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Ron Swoboda

Ronald Alan Swoboda (Rocky)

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: June 30, 1944 in Baltimore, MD
High School: Sparrows Point HS (Baltimore, MD)
Schools: New York University (New York, NY), University of Maryland (College Park, MD)
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1965
Teams (by GP): Mets/Yankees/Expos 1965-1973

Final Game: September 30, 1973
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1965 NYM NL 21 OF 112 104 72 875.2 208 188 9 11 2 .947 2 3 2.02 1.76 .975 2.00 2.00
1965 NYM NL 21 LF 73 67 54 578.2 127 115 6 6 1 .953 3 6 1.88 1.66 .966 1.71 1.71
1965 NYM NL 21 CF 26 23 10 181.0 56 52 1 3 0 .946 -1 -9 2.64 2.04 .981 2.29 2.30
1965 NYM NL 21 RF 15 14 8 116.0 36 32 2 2 1 .944 1 7 2.64 2.27 .975 1.95 1.95
1966 NYM NL 22 OF 97 88 77 794.1 154 145 7 2 0 .987 1 1 1.72 1.57 .974 2.03 2.03
1966 NYM NL 22 LF 89 80 71 728.1 136 127 7 2 0 .985 -0 -1 1.66 1.51 .963 1.74 1.74
1966 NYM NL 22 RF 9 8 6 66.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 1 18 2.18 1.78 .978 1.96 1.96
1967 NYM NL 23 OF 108 105 95 914.0 207 190 8 9 0 .957 -10 -14 1.95 1.83 .976 2.03 2.03
1967 NYM NL 23 RF 108 105 95 914.0 205 188 8 9 1 .956 -10 -14 1.93 1.81 .976 2.03 2.03
1967 NYM NL 23 1B 20 17 10 143.0 164 143 17 4 7 .976 2 21 10.07 8.00 .991 9.96 9.96
1968 NYM NL 24 OF 125 117 112 1084.1 237 217 14 6 4 .975 4 4 1.92 1.85 .975 2.02 2.03
1968 NYM NL 24 RF 124 117 112 1081.2 238 218 14 6 4 .975 3 4 1.93 1.87 .981 2.01 2.02
1968 NYM NL 24 LF 1 0 0 2.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 90 3.38 1.00 .960 1.69 1.60
1969 NYM NL 25 OF 97 86 69 801.1 170 163 5 2 0 .988 1 1 1.89 1.73 .973 2.02 2.01
1969 NYM NL 25 RF 78 70 57 639.2 132 127 4 1 0 .992 2 3 1.84 1.68 .975 1.83 1.82
1969 NYM NL 25 LF 23 16 12 161.2 34 32 1 1 0 .971 -1 -6 1.84 1.43 .963 1.69 1.67
1970 NYM NL 26 OF 100 58 51 592.1 122 117 3 2 1 .984 -3 -5 1.82 1.20 .976 2.07 2.06
1970 NYM NL 26 RF 100 58 51 584.1 121 117 2 2 1 .983 -3 -6 1.83 1.19 .976 1.99 1.98
1970 NYM NL 26 LF 1 0 0 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 15 1.12 1.00 .970 1.80 1.80
1971 TOT MLB 27 OF 73 58 44 508.1 128 119 5 4 0 .969 6 14 2.20 1.70 .981 2.23 2.21
1971 TOT MLB 27 RF 42 36 27 296.1 71 67 2 2 0 .972 2 9 2.10 1.64 .980 2.05 2.04
1971 TOT MLB 27 CF 18 13 8 112.0 32 29 2 1 0 .969 2 18 2.49 1.72 .982 2.64 2.64
1971 TOT MLB 27 LF 17 9 9 100.0 25 23 1 1 0 .960 2 24 2.16 1.41 .977 1.90 1.89
1971 MON NL 27 OF 26 17 10 154.0 43 39 3 1 0 .977 5 37 2.45 1.62 .979 2.19 2.19
1971 MON NL 27 CF 17 12 7 104.0 31 28 2 1 0 .968 2 25 2.60 1.76 .982 2.64 2.64
1971 MON NL 27 LF 10 3 3 43.0 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 2 59 2.09 1.00 .970 1.86 1.87
1971 MON NL 27 RF 2 2 0 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 69 2.57 1.00 .980 2.06 2.05
1971 NYY AL 27 OF 47 41 34 354.1 85 80 2 3 0 .965 1 4 2.08 1.74 .982 2.24 2.22
1971 NYY AL 27 RF 40 34 27 289.1 69 65 2 2 0 .971 2 7 2.08 1.68 .980 2.05 2.04
1971 NYY AL 27 LF 7 6 6 57.0 15 14 0 1 0 .933 -0 -2 2.21 2.00 .981 1.93 1.91
1971 NYY AL 27 CF 1 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -75 1.12 1.00 .980 2.70 2.70
1972 NYY AL 28 OF 35 26 21 236.0 59 56 2 1 1 .983 -1 -6 2.21 1.66 .983 2.22 2.21
1972 NYY AL 28 RF 30 22 18 199.0 51 48 2 1 1 .980 -2 -10 2.26 1.67 .980 2.12 2.11
1972 NYY AL 28 CF 5 4 3 37.0 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 0 16 3.16 2.60 .987 2.65 2.64
1972 NYY AL 28 1B 2 0 0 3.2 5 5 0 0 1 1.000 0 65 12.27 2.50 .992 9.82 9.70
1973 NYY AL 29 OF 20 8 6 93.0 23 23 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -18 2.23 1.15 .979 2.29 2.27
1973 NYY AL 29 DH 15 2
