629 .244 .326 .382 .708 103 970 65 21 9 14 18
1973 29 928 2924 2581 285 624 87 24 73 344 20 14 299 647 .242 .324 .379 .703 101 978 65 21 9 14 18

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1965 21 134 442 402 60 96 16 3 20 57 2 35 101 .239 .303 .443 .746 54 135
1966 22 112 387 348 38 82 10 4 9 56 4 33 76 .236 .310 .365 .675 38 112
1967 23 134 513 463 55 140 19 3 14 62 3 46 96 .302 .365 .447 .812 76 134
1968 24 131 534 467 59 128 16 7 13 75 9 61 112 .274 .363 .422 .785 71 132
1969 25 109 379 330 40 80 10 2 9 55 1 45 90 .242 .335 .367 .702 41 109
1970 26 115 286 244 28 56 8 2 9 39 2 39 72 .230 .336 .389 .725 32 115
1971 27 93 276 224 29 65 7 5 2 31 0 45 51 .290 .420 .393 .813 36 93
1972 28 66 149 125 12 36 10 0 1 16 0 22 30 .288 .389 .392 .781 20 63
1973 29 35 49 44 7 6 0 0 1 2 0 5 18 .136 .224 .205 .429 2 35
9 Seasons 929 3015 2647 328 689 96 26 78 393 21 331 646 .260 .346 .405 .751 370 928
162 Game Avg. 162 526 462 57 120 17 5 14 69 4 58 113 .260 .346 .405 .751 65 928

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Triples s c a p y
1968 NL--6--8th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1968 NL--113--6th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 1 (2323), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2322), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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