Bob Swift

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: March 6, 1915 in Salina, KS us

Died: October 17, 1966 in Detroit, MI

Buried: Roselawn Memorial Park, Salina, KS

Debut: April 16, 1940 (Age 25-041d, 8,853rd in major league history)
vs. DET 4 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1953 (Age 38-205d)
vs. CLE 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1940 season

Full Name: Robert Virgil Swift

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1945 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.6

2750

635

.231

212

RBI

238

OBP

.313

SLG

.280

OPS

.592

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	39-40 / in Starts: 37-35
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	14 games
Most Games w/o HR	59 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 283 PAs	19
Actual Runners on Base	115 (59-41-15) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 283 PAs	29
Avg. Runners on Base	184 (94-60-29)

Most Driven In
J Outlaw	2
C Hostetler	1
P Higgins	1
R York	1
D Wakefield	1
D Cramer	1
E Mayo	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
D Trout	4
E Mayo	2
D Cramer	1
Self	1
J Hoover	1
P Higgins	1

1944 Batting Game Log

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1944 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	360	1	Apr 18	DET		SLB	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	8	2.59	-0.202	6.41	-0.30%	-0.64	C
2	361	2	Apr 19	DET		SLB	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	8	1.03	0.011	2.25	0.02%	0.03	C
3	362	3	Apr 20	DET		SLB	L,5-8	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.222	.300	.333	.633	8	.78	-0.048	1.66	-0.06%	-0.07	C
4	363	4	Apr 21	DET	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	4	3	1	3	0	1	0	2	1		0	0	0			0	1	0	.417	.500	.667	1.167	8						C
5	364	5	Apr 23 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	1			0	0	0	.400	.471	.600	1.071	8						C
6	365	6	Apr 23 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0			0	0	0	.353	.450	.529	.979	8						C
7	366	7	Apr 27	DET	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG(12)	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	2	0		2	0	0			0	1	0	.364	.440	.545	.985	8						C
8	367	8	Apr 28	DET		CLE	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.385	.448	.538	.987	8						C
9	368	9	Apr 29	DET		CLE	L,6-7	GS-0	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1		2	0	0			0	0	0	.379	.455	.552	1.006	8						C
10	369	11 (1)	Apr 30 (2)	DET		CLE	W,4-2	GS-7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.387	.472	.548	1.021	8	.71	0.051	1.04	0.05%	0.35	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
11	370	17 (5)	May 7 (2)	DET		CHW	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			1	0	0	.371	.450	.514	.964	8						C
12	371	18	May 10	DET	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.359	.432	.513	.945	8	1.30	-0.069	1.30	-0.04%	-0.90	C
13	372	19	May 11	DET	@	NYY	L,2-5	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.375	.444	.525	.969	9	.37	0.021	.48	0.02%	0.20	PH
14	373	20	May 12	DET	@	NYY	W,10-4	CG	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.460	.533	.993	8	.88	0.130	1.00	0.09%	1.56	C
15	374	21	May 13	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.367	.426	.490	.916	8	1.08	-0.113	1.14	-0.07%	-0.78	C
16	375	22	May 14 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.358	.414	.472	.885	8	.35	-0.039	.42	-0.03%	-0.87	C
17	376	24 (1)	May 15	DET	@	PHA	L,2-6	GS-9	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.364	.435	.473	.908	8	1.28	0.134	1.74	0.11%	1.01	C
18	377	26 (1)	May 17	DET	@	PHA	W,2-1	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.362	.431	.466	.896	8	1.78	-0.126	1.91	-0.08%	-0.69	C
19	378	28 (1)	May 19	DET	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.339	.406	.435	.841	8						C
20	379	29	May 20	DET	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.328	.403	.422	.825	8	.86	-0.044	1.50	-0.05%	-0.73	C
21	380	30	May 21 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.309	.382	.397	.779	8						C
