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: 6-23 / in Starts: 5-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 6

1986 Pitching Game Log

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1986 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	24	2	Apr 9	SEA		CAL	L,5-9	3-5		99	2.2	1	0	0	5	2	0	0	0.00	6.90	14	6	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	0.071	2.31	0.07%	0.96	3t 12- 1 out d1	5t 3 out d1
2	25	5	Apr 12	SEA	@	MIN	W,10-4	7-8		2	2.0	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.86	5.77	10	5	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.014	1.11	0.01%	-0.96	7b --- 0 out a6	8b 3 out a4
3	26	7	Apr 14	SEA	@	CAL	L,6-7	6-7	BS(1)	1	1.1	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.50	4.60	7	0	1	1	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.69	-0.077	3.00	-0.08%	-0.16	6b -2- 2 out a1	7b 3 out tie
4	27	9	Apr 16	SEA	@	CAL	L,0-4	6-7		1	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.05	4.87	4	2	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	-0.002	.66	0.00%	-0.24	6b 12- 2 out d3	7b 1-3 1 out d3
5	28	11	Apr 19	SEA		OAK	L,2-7	4-7		2	4.0	3	2	2	2	5	0	0	4.22	3.71	17	6	4	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	-0.021	.25	-0.02%	0.07	4t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d7
6	29	13	Apr 21	SEA		MIN	L,2-5	6-GF		1	3.1	3	1	0	3	1	0	0	3.21	3.99	16	7	2	0	0	3		2	1	1	0	0	13	0	0	1	0	0	1	.60	-0.090	.71	-0.06%	0.06	6t 1-3 2 out d2	9t end d 3
7	30	17	Apr 25	SEA	@	OAK	L,2-11	1-6		3	4.2	4	4	3	4	3	0	0	3.86	4.00	20	5	4	0	0	4		1	0	2	1	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	.34	-0.025	.45	-0.02%	-1.29	1b 1-- 2 out d4	6b 12- 1 out d5
May				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
8	31	22	May 1	SEA	@	BOS	L,2-12	GS-4	L(0-1)	5	4.0	5	7	6	3	1	0	2	5.56	4.36	21	8	7	4	0	0	24			0	1	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.344	.84	-0.15%	-4.93	1b start tie	4b 3 out d6
9	32	27	May 6	SEA	@	MIL	L,0-10	GS-4	L(0-2)	4	3.1	7	5	4	2	1	0	0	6.23	4.31	19	8	8	2	0	0	27			0	0	0	17	3	0	0	1	0	1	.70	-0.264	.52	-0.12%	-3.82	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out d5
10	33	32	May 11	SEA		TOR	L,3-4	GS-4	L(0-3)	4	3.2	7	4	4	2	2	0	1	6.67	4.29	19	4	3	1	0	7	31			1	2	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.317	.77	-0.13%	-2.44	1t start tie	4t 1-3 2 out d1
11	34	35	May 14	SEA		MIL	L,6-9	6-7		2	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.25	4.07	9	5	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.53	0.047	.36	0.02%	1.03	6t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d3
12	35	37	May 17	SEA	@	NYY	L,6-11	2-6		2	4.1	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	5.75	3.80	18	5	6	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	.05	0.009	.04	0.00%	1.15	2b --- 2 out d7	6b 3 out d8
13	36	43	May 24	SEA		BAL	L,4-5	GS-4		6	3.2	9	4	4	1	2	0	0	6.13	3.68	22	8	10	3	1	1	28			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.36	-0.220	.66	-0.07%	-2.44	1t start tie	4t 1-3 2 out d4
14	37	46	May 28	SEA		NYY	L,5-6	5-GF		3	5.0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	5.44	3.44	18	8	5	2	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.235	.34	0.07%	2.58	5t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 1
Jun				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