1973 NYY AL 29 RF 12 6 5 58.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -2 2.17 1.17 .976 2.09 2.07
1973 NYY AL 29 CF 8 2 1 35.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -45 2.31 1.13 .983 2.78 2.78
9 Seasons OF 767 650 547 5899.1 1308 1218 53 37 8 .972 -2 -1 1.94 1.66 .976 2.05 2.06
9 Seasons RF 518 436 379 3955.0 884 827 34 23 8 .974 -6 -2 1.96 1.66 .978 1.99 1.99
6 Seasons LF 204 172 146 1579.1 324 299 15 10 1 .969 4 3 1.79 1.54 .965 1.73 1.73
4 Seasons CF 57 42 22 365.0 110 102 4 4 0 .964 -0 -2 2.61 1.86 .982 2.48 2.51
2 Seasons 1B 22 17 10 146.2 169 148 17 4 8 .976 3 22 10.12 7.50 .991 9.96 9.94
9 Seasons TOT 789 667 557 6046.0 1477 1366 70 41 16 .972 0 0 2.14 1.82 .978 2.25 2.28
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1965 NYM NL 21 LF 3 6 2 1 2 1
1965 NYM NL 21 CF -1 -9 -1 1 -3 0
1965 NYM NL 21 RF 1 7 1 1 0 0
1966 NYM NL 22 LF -0 -1 -4 -3 -2 4
1966 NYM NL 22 RF 1 18 1 1 0 0
1967 NYM NL 23 RF -10 -14 -5 2 -8 -5
1967 NYM NL 23 1B 2 21 2 2 1 0
1968 NYM NL 24 RF 3 4 -1 -3 2 4
1968 NYM NL 24 LF 0 90 0 0 0 0
1969 NYM NL 25 RF 2 3 2 2 -0 0
1969 NYM NL 25 LF -1 -6 0 -1 1 -1
1970 NYM NL 26 RF -3 -6 0 0 -0 -3
1970 NYM NL 26 LF 0 15 0 0 0 0
1971 MON NL 27 CF 2 25 1 0 1 1
1971 MON NL 27 LF 2 59 1 1 0 1
1971 MON NL 27 RF 0 69 0 0 0 0
1971 NYY AL 27 RF 2 7 1 1 -0 1
1971 NYY AL 27 LF -0 -2 -0 -0 0 0
1971 NYY AL 27 CF -0 -75 -0 0 -0 0
1972 NYY AL 28 RF -2 -10 -1 -2 1 -1
1972 NYY AL 28 CF 0 16 0 -0 1 0
1972 NYY AL 28 1B 0 65 0 0 0 0
1973 NYY AL 29 RF -0 -2 1 1 0 -1
1973 NYY AL 29 CF -1 -45 -0 -0 -0 -1
9 Seasons RF -6 -2 -1 3 -4 -5
6 Seasons LF 4 3 -1 -1 1 5
4 Seasons CF -0 -2 -0 1 -2 0
2 Seasons 1B 3 22 3 2 1 0
9 Seasons TOT 0 0 0 4 -4 0 0
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1965 NYM NL 21 135 104 135 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 26 15 112 0 28 0
1966 NYM NL 22 112 88 112 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 89 0 9 97 0 21 0
1967 NYM NL 23 134 122 134 126 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 108 108 0 10 0
1968 NYM NL 24 132 117 132 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 124 125 0 10 0
1969 NYM NL 25 109 86 109 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 78 97 0 15 1
1970 NYM NL 26 115 58 115 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 100 100 0 26 7
1971 NYY AL 27 54 41 54 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 40 48 0 13 0
1971 MON NL 27 39 17 39 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 17 2 25 0 22 0
1972 NYY AL 28 63 26 63 37 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 30 35 0 33 0
1973 NYY AL 29 35 10 35 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 12 20 15 3 12
9 Seasons 928 669 928 787 0 0 22 0 0 0 204 57 518 767 15 181 20
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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 8 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 7 4 0 23 9 39.1% 13 1 4.3% 1 519 64% 83% 29% 58 57%
1966 NYM NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 9 4 44.4% 5 0 0.0% 0 273 47% 85% 29% 31 52%
1967 NYM NL 23 9 0 8 1 0 8 0 3 3 1 56 10 3 28 1 0 16 11 0 16 3 1 19 13 0 135 38 28.1% 93 4 3.0% 4 3874 64% 80% 25% 423 46%
1968 NYM NL 24 6 0 5 1 1 14 0 5 3 3 57 19 2 29 9 2 17 10 1 14 7 0 23 17 2 140 62 44.3% 72 7 5.0% 7 4368 67% 78% 26% 470 49%
1969 NYM NL 25 1 0 1 0 1 4 0 1 1 1 44 21 1 13 1 1 4 1 0 6 3 0 7 4 0 74 30 40.5% 42 2 2.7% 2 2577 63% 77% 27% 250 52%
1970 NYM NL 26 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 26 10 0 15 1 0 11 7 0 9 2 1 10 5 0 71 25 35.2% 45 1 1.4% 1 2449 62% 74% 27% 240 50%
