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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1965 NYM NL 21 OF 112 104 875.2 208 188 9 11 2 .947 2.4 3.3 1.4 -1.0 2.5 1 2.02 1.76 .975 2.00 1.75
1965 NYM NL 21 LF 73 67 578.2 127 115 6 6 1 .953 3.1 6.4 2.1 1.5 0.7 1 1.88 1.66 .966 1.71 1.38
1965 NYM NL 21 CF 26 23 181.0 56 52 1 3 0 .946 -1.4 -9.3 -1.4 -2.6 1.2 0 2.64 2.04 .982 2.30 2.00
1965 NYM NL 21 RF 15 14 116.0 36 32 2 2 1 .944 0.7 7.2 0.7 0.1 0.6 0 2.64 2.27 .978 1.96 1.73
1966 NYM NL 22 OF 97 88 794.1 154 145 7 2 0 .987 0.6 0.9 -3.4 -1.4 -1.9 4 1.72 1.57 .973 2.03 1.78
1966 NYM NL 22 LF 89 80 728.1 136 127 7 2 0 .985 -0.4 -0.7 -4.4 -1.7 -2.6 4 1.66 1.51 .962 1.74 1.35
1966 NYM NL 22 RF 9 8 66.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.0 18.2 1.0 0.3 0.7 0 2.18 1.78 .975 1.96 1.68
1967 NYM NL 23 OF 108 105 914.0 207 190 8 9 0 .957 -10.3 -13.5 -5.3 -7.7 2.4 -5 1.95 1.83 .976 2.03 1.81
1967 NYM NL 23 RF 108 105 914.0 205 188 8 9 1 .956 -10.3 -13.5 -5.3 -7.7 2.4 -5 1.93 1.81 .977 2.04 1.76
1967 NYM NL 23 1B 20 17 143.0 164 143 17 4 7 .976 2.5 21.0 2.5 1.0 1.5 0 10.07 8.00 .991 9.96 8.82
1968 NYM NL 24 OF 125 117 1084.1 237 217 14 6 4 .975 3.5 3.9 -0.5 2.3 -2.7 4 1.92 1.85 .975 2.02 1.82
1968 NYM NL 24 RF 124 117 1081.2 238 218 14 6 4 .975 3.3 3.7 -0.7 2.3 -2.9 4 1.93 1.87 .981 2.02 1.77
1968 NYM NL 24 LF 1 0 2.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 90.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 3.38 1.00 1.000 1.69 1.40
1969 NYM NL 25 OF 97 86 801.1 170 163 5 2 0 .988 0.7 1.0 1.7 0.8 0.9 -1 1.89 1.73 .972 2.02 1.75
1969 NYM NL 25 RF 78 70 639.2 132 127 4 1 0 .992 1.5 2.8 1.5 -0.2 1.7 0 1.84 1.68 .974 1.89 1.60
1969 NYM NL 25 LF 23 16 161.2 34 32 1 1 0 .971 -0.8 -5.9 0.2 1.0 -0.8 -1 1.84 1.43 .962 1.67 1.30
1970 NYM NL 26 OF 100 58 592.1 122 117 3 2 1 .984 -2.7 -5.5 0.3 -0.1 0.4 -3 1.82 1.20 .975 2.07 1.78
1970 NYM NL 26 RF 100 58 584.1 121 117 2 2 1 .983 -2.8 -5.8 0.2 -0.1 0.3 -3 1.83 1.19 .976 2.00 1.68
1970 NYM NL 26 LF 1 0 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 15.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 1.12 1.00 1.000 1.80 1.40
1971 TOT MLB 27 OF 73 58 508.1 128 119 5 4 0 .969 5.8 13.7 2.8 0.3 2.4 3 2.20 1.70 .981 2.23 1.95
1971 TOT MLB 27 RF 42 36 296.1 71 67 2 2 0 .972 2.1 8.5 1.1 -0.1 1.1 1 2.10 1.64 .980 2.05 1.70
1971 TOT MLB 27 CF 18 13 112.0 32 29 2 1 0 .969 1.7 18.2 0.7 0.4 0.3 1 2.49 1.72 .984 2.64 2.30
1971 TOT MLB 27 LF 17 9 100.0 25 23 1 1 0 .960 2.0 24.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 1 2.16 1.41 .976 1.90 1.56
1971 MON NL 27 OF 26 17 154.0 43 39 3 1 0 .977 4.7 36.6 2.7 1.3 1.4 2 2.45 1.62 .979 2.19 1.92
1971 MON NL 27 CF 17 12 104.0 31 28 2 1 0 .968 2.2 25.4 1.2 0.9 0.3 1 2.60 1.76 .984 2.64 2.30
1971 MON NL 27 LF 10 3 43.0 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 2.1 58.6 1.1 0.0 1.1 1 2.09 1.00 .970 1.86 1.53
1971 MON NL 27 RF 2 2 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 68.6 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 2.57 1.00 1.000 2.06 1.80
1971 NYY AL 27 OF 47 41 354.1 85 80 2 3 0 .965 1.1 3.7 0.1 -1.0 1.0 1 2.08 1.74 .982 2.24 1.96
1971 NYY AL 27 RF 40 34 289.1 69 65 2 2 0 .971 1.7 7.1 0.7 -0.5 1.1 1 2.08 1.68 .980 2.05 1.70
1971 NYY AL 27 LF 7 6 57.0 15 14 0 1 0 .933 -0.1 -2.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 2.21 2.00 .980 1.93 1.60