22	381	32 (1)	May 24	DET		PHA	L,4-8	GS-0	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.306	.375	.389	.764	8						C
23	382	33	May 25	DET		PHA	L,0-2	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.306	.375	.389	.764	8						C
24	383	34	May 26	DET		PHA	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.289	.357	.368	.726	8						C
25	384	36 (1)	May 28 (1)	DET		WSH	L,2-4	GS-9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.364	.375	.739	8	1.53	0.088	3.12	0.11%	0.36	C
26	385	37	May 28 (2)	DET		WSH	W,15-2	0-GF	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.313	.374	.386	.759	8						C
27	386	38	May 29	DET		WSH	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.302	.362	.372	.734	8						C
28	387	39	May 30 (1)	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.322	.378	.389	.766	8						C
29	388	41 (1)	May 31	DET		NYY	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.319	.373	.383	.756	8	3.39	-0.273	9.23	-0.45%	-1.59	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	389	43 (1)	Jun 2	DET		BOS	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.309	.362	.371	.733	8						C
31	390	45 (1)	Jun 4 (1)	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.317	.367	.376	.743	8	1.36	0.105	4.12	0.19%	0.39	C
32	391	46	Jun 4 (2)	DET		BOS	L,1-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.314	.364	.373	.736	9						PH
33	392	47	Jun 7	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.311	.360	.368	.728	8						C
34	393	48	Jun 11 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.303	.350	.358	.708	8	1.67	-0.141	5.31	-0.27%	-0.95	C
35	394	50 (1)	Jun 12	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.292	.339	.345	.684	8	2.04	-0.243	5.97	-0.43%	-1.92	C
36	395	51	Jun 14 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			1	0	0	.284	.336	.336	.672	8						C
37	396	53 (1)	Jun 15	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS-0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0			0	0	0	.280	.341	.331	.672	8						C
38	397	54	Jun 16	DET		SLB	L,1-14	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			1	0	0	.273	.333	.322	.656	8						C
39	398	55	Jun 17	DET		SLB	L,0-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.331	.320	.650	9	1.12	-0.029	3.41	-0.05%	-0.42	PH
40	399	57 (1)	Jun 18 (2)	DET		SLB	W,7-5	CG	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.350	.333	.684	8	1.08	0.191	3.22	0.34%	1.58	C
41	400	58	Jun 20	DET		CLE	L,1-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.278	.355	.333	.688	8						C
42	401	60 (1)	Jun 22	DET		CLE	W,4-3	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.355	.333	.688	8						C
43	402	61	Jun 23	DET	@	SLB	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.271	.347	.326	.673	8						C
44	403	63 (1)	Jun 25 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG(10)	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	1			0	0	0	.273	.347	.326	.673	8						C
45	404	64	Jun 25 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,2-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.271	.345	.323	.668	9						PH
46	405	65	Jun 28	DET	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.336	.314	.649	8	.79	-0.075	.98	-0.06%	-0.69	C
47	406	67 (1)	Jun 30	DET	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.264	.335	.314	.650	8						C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
48	407	69 (1)	Jul 2 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,8-0	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.266	.340	.322	.661	8	.45	0.033	.63	0.03%	1.51	C
49	408	72 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			1	0	0	.260	.337	.315	.652	8						C
50	409	73	Jul 5	DET	@	BOS	W,8-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.260	.335	.313	.649	8						C
51	410	75 (1)	Jul 7	DET	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.341	.320	.661	8	1.10	0.102	1.64	0.09%	1.07	C
52	411	77 (1)	Jul 9 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.339	.325	.664	8	1.22	-0.094	2.06	-0.10%	-0.50	C
