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Bill Swift

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 192lb (185cm, 87kg)

Born: June 19, 1908 in Glen Lyon, PA us

Died: February 23, 1969 in Bartow, FL

Buried: Oakhill Burial Park, Lakeland, FL

Debut: April 12, 1932 (Age 23-298d, 7,442nd in major league history)
vs. STL 2.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: September 29, 1943 (Age 35-102d)
vs. NYY 3.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1932 season

Full Name: William Vincent Swift

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

21.1

ERA

3.58

336

165

1637.2

636

WHIP

1.241

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	14-22 / in Starts: 4-5
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	16 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 54 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	37 (18-13-6)
Avg. MLBer w/ 54 PAs	6
Avg. Runners on Base	36 (18-11-6)

Most Driven In
P Young	2
A Vaughan	1
A Todd	1
J Rizzo	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
L Handley	1
Self	1
P Waner	1

1938 Batting Game Log

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1938 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	234	8 (7)	Apr 26	PIT		CHC	L,3-5	2-GF(10)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	1.73	-0.007	7.48	-0.02%	-0.22	P
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
2	235	12 (3)	May 1	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-4	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	3.19	-0.080	11.18	-0.17%	-0.76	P
3	236	22 (9)	May 15	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-3	8-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	1.81	-0.045	4.96	-0.07%	-0.16	P
4	237	25 (2)	May 19	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-4	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	9	1.61	-0.002	4.31	0.00%	0.25	P
5	238	28 (2)	May 22	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-18	3-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.29	-0.007	.88	-0.01%	-0.16	P
6	239	31 (2)	May 27	PIT		CHC	L,0-5	4-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	9	.49	-0.012	1.16	-0.02%	-0.16	P
7	240	35 (3)	May 30 (2)	PIT		STL	L,6-9	6-9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.231	.231	.462	9	.23	0.012	.40	0.01%	0.10	P
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
8	241	38 (2)	Jun 4	PIT		BRO	W,4-3	9-GF(11)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	4.38	-0.335	9.31	-0.43%	-1.16	P
9	242	40 (1)	Jun 6	PIT		BRO	L,4-9	2-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.176	.222	.176	.399	9	.16	-0.003	.32	0.00%	-0.43	P
10	243	44 (3)	Jun 11	PIT		PHI	W,4-3	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.238	.350	.588	9	.73	0.250	1.32	0.27%	2.41	P
11	244	49 (4)	Jun 17	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.174	.208	.304	.513	9	1.99	-0.168	5.13	-0.26%	-1.19	P
12	245	54 (4)	Jun 23	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-8	GS-5	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.231	.360	.591	9	.97	0.070	3.15	0.14%	1.08	P
13	246	57 (2)	Jun 29	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	4-GF	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.250	.407	.657	9	2.05	0.147	8.32	0.36%	1.26	P
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
14	247	63 (5)	Jul 4 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.194	.219	.355	.574	9	1.25	0.053	6.17	0.16%	0.23	P
15	248	68 (4)	Jul 11	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-3	GS-8	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.206	.229	.382	.611	9	1.35	0.027	7.35	0.09%	-0.11	P
16	249	72 (3)	Jul 15	PIT		BRO	L,4-9	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.222	.371	.594	9	.57	-0.014	3.02	-0.05%	-0.16	P
17	250	76 (3)	Jul 18	PIT		NYG	W,7-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.216	.361	.577	9	.06	-0.002	.54	-0.01%	-0.10	P
18	251	88 (11)	Jul 29	PIT	@	BRO	W,7-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.216	.361	.577	9						P
19	252	90 (1)	Jul 31	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.216	.361	.577	9						P
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
20	253	94 (3)	Aug 4	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-4	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.211	.231	.368	.599	9	1.79	0.085	8.89	0.25%	0.36	P
21	254	101 (6)	Aug 13	PIT		CHC	L,5-11	1-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.250	.385	.635	9	.75	0.032	5.70	0.15%	0.38	P
22	255	103 (1)	Aug 15	PIT		CIN	L,2-6	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.250	.385	.635	9						P
23	256	105 (1)	Aug 17	PIT	@	STL	W,4-3	9-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.250	.385	.635	9						P
24	257	107 (1)	Aug 20	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.244	.375	.619	9	.10	-0.003	.66	-0.01%	-0.16	P
25	258	111 (3)	Aug 23 (1)	PIT		BSN	L,0-6	1-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.250	.357	.607	9	.55	-0.011	2.81	-0.04%	-0.13	P
Sep/Oct		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
26	259	124 (12)	Sep 2	PIT		STL	L,10-11	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.250	.357	.607	9						P
27	260	131 (6)	Sep 10	PIT	@	STL	W,14-7	1-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.205	.239	.341	.580	9	.64	-0.035	5.49	-0.18%	-0.40	P
28	261	134 (2)	Sep 14 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-10	2-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.213	.245	.340	.585	9	.24	-0.004	2.77	-0.03%	-0.56	P
29	262	136 (1)	Sep 16 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	W,7-6	8-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.240	.333	.573	9	3.26	-0.089	29.91	-0.49%	-0.33	P
30	263	137	Sep 16 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,4-5	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.240	.333	.573	9						P
31	264	143 (5)	Sep 23	PIT		CIN	L,4-5	7-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.204	.235	.327	.562	9	1.41	-0.035	9.02	-0.13%	-0.16	P
32	265	145 (1)	Sep 25	PIT		CIN	W,5-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.235	.327	.562	9						P
33	266	146	Sep 27	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.235	.327	.562	9						P
34	267	147	Sep 28	PIT	@	CHC	L,5-6	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.235	.327	.562	9						P
35	268	149 (1)	Sep 30 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-7	6-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.235	.327	.562	9						P
36	269	151 (1)	Oct 1	PIT	@	CIN	L,6-9	5-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.231	.320	.551	9	1.73	-0.044	39.37	-0.59%	-0.23	P
							14-22		54	50	3	10	3	0	1	6	2	0	10	0	2		2	1	0	0	.200	.231	.320	.551		1.28	-0.220	5.88	-1.09%	-0.53

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