Bill Swift

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: October 27, 1961 in Portland, ME us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the 1983 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Maine (Orono, ME) and the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (2nd) of the 1984 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Maine (Orono, ME).

High School: South Portland HS (South Portland, ME)

School: University of Maine (Orono, ME)

Debut: June 7, 1985 (Age 23-223d, 15,032nd in major league history)
vs. CLE 5.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: September 11, 1998 (Age 36-319d)
vs. KCR 1.0 IP, 6 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 5 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1985 season

Agents: Craig Fenech

National Team: us USA (Oly,College)

Full Name: William Charles Swift

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

20.7

ERA

3.95

403

220

1599.2

767

WHIP

1.372

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Team Record in Appearances: 12-11 / in Starts: 11-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 22, Entered with runners on base: 1

1985 Pitching Game Log

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1985 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	53	Jun 7	SEA	@	CLE	W,6-4	2-6	W(1-0)	99	5.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2.88	16	9	4	1	0	1		1	1	1	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.259	1.00	0.13%	1.91	2b 1-- 0 out a2	6b 3 out a2
2	2	57	Jun 11	SEA		CHW	L,1-7	GS-6	L(1-1)	3	5.2	7	5	5	2	1	0	0	4.22	3.15	25	9	6	0	0	7	34			0	0	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.243	.64	-0.15%	-2.26	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out d5
3	3	62	Jun 16	SEA		KCR	W,2-1	GS-8		4	7.2	6	1	1	3	5	0	0	2.95	2.90	30	12	4	1	0	6	65			0	0	0	26	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.33	0.370	.95	0.16%	2.86	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out tie
4	4	66	Jun 22	SEA	@	KCR	W,2-1	GS-9	W(2-1)	5	8.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.39	2.72	30	13	7	1	0	6	68			2	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.55	0.427	1.02	0.17%	3.42	1b start tie	9b -2- 0 out a2
5	5	71	Jun 28	SEA		CLE	W,8-6	GS-3		5	2.1	6	6	6	2	2	0	0	4.08	2.79	15	1	4	1	0	6	21			0	0	0	12	1	2	0	0	1	0	.95	-0.317	.94	-0.19%	-4.42	1t start tie	3t --3 1 out d5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	6	76	Jul 3	SEA	@	CHW	W,5-1	GS-8	W(3-1)	4	7.1	8	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.50	2.63	30	10	7	1	0	8	61			0	1	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	0.315	1.64	0.24%	2.70	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out a4
7	7	80	Jul 7	SEA		MIL	L,1-2	GS-7	L(3-2)	3	6.1	10	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.40	2.61	28	10	5	3	0	10	46			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	0	.96	-0.003	1.60	0.00%	0.38	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out d1
8	8	84	Jul 11	SEA		BOS	L,1-7	GS-6	L(3-3)	3	5.1	9	6	6	0	1	1	1	4.15	2.91	27	11	5	1	0	9	27			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	1	1	.96	-0.194	.86	-0.10%	-3.13	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out d5
9	9	90	Jul 20	SEA	@	MIL	W,13-10	GS-1		8	0.2	3	4	4	3	0	0	0	4.84	3.10	8	0	2	0	0	3	27			0	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.07	-0.317	.45	-0.08%	-4.00	1b start tie	1b 1-3 2 out d4
10	10	95	Jul 25	SEA	@	BOS	L,3-5	GS-7	L(3-4)	4	6.0	6	3	3	4	6	0	0	4.80	3.05	28	9	3	0	0	6	50			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.13	0.050	.22	0.01%	0.80	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out d1
11	11	100	Jul 30	SEA		MIN	L,4-12	GS-4	L(3-5)	4	3.2	7	6	4	3	1	0	0	5.12	3.15	21	9	1	0	0	7	25			0	0	0	18	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.16	-0.447	.35	-0.08%	-4.40	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	12	105	Aug 5	SEA	@	CAL	L,1-3	GS-7	L(3-6)	5	6.1	6	3	1	2	1	0	2	4.76	3.26	30	17	2	0	0	6	52			0	0	0	23	1	0	1	0	0	2	1.07	-0.121	.27	-0.02%	-0.11	1b start tie	7b -2- 1 out d2
13	13	109	Aug 11	SEA		OAK	W,9-6	GS-8	W(4-6)	5	8.0	9	6	6	3	4	0	0	4.98	3.21	37	12	9	1	0	9	41			1	0	0	34	3	0	0	0	0	1	.78	-0.138	.03	0.00%	-1.91	1t start tie	8t 3 out a3
14	14	116	Aug 16	SEA	@	MIN	W,6-5	GS-5		4	4.2	6	3	1	4	2	0	0	4.79	3.28	23	9	2	0	0	6	42			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	.78	-0.138	.01	0.00%	-1.11	1b start tie	5b 123 2 out d2
15	15	122	Aug 23	SEA		NYY	L,1-3	GS-9	L(4-7)	6	8.2	5	3	3	4	2	2	1	4.62	3.65	33	17	4	0	0	5	60			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	3	0	0	.92	0.083	.01	0.00%	1.37	1t start tie	9t 1-- 2 out d2
16	16	127	Aug 29	SEA	@	BAL	L,0-7	GS-5	L(4-8)	5	4.2	6	4	4	4	2	1	0	4.78	3.84	24	4	8	0	0	6	34			1	0	0	20	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.01	-0.152	.00	0.00%	-2.02	1b start tie	5b 1-3 2 out d4
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	17	132	Sep 3	SEA	@	NYY	L,3-6	GS-6	L(4-9)	4	5.1	5	6	6	3	3	1	0	5.08	3.94	24	5	8	1	0	5	34			1	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	.55	-0.319	.00	0.00%	-3.67	1b start tie	6b -2- 1 out d6
18	18	136	Sep 8	SEA	@	DET	W,6-2	GS-3		4	2.1	4	2	2	1	1	1	0	5.14	4.05	11	4	1	0	0	4	41			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.68	1b start a 2	3b 1-3 1 out a3
19	19	138	Sep 10	SEA		CLE	L,5-8	7-8		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.04	4.00	7	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.065	.00	0.00%	1.02	7t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
20	20	141	Sep 14	SEA		CHW	W,6-5	GS-8	W(5-9)	3	7.2	11	4	4	0	0	2	0	5.02	4.15	32	13	8	1	0	11	41			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.358	.00	0.00%	1.65	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a4
21	21	145	Sep 18	SEA	@	KCR	W,6-0	GS-3		3	3.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.88	4.06	10	5	1	1	0	1	60			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.150	.00	0.00%	1.52	1b start tie	3b 3 out a3
22	22	153	Sep 26	SEA		KCR	L,2-5	GS-4	L(5-10)	7	3.0	2	2	1	3	6	0	1	4.83	4.02	16	3	1	0	0	2	52			3	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.09	-0.115	.00	0.00%	-1.31	1t start tie	4t 123 0 out d1
23	23	159	Oct 3	SEA	@	CHW	W,5-4	GS-8	W(6-10)	6	7.0	6	3	3	3	4	0	0	4.77	3.95	27	12	2	0	0	6	54			0	2	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	-0.122	.00	0.00%	0.09	1b start tie	8b -2- 0 out a2
							12-11		W-L:6-10	4.4	120.2	131	71	64	48	55	8	5	4.77	3.95	532	2.08		4%	0%	131	45	1	100%	10	4	0	470	26	3	5	13	3	7	1.02	-0.615	.46	0.08%	-11.30

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