1971 NYY AL 27 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 21 10 1 6 3 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 4 2 0 34 17 50.0% 16 1 2.9% 1 1206 61% 84% 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 12 4 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 22 7 31.8% 15 0 0.0% 2 836 67% 86% 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 3 1 0 8 2 25.0% 6 0 0.0% 0 227 66% 86% 30% 26 54%
9 Seasons 23 0 21 2 3 34 0 12 9 7 233 78 7 103 19 3 51 32 1 54 17 3 76 48 2 517 194 37.5% 308 16 3.1% 18 16359 64% 79% 26% 1705 50%
MLB Averages 40.8% 3.3% 64% 79% 26% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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 34 27 0 18 4 3 11 4 1 3 1 0 5 5 0 71 41 57.7% 26 4 5.6% 2 2427 63% 82% 26% 264 45%
1966 NYM NL 22 2 0 2 0 0 7 0 3 0 3 46 37 1 27 7 3 13 9 0 8 3 0 12 12 0 106 68 64.2% 34 4 3.8% 3 3137 65% 82% 23% 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 6 4 0 9 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 21 10 47.6% 10 1 4.8% 0 662 67% 76% 26% 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 30 67% 90% 33% 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% 0 171 50% 74% 30% 16 63%
1971 NYY AL 27 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 9 6 66.7% 3 0 0.0% 0 235 54% 85% 28% 28 50%
6 Seasons 10 0 8 2 1 15 0 3 1 9 88 69 1 56 13 8 30 18 1 13 4 0 24 24 0 211 128 60.7% 73 10 4.7% 5 6672 64% 81% 25% 716 44%
MLB Averages 58.8% 2.8% 64% 79% 26% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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 13 6 0 8 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 7 6 0 33 14 42.4% 19 0 0.0% 1 804 66% 85% 26% 124 43%
1971 MON NL 27 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 4 57.1% 2 1 14.3% 1 433 56% 79% 26% 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 33 42% 94% 21% 3 33%
1972 NYY AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0.0% 5 0 0.0% 1 152 63% 85% 26% 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% 0 151 74% 83% 25% 16 56%
4 Seasons 4 0 4 0 1 4 0 1 2 0 19 8 1 11 2 0 4 1 0 3 0 0 10 7 0 47 18 38.3% 28 1 2.1% 3 1573 63% 83% 26% 205 52%
MLB Averages 42.5% 2.3% 64% 79% 26% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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 23 587 59% 77% 29% 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 19 84% 89% 21% 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 606 60% 77% 29% 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 64% 79% 28% 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 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1965 NL  6 (3rd)
1966 NL  7 (3rd)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1965 NL  6 (4th)

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1968 NL  124 (4th)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1968 NL  218 (4th)

Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1967 NL  8 (5th)
1968 NL  14 (2nd)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1967 NL  9 (2nd)
1968 NL  6 (1st)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1968 NL  14 (3rd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1965 NL  11 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1967 NL  3 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1965 NL  3 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1966 NL  1.66 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1966 NL  1.51 (3rd)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1966 NL  .985 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1968 NL  3 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1968 NL  1.87 (5th)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1970 NL  .983 (3rd)

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