1971 NYY AL 27 CF 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -75.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 1.12 1.00 1.000 2.70 2.30
1972 NYY AL 28 OF 35 26 236.0 59 56 2 1 1 .983 -1.1 -5.6 -0.1 1.7 -1.9 -1 2.21 1.66 .983 2.22 1.91
1972 NYY AL 28 RF 30 22 199.0 51 48 2 1 1 .980 -1.6 -9.6 -0.6 0.9 -1.5 -1 2.26 1.67 .980 2.12 1.76
1972 NYY AL 28 CF 5 4 37.0 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 0.5 16.2 0.5 0.8 -0.4 0 3.16 2.60 .985 2.65 2.28
1972 NYY AL 28 1B 2 0 3.2 5 5 0 0 1 1.000 0.2 65.5 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 12.27 2.50 1.000 9.82 8.05
1973 NYY AL 29 OF 20 8 93.0 23 23 0 0 0 1.000 -1.4 -18.1 0.6 -0.1 0.7 -2 2.23 1.15 .978 2.29 2.02
1973 NYY AL 29 RF 12 6 58.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -2.1 0.9 0.1 0.8 -1 2.17 1.17 .979 2.09 1.73
1973 NYY AL 29 CF 8 2 35.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -1.3 -44.6 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 -1 2.31 1.13 .978 2.78 2.54
1973 NYY AL 29 DH 4
9 Seasons OF 767 650 5899.1 1308 1218 53 37 8 .972 -2.5 -0.5 -2.5 -5.2 2.8 0 1.94 1.66 .976 2.05 1.81
9 Seasons RF 518 436 3955.0 884 827 34 23 8 .974 -6.2 -1.9 -1.2 -4.4 3.2 -5 1.96 1.66 .978 2.01 1.72
6 Seasons LF 204 172 1579.1 324 299 15 10 1 .969 4.2 3.2 -0.8 0.8 -1.4 5 1.79 1.54 .965 1.73 1.37
4 Seasons CF 57 42 365.0 110 102 4 4 0 .964 -0.5 -1.6 -0.5 -1.6 1.0 0 2.61 1.86 .983 2.49 2.19
2 Seasons 1B 22 17 146.2 169 148 17 4 8 .976 2.7 22.1 2.7 1.2 1.5 0 10.12 7.50 .991 9.96 8.75
1 Season DH 4
9 Seasons TOT 789 667 6046.0 1477 1366 70 41 16 .972 0.2 0.0 0.2 -4.0 4.3 0 0 2.14 1.82 .950 2.25 2.00
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1965 NYM NL 21 135 104 135 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 26 15 112 28 0
1966 NYM NL 22 112 88 112 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 89 0 9 97 21 0
1967 NYM NL 23 134 122 134 134 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 108 108 10 0
1968 NYM NL 24 132 117 132 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 124 125 10 0
1969 NYM NL 25 109 86 109 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 78 97 15 1
1970 NYM NL 26 115 58 115 115 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 100 100 26 7
1971 NYY AL 27 54 41 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 40 47 13 0
1971 MON NL 27 39 17 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 17 2 26 22 0
1972 NYY AL 28 63 26 63 63 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 30 35 33 0
1973 NYY AL 29 35 10 35 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 12 20 2 3 12
9 Seasons 928 669 928 913 0 0 22 0 0 0 204 57 518 767 2 181 20
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 -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1965 NYM NL 21 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 7 1 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 5 3 0 20 7 35.0% 12 1 5.0% 1 539 62% 80% 28% 58 57%
1966 NYM NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 8 4 50.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 283 45% 82% 28% 31 52%
1967 NYM NL 23 9 0 8 1 0 8 0 3 3 1 42 7 0 28 1 0 16 11 0 16 3 1 15 11 0 117 33 28.2% 83 1 0.9% 7 4015 62% 77% 24% 423 46%