53	412	79 (1)	Jul 13	DET		CHW	W,9-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.337	.319	.656	8	.43	0.009	.41	0.01%	-0.36	C
54	413	82 (2)	Jul 15 (2)	DET		CHW	W,8-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.330	.311	.641	8	.56	-0.046	.66	-0.03%	-0.86	C
55	414	84 (1)	Jul 16 (2)	DET		CHW	W,7-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	1			0	0	0	.257	.330	.311	.641	8						C
56	415	86 (1)	Jul 19	DET		WSH	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1			0	0	0	.253	.324	.306	.630	8						C
57	416	88 (1)	Jul 21	DET		WSH	W,6-5	GS-0	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.254	.328	.306	.634	8						C
58	417	91 (2)	Jul 23 (2)	DET		PHA	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.327	.305	.632	8	1.52	0.008	3.36	0.01%	0.54	C
59	418	92	Jul 24	DET		PHA	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			1	0	0	.250	.322	.300	.622	8						C
60	419	95 (2)	Jul 27	DET		BOS	L,1-6	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.251	.322	.301	.622	8	.67	-0.004	1.12	0.00%	-0.17	C
61	420	96	Jul 28	DET		BOS	L,5-15	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.251	.324	.299	.623	7	.59	-0.012	.87	-0.01%	-0.33	C
62	421	98 (1)	Jul 30 (1)	DET		NYY	L,2-10	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.251	.322	.314	.636	7	.72	-0.043	.87	-0.03%	-0.41	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
63	422	100 (1)	Aug 1	DET		NYY	W,8-4	GS-3	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.325	.323	.648	7	1.54	0.109	1.33	0.06%	1.10	C
64	423	113 (12)	Aug 17	DET	@	BOS	T,3-3	CG(6)	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.327	.325	.652	7	.84	0.035	2.09	0.05%	0.23	C
65	424	115 (1)	Aug 18 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.263	.330	.328	.659	7						C
66	425	118 (2)	Aug 20 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,9-8	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.259	.329	.323	.652	7	.59	0.012	1.62	0.02%	0.38	C
67	426	121 (2)	Aug 25	DET		SLB	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.324	.319	.643	7	1.43	-0.123	6.51	-0.34%	-1.38	C
68	427	124 (2)	Aug 27 (2)	DET		SLB	L,2-17	GS-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.256	.325	.319	.643	7						C
69	428	125	Aug 29	DET		CHW	W,7-0	CG	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.256	.323	.318	.641	7						C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
70	429	129 (3)	Sep 2	DET	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.256	.322	.316	.638	7						C
71	430	132 (2)	Sep 4 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.252	.318	.312	.630	7	.69	-0.051	5.35	-0.24%	-0.51	C
72	431	135 (2)	Sep 7	DET		CLE	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.252	.317	.315	.632	7	.79	-0.059	6.82	-0.31%	-0.79	C
73	432	138 (2)	Sep 10 (2)	DET		CLE	L,4-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.248	.312	.310	.621	7						C
74	433	139	Sep 15 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG(12)	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.310	.304	.614	7	1.53	-0.153	17.97	-1.08%	-0.91	C
75	434	142 (2)	Sep 17 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	4	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.246	.314	.310	.624	7	1.06	-0.028	13.21	-0.21%	-0.01	C
76	435	144 (1)	Sep 20	DET		NYY	W,8-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.247	.314	.311	.625	7	.89	0.009	12.73	0.08%	0.39	C
77	436	147 (2)	Sep 22 (2)	DET		BOS	W,8-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.247	.313	.310	.623	7						C
78	437	148	Sep 23	DET		BOS	W,8-2	CG	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.322	.308	.630	7	.35	0.009	5.10	0.08%	0.42	C
79	438	151 (2)	Sep 26	DET		PHA	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.328	.320	.648	7	.43	0.053	8.44	0.62%	1.56	C
80	439	154 (2)	Sep 29 (2)	DET		WSH	L,2-9	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.331	.320	.651	7	1.02	-0.062	15.31	-0.56%	0.23	C
							39-40		283	247	15	63	11	1	1	19	27	4	27	1	8		1	9	2	0	.255	.331	.320	.651		1.08	-0.967	4.30	-2.82%	-3.58

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