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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

1945 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.6

2750

635

.231

212

RBI

238

OBP

.313

SLG

.280

OPS

.592

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	38-35 / in Starts: 26-26
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	28 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 7 bases loaded PA and 7 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	6

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 215 PAs	17
Actual Runners on Base	134 (69-42-23) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 215 PAs	24
Avg. Runners on Base	144 (75-46-23)

Most Driven In
H Evers	10
G Kell	2
J Groth	1
N Berry	1
V Wertz	1
Self	1
J Lipon	0

Most Driven In By
P Mullin	2
D Kolloway	2
A Houtteman	1
E Lake	1
F Hutchinson	1
J Lipon	1
Self	1
G Kell	1

1949 Batting Game Log

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1949 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	787	4 (3)	Apr 22	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	7	2.36	-0.119	6.66	-0.20%	-0.57	C
2	788	5	Apr 23	DET	@	CLE	W,5-4	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	8	3.06	0.350	8.02	0.55%	1.16	C
3	789	7 (1)	Apr 26 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,7-5	0-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	6						C
4	790	10 (2)	Apr 29	DET		CLE	L,1-4	GS-9	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.429	.556	.571	1.127	7	1.34	0.184	3.78	0.31%	1.46	C
5	791	11	Apr 30	DET		CLE	W,7-5	7-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.429	.600	.571	1.171	6	1.29	0.002	3.27	0.00%	0.17	PH 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
6	792	13 (1)	May 3	DET		BOS	T,14-14	8-GF(13)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.429	.364	.792	6	4.62	-0.481	12.48	-0.78%	-2.27	PH C
7	793	14	May 4	DET		BOS	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.500	.467	.967	7	.62	0.053	1.72	0.09%	1.05	C
8	794	16 (1)	May 6	DET		PHA	L,4-5	0-GF(13)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0			0	0	0	.333	.429	.389	.817	6						PH C
9	795	17	May 7	DET		PHA	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.318	.400	.364	.764	7	.74	-0.034	2.08	-0.06%	-0.93	C
10	796	18	May 8	DET		NYY	L,0-12	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.308	.379	.346	.725	7	.70	-0.066	2.49	-0.14%	-1.00	C
11	797	20 (1)	May 10	DET		NYY	L,1-6	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.379	.346	.725	6						C
12	798	27 (6)	May 17	DET	@	WSH	W,4-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.379	.346	.725	5						C
13	799	30 (2)	May 20	DET	@	PHA	L,1-2	7-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.296	.367	.333	.700	6	2.34	-0.066	8.03	-0.14%	-0.24	C
14	800	31	May 21	DET	@	PHA	L,7-15	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.324	.290	.614	8	.49	-0.048	1.61	-0.09%	-1.06	C
15	801	32	May 22	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG(12)	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.359	.314	.673	7	1.75	-0.043	4.85	-0.07%	-0.07	C
16	802	33	May 23	DET	@	BOS	L,0-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.333	.289	.623	8	.89	-0.076	2.22	-0.11%	-0.78	C
17	803	34	May 24	DET	@	BOS	L,7-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.250	.318	.275	.593	8	.92	-0.107	2.04	-0.14%	-1.37	C
18	804	35	May 25	DET	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.295	.629	8	1.19	0.092	2.70	0.13%	1.30	C
19	805	39 (3)	May 30 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.267	.327	.289	.615	6						PH C
20	806	40	May 30 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.271	.327	.292	.619	8						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
21	807	42 (1)	Jun 2	DET		PHA	W,5-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.309	.275	.584	8	1.44	-0.111	3.22	-0.15%	-0.87	C
22	808	43	Jun 3	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.291	.339	.327	.666	8	.63	0.102	1.52	0.15%	1.18	C
23	809	44	Jun 4	DET		BOS	W,10-9	GS-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.286	.344	.321	.666	8						C
24	810	46 (1)	Jun 5 (2)	DET		BOS	W,11-5	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.318	.295	.613	8	.79	-0.024	1.91	-0.04%	-2.00	C
25	811	47	Jun 6	DET		BOS	L,9-10	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.266	.319	.297	.616	8	.87	-0.037	2.32	-0.06%	-0.18	C
26	812	48	Jun 7	DET		NYY	W,5-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.269	.319	.343	.663	8	.65	0.088	2.05	0.17%	0.76	C
27	813	49	Jun 8	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG(11)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.312	.324	.636	8	1.57	-0.106	5.54	-0.22%	-0.44	C
28	814	50	Jun 9	DET		NYY	W,9-5	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.304	.315	.619	6	.93	-0.088	3.63	-0.21%	-0.90	PH C
29	815	53 (2)	Jun 12 (2)	DET		WSH	W,6-5	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.305	.316	.621	8	.94	0.067	2.92	0.12%	0.59	C
30	816	56 (2)	Jun 16	DET	@	PHA	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.302	.313	.615	8	1.47	-0.001	5.08	0.00%	-0.18	C
31	817	57	Jun 19 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,9-0	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.299	.309	.607	2	.34	-0.012	1.12	-0.03%	-0.77	PH
32	818	58	Jun 19 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.286	.294	.580	8	.21	-0.021	.70	-0.04%	-0.96	C
33	819	60 (1)	Jun 21	DET	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.287	.295	.583	8	.84	-0.006	2.92	-0.01%	-0.77	C
34	820	62 (1)	Jun 23	DET	@	NYY	L,0-12	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.278	.286	.564	8	.79	-0.059	3.65	-0.17%	-0.87	C