1968 NYM NL 24 6 0 5 1 1 14 0 5 3 3 47 16 1 29 9 2 17 10 1 14 7 0 21 16 2 128 58 45.3% 64 6 4.7% 8 4508 65% 76% 25% 470 49%
1969 NYM NL 25 1 0 1 0 1 4 0 1 1 1 33 15 1 13 1 1 4 1 0 6 3 0 6 4 0 62 24 38.7% 36 2 3.2% 2 2655 61% 75% 26% 250 52%
1970 NYM NL 26 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 21 10 0 15 1 0 11 7 0 9 2 1 8 4 0 64 24 37.5% 39 1 1.6% 1 2507 61% 73% 26% 240 50%
1971 NYY AL 27 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 19 9 1 6 3 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 32 16 50.0% 15 1 3.1% 1 1243 59% 81% 25% 119 56%
1971 MON NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 30 33% 63% 23% 4 50%
1972 NYY AL 28 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 9 3 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 18 6 33.3% 12 0 0.0% 2 854 66% 84% 27% 84 60%
1973 NYY AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 7 2 28.6% 5 0 0.0% 0 233 64% 84% 30% 26 54%
9 Seasons 23 0 21 2 3 34 0 12 9 7 186 63 3 103 19 3 51 32 1 54 17 3 63 43 2 457 174 38.1% 271 12 2.6% 22 16867 62% 77% 25% 1705 50%
MLB Averages 42.0% 3.3% 62% 77% 25% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1965 NYM NL 21 6 0 5 1 1 6 0 0 1 4 26 20 0 18 4 3 11 4 1 3 1 0 5 5 0 63 34 54.0% 25 4 6.3% 2 2526 61% 79% 25% 264 45%
1966 NYM NL 22 2 0 2 0 0 7 0 3 0 3 35 30 0 27 7 3 13 9 0 8 3 0 10 10 0 93 59 63.4% 31 3 3.2% 4 3258 63% 79% 22% 333 41%
1968 NYM NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 50% 80% 40% 1 100%
1969 NYM NL 25 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 9 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 17 8 47.1% 8 1 5.9% 0 682 65% 74% 25% 70 47%
1970 NYM NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 65% 87% 32% 4 25%
1971 MON NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 3 75.0% 0 1 25.0% 0 176 48% 72% 30% 16 63%
1971 NYY AL 27 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 7 5 71.4% 2 0 0.0% 0 242 53% 82% 27% 28 50%
6 Seasons 10 0 8 2 1 15 0 3 1 9 64 53 0 56 13 8 30 18 1 13 4 0 21 21 0 184 109 59.2% 66 9 4.9% 6 6925 61% 78% 24% 716 44%
MLB Averages 57.4% 2.7% 62% 77% 25% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1965 NYM NL 21 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 10 4 0 8 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 7 6 0 30 12 40.0% 18 0 0.0% 1 836 64% 82% 25% 124 43%
1971 MON NL 27 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 4 66.7% 2 0 0.0% 2 454 53% 76% 25% 44 68%
1971 NYY AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 40% 89% 20% 3 33%
1972 NYY AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 1 156 61% 83% 25% 18 72%
1973 NYY AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 155 72% 81% 24% 16 56%
4 Seasons 4 0 4 0 1 4 0 1 2 0 14 6 0 11 2 0 4 1 0 3 0 0 9 7 0 41 16 39.0% 25 0 0.0% 4 1636 61% 80% 25% 205 52%
MLB Averages 41.4% 2.1% 62% 77% 25% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1967 NYM NL 23 613 57% 73% 28% 46 83% 0 141 8 132 1 16 17 15 2 0 0 4 0 4 0 4 6 0 0 1 6 1 0 0 0 1 0%
1972 NYY AL 28 20 80% 85% 20% 1 100% 0 5 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 633 58% 74% 28% 47 83% 0 146 8 137 1 17 17 15 2 0 0 4 0 4 0 4 7 0 0 1 7 1 0 0 0 1 0%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 94% 88%

* 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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