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Evar Swanson
Ernest Evar Swanson

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 170 lb.
School Knox College (and Lombard College)

Debut April 18, 1929
Final Game September 30, 1934
Born October 15, 1902 in DeKalb, IL
Died July 17, 1973 in Galesburg, IL

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1929 26 CIN NL 148  574  100  172  35 12   4   43  33     41  47  .300  .353  .423   95  243  15           6    
 1930 27 CIN NL  95  301   43   93  15  3   2   22   4     11  17  .309  .335  .399   80  120  10           1    
 1932 29 CHW AL  14   52    9   16   3  1   0    8   3  1   8   3  .308  .400  .404  114   21   1           0    
 1933 30 CHW AL 144  539  102  165  25  7   1   63  19 11  93  35  .306  .411  .384  115  207  15           3    
 1934 31 CHW AL 117  426   71  127   9  5   0   34  10  3  59  31  .298  .385  .343   87  146   6           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      518 1892  325  573  87 28   7  170  69 15 212 133  .303  .376  .390   97  737  47   0   0  11   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        592  102  179  27  9   2   53  22  5  66  42  .303  .376  .390   97  230  15   0   0   3   0
 Career High    148  574  102  172  35 12   4   63  33 11  93  47  .309  .411  .423  115  243  15   0   0   6   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1929 26 CIN NL  636  417   84   5.4   116| .300  .298| .353  .361| .423  .434| .776  .795|  95  .490  -3.8  -0.3     
 1930 27 CIN NL  323  218   40   4.9   122| .309  .305| .335  .363| .399  .454| .734  .817|  80  .416  -9.2  -0.8     
 1932 29 CHW AL   61   38    9   6.4   106| .308  .278| .400  .347| .404  .408| .804  .755| 114  .607   1.5   0.1  75%
 1933 30 CHW AL  650  400   85   5.7   103| .306  .276| .411  .346| .384  .398| .795  .744| 115  .582  18.0   1.7  63%
 1934 31 CHW AL  492  308   57   4.9   114| .298  .292| .385  .366| .343  .420| .728  .787|  87  .492  -6.9  -0.6  76%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      2162 1381  275   5.3   113| .303  .291| .376  .358| .390  .423| .766  .781|  97  .510  -0.3   0.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1929 26 CIN NL OF 142 317 9 10 2 .970 .973 2.30 2.38 91 51 0 1930 27 CIN NL OF 71 178 5 7 1 .963 .968 2.58 2.28 3 68 0 1932 29 CHW AL OF 14 24 0 1 0 .960 .968 1.71 2.28 14 0 0 1933 30 CHW AL OF 139 281 7 8 0 .973 .970 2.07 2.21 6 8 129 1934 31 CHW AL OF 105 193 4 4 1 .980 .968 1.88 2.16 4 1 100
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1929 26 CIN NL OF 142 317 9 10 2 .970 .973 2.30 2.38 91 51 0 1930 27 CIN NL OF 71 178 5 7 1 .963 .968 2.58 2.28 3 68 0 1932 29 CHW AL OF 14 24 0 1 0 .960 .968 1.71 2.28 14 0 0 1933 30 CHW AL OF 139 281 7 8 0 .973 .970 2.07 2.21 6 8 129 1934 31 CHW AL OF 105 193 4 4 1 .980 .968 1.88 2.16 4 1 100
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 471 993 25 30 4 .971 .970 2.16 2.26 118 128 229 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 471 993 25 30 4 .971 .970 2.16 2.26
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

On-base %
1933 AL-.411-6

Runs
1933 AL-102-9

Triples
1929 NL-12-8

Bases on Balls
1933 AL-93-5

Stolen Bases
1929 NL-33-2
1933 AL-19-3

Singles
1933 AL-132-7

Times on Base
1933 AL-261-5

Hit By Pitch
1929 NL-6-5
1933 AL-3-6

Sac. Hits
1933 AL-15-5

Caught Stealing
1933 AL-11-4

   

Gray Ink: Batting - 10 (1361) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 17.0 (813) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 20.0 (767) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

September 11, 1932: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Chicago White Sox for players to be named later. The Chicago White Sox sent Jack Rothrock (November 2, 1932) and Carey Selph (November 2, 1932) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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