35	821	63	Jun 24	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	7-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.228	.283	.283	.565	5	4.20	0.015	17.11	0.04%	-0.11	PH C
36	822	65 (1)	Jun 26 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.219	.272	.271	.543	8	.64	-0.067	2.73	-0.17%	-0.58	C
37	823	68 (2)	Jun 29 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.280	.273	.553	8	.67	0.099	1.87	0.17%	0.78	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
38	824	71 (2)	Jul 1	DET		CHW	L,0-4	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.235	.297	.284	.582	8						C
39	825	72	Jul 2	DET		CHW	W,7-6	GS-0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.233	.301	.282	.582	8						C
40	826	75 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CLE	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.243	.308	.290	.597	7	.59	0.082	1.04	0.09%	0.80	C
41	827	76	Jul 5	DET		CLE	L,1-8	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.314	.291	.605	7	.31	-0.013	.39	-0.01%	-0.22	C
42	828	79 (2)	Jul 8	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.246	.312	.316	.628	7						C
43	829	80	Jul 10 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.302	.305	.607	8	1.24	-0.133	1.15	-0.07%	-1.27	C
44	830	82 (1)	Jul 14	DET		BOS	L,2-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.302	.305	.607	6						C
45	831	89 (6)	Jul 20	DET		WSH	W,6-5	5-6	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.308	.319	.627	9	1.20	0.060	.94	0.03%	0.46	PH
46	832	91 (1)	Jul 22	DET		NYY	L,2-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.305	.317	.622	9	.03	-0.001	.04	0.00%	-0.24	PH
47	833	97 (5)	Jul 28	DET	@	WSH	W,13-7	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.236	.299	.309	.607	8	.87	-0.069	.47	-0.02%	-0.81	C
48	834	99 (1)	Jul 30	DET	@	PHA	W,11-0	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.236	.299	.309	.607	6						C
49	835	100	Jul 31 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,3-0	3-GF	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.236	.297	.307	.604	7	.99	-0.013	.82	-0.01%	-0.55	PH C
50	836	101	Jul 31 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,6-0	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.289	.298	.586	8	.55	-0.057	.48	-0.03%	-1.36	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
51	837	103 (1)	Aug 3	DET	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.295	.304	.598	8	2.30	0.377	4.60	0.45%	1.03	C
52	838	106 (2)	Aug 6	DET	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.295	.304	.600	8	1.00	-0.010	.83	-0.01%	0.03	C
53	839	107	Aug 7	DET	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.294	.298	.592	8	.58	-0.011	.31	0.00%	-0.48	C
54	840	108	Aug 9	DET		CHW	W,11-5	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.299	.294	.593	8	.42	-0.002	.23	0.00%	-0.10	C
55	841	109	Aug 10	DET		CHW	L,3-6	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.226	.294	.288	.581	8						C
56	842	110	Aug 12	DET		SLB	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.301	.295	.596	8	.64	-0.026	.37	-0.01%	-0.36	C
57	843	111	Aug 13	DET		SLB	W,12-9	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.233	.299	.293	.592	6						C
58	844	116 (4)	Aug 17	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.230	.299	.289	.589	8	1.53	-0.062	.63	-0.02%	-0.38	C
59	845	117	Aug 18	DET	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.227	.304	.286	.590	8						C
60	846	121 (3)	Aug 21 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,2-4	GS-0	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.231	.310	.288	.599	8						C
61	847	122	Aug 21 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,8-7	GS-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.231	.318	.288	.607	8						C
62	848	124 (1)	Aug 24	DET		NYY	W,13-2	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.236	.320	.298	.619	8	.22	0.043	.06	0.01%	1.29	C
63	849	125	Aug 25	DET		WSH	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.232	.319	.293	.612	8	2.21	-0.051	.56	-0.01%	-0.30	C
64	850	126	Aug 26	DET		WSH	W,11-1	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.230	.317	.291	.608	6						C
65	851	129 (2)	Aug 29	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.316	.296	.612	8	1.44	0.012	.48	0.00%	0.32	C
66	852	131 (1)	Aug 31	DET		BOS	L,4-7	GS-8	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.316	.302	.618	8	1.39	0.170	.56	0.04%	1.43	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
67	853	135 (3)	Sep 4	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.234	.320	.303	.623	8						C
68	854	137 (1)	Sep 5 (2)	DET		SLB	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.230	.315	.298	.613	8	1.52	-0.125	.72	-0.04%	-0.75	C
69	855	140 (2)	Sep 10	DET	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.317	.297	.614	8	.36	0.008	.19	0.00%	0.76	C
70	856	141	Sep 11	DET	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.321	.301	.622	8	2.22	0.159	1.37	0.06%	0.64	C
71	857	142	Sep 13	DET	@	BOS	L,4-7	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.324	.301	.625	6	2.61	0.105	2.58	0.06%	0.62	PH C
72	858	144 (1)	Sep 16	DET	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.333	.305	.638	8	1.16	0.182	.10	0.01%	1.45	C
73	859	145	Sep 17	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.239	.332	.303	.635	8	2.91	0.115	.00	0.00%	0.39	PH
74	860	148 (2)	Sep 20	DET	@	PHA	L,6-8	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.238	.330	.302	.632	9						PH
							38-35		215	189	15	45	6	0	2	17	26	2	20	0	0		2	3	0	0	.238	.330	.302	.632		1.17	0.220	2.41	-0.58%	-6.09

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