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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 18	DET	@	SLB	W,11-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
2	3	Apr 19	DET	@	SLB	W,1-0	GS	27	7.0	4	1	0	5	1
3	6 (2)	Apr 22	DET		CLE	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	7	Apr 28	DET	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	9 (1)	Apr 29 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	10	May 1	DET		CHW	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
7	11	May 2	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
8	12	May 5	DET		SLB	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
9	13	May 6 (1)	DET		SLB	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
10	14	May 6 (2)	DET		SLB	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
11	15	May 9	DET		NYY	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
12	17 (1)	May 13 (1)	DET		BOS	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	19 (1)	May 19 (1)	DET		WSH	L,2-6	GS	36	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
14	22 (2)	May 20 (2)	DET		WSH	L,0-1	GS	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	24 (1)	May 24	DET	@	PHA	L,2-7	GS	0		5	1	0	6	0
16	29 (4)	May 30 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	32 (2)	Jun 1	DET	@	BOS	L,4-6	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	34 (1)	Jun 3 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
19	39 (4)	Jun 8	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
20	40	Jun 9	DET		CHW	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	41	Jun 10 (1)	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
22	44 (2)	Jun 13	DET		SLB	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
23	45	Jun 14	DET		SLB	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
24	46	Jun 16 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,7-5	GS	29	7.0	2	2	0	4	0
25	48 (1)	Jun 17 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
26	50 (1)	Jun 18	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	35	8.1	5	1	0	6	0
27	51	Jun 19	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
28	53 (1)	Jun 21	DET		CLE	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	54	Jun 22	DET	@	SLB	L,4-8	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
30	55	Jun 23	DET	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	57 (1)	Jun 24 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
32	58	Jun 27	DET		WSH	L,1-9	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
33	60 (1)	Jun 29	DET		WSH	L,3-8	CG	46	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
34	61	Jun 30	DET		PHA	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	62	Jul 1 (1)	DET		PHA	W,9-5	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
36	64 (1)	Jul 3	DET		BOS	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
37	65	Jul 4 (1)	DET		BOS	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
38	66	Jul 4 (2)	DET		BOS	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
39	69 (2)	Jul 7	DET		NYY	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	70	Jul 8 (1)	DET		NYY	L,6-8	CG	0	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
41	72 (1)	Jul 12	DET	@	BOS	L,1-2	GF	16	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	73	Jul 13	DET	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
43	74	Jul 14	DET	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	75	Jul 15	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
45	76	Jul 16	DET	@	NYY	W,9-4	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
46	77	Jul 18 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
47	78	Jul 18 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	79	Jul 20 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
49	80	Jul 20 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
50	81	Jul 21	DET	@	PHA	T,1-1	CG	91	24.0	12	0	0	12	0
51	82	Jul 22 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
52	83	Jul 22 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	21	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	84	Jul 23	DET	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	85	Jul 27	DET		CHW	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	9	4	1	14	1
55	86	Jul 28	DET		CHW	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	87	Jul 29	DET		CHW	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
57	88	Jul 31	DET		SLB	W,5-4	GS	0		3	1	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	89	Aug 1	DET		SLB	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	90	Aug 2	DET		SLB	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
60	91	Aug 3	DET	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
61	93 (1)	Aug 5 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,8-12	CG	45	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
62	95 (1)	Aug 6 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
63	96	Aug 6 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,0-7	GF	0		5	0	0	5	0
64	97	Aug 8 (1)	DET		BOS	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
65	98	Aug 8 (2)	DET		BOS	L,4-7	GF	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	99	Aug 9	DET		BOS	W,11-5	CG	0	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
67	100	Aug 10	DET		BOS	L,0-9	CG	0	9.0	7	3	0	10	0
68	102 (1)	Aug 12 (1)	DET		NYY	W,9-6	CG	0	11.0	4	1	0	5	0
69	105 (2)	Aug 13 (2)	DET		NYY	W,11-9	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
70	106	Aug 15	DET		WSH	L,0-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	108 (1)	Aug 17	DET		WSH	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	109	Aug 18	DET		WSH	L,5-11	GS	36	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
73	111 (1)	Aug 19 (2)	DET		PHA	L,3-8	CG	50	11.0	2	2	1	5	0
74	113 (1)	Aug 20 (2)	DET		PHA	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
75	114	Aug 21 (1)	DET		PHA	L,6-7	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
76	115	Aug 21 (2)	DET		PHA	W,7-6	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
77	117 (1)	Aug 23	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
78	120 (2)	Aug 26 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	38	8.1	3	0	0	3	0
79	122 (1)	Aug 29	DET	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
80	123	Aug 31	DET		CLE	L,2-7	GF	17	3.0	0	0	1	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	125 (1)	Sep 2	DET		CLE	L,2-3	GS	33	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
82	126	Sep 3 (1)	DET		CHW	W,6-5	GF	0		0	1	0	1	1
83	127	Sep 3 (2)	DET		CHW	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	6	3	1	10	1
84	129 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,10-7	GS	40	8.0	6	2	0	8	1
85	131 (1)	Sep 6 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,5-14	CG	52	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
86	136 (4)	Sep 9 (2)	DET	@	BOS	T,3-3	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
87	138 (1)	Sep 10 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
88	141 (2)	Sep 12 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	58	15.0	10	1	0	11	0
89	142	Sep 13	DET	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	35	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
90	147 (4)	Sep 16 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
91	149 (1)	Sep 19	DET	@	CLE	L,0-2	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0
92	150	Sep 20	DET	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
93	152 (1)	Sep 23	DET		SLB	L,0-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	154 (1)	Sep 26 (2)	DET		CLE	L,2-3	GS	21	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
							94gm		756.0	358	60	5	423	12