15	38	50	Jun 1	SEA		DET	W,9-1	GS-6	W(1-3)	3	5.1	9	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.86	3.35	24	10	8	3	0	3	51			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.25	0.288	.59	0.08%	2.56	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out a2
16	39	54	Jun 6	SEA	@	TEX	L,5-6	GS-8		4	7.2	9	3	3	1	2	0	0	4.68	3.26	28	13	3	0	0	9	50			0	3	0	26	2	2	0	2	1	0	.96	0.173	.51	0.06%	0.98	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out a2
17	40	59	Jun 10	SEA	@	KCR	L,5-9	GS-3		3	2.0	6	4	4	1	2	0	0	5.13	3.22	12	4	5	4	0	0	29			2	1	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.251	.36	-0.05%	-2.34	1b start a 2	3b 1-- 0 out a1
18	41	64	Jun 15	SEA		CHW	W,10-5	GS-6		4	5.1	5	5	5	3	0	1	1	5.40	3.57	23	11	3	1	0	5	35			2	0	0	19	1	0	0	2	0	0	.91	-0.234	.24	-0.04%	-1.59	1t start tie	6t -2- 1 out d2
19	42	69	Jun 21	SEA	@	CHW	L,6-7	GS-4	L(1-4)	5	3.0	3	6	4	3	0	0	1	5.69	3.71	16	6	3	0	0	3	30			1	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.10	-0.425	.35	-0.08%	-3.88	1b start a 1	4b -23 0 out a1
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
20	43	111	Aug 8	SEA	@	CAL	L,4-6	GS-6	L(1-5)	47	5.1	9	6	5	2	0	1	0	5.89	3.90	26	13	2	1	0	9	26			2	1	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.23	-0.314	.18	-0.03%	-3.20	1b start a 1	6b --- 1 out d4
21	44	119	Aug 16	SEA		MIN	W,7-6	GS-7		7	6.1	9	5	5	2	2	0	1	5.99	3.88	29	11	5	2	1	8	35			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	2	0	1	.98	-0.063	.00	0.00%	-0.31	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d2
22	45	123	Aug 22	SEA	@	DET	L,1-4	5-7		5	1.1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	6.00	4.03	6	1	2	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.43	5b 12- 2 out d2	7b 1-- 0 out d3
23	46	130	Aug 30(1)	SEA		NYY	W,1-0	GS-9	W(2-5)	7	8.2	2	0	0	4	7	0	0	5.42	3.89	32	14	6	1	0	1	83			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.22	0.581	.00	0.00%	4.21	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out a1
Sept				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
24	47	135	Sep 3	SEA		DET	W,3-2	GS-4		3	4.0	6	2	2	2	3	0	0	5.38	3.84	17	5	3	1	0	4	43			0	1	0	15	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	-0.025	.00	0.00%	0.07	1t start tie	4t 3 out d2
25	48	143	Sep 13	SEA	@	KCR	L,4-5	GS-6	L(2-6)	9	6.0	7	5	3	2	3	0	0	5.33	3.77	27	17	5	2	0	0	43			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	2	1.45	-0.353	.00	0.00%	-1.87	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
26	49	147	Sep 18	SEA		CHW	L,4-6	GS-3	L(2-7)	4	2.0	7	4	4	2	0	0	0	5.58	3.81	14	5	1	0	0	6	24			0	0	0	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.319	.00	0.00%	-3.35	1t start tie	3t 1-- 0 out d3
27	50	152	Sep 23	SEA		TEX	L,6-12	GS-5	L(2-8)	4	4.2	9	7	3	3	5	1	0	5.59	3.88	26	11	3	0	0	4	28			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.01	-0.566	.00	0.00%	-4.65	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out d3
28	51	155	Sep 27	SEA		CLE	L,4-12	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.53	3.90	4	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.52	9t --- 0 out d10	9t end d10
29	52	158	Sep 30(2)	SEA	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG(8)	L(2-9)	2	8.0	9	5	4	2	1	1	1	5.46	3.99	36	14	9	2	0	9	45			0	0	0	32	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.04	-0.218	.00	0.00%	-0.70	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d2
							6-23		W-L:2-9,BSv:1	3.7	115.1	148	85	70	55	55	5	7	5.46	3.99	534	1.87		10%	1%	87	37	10	20%	17	10	0	464	24	3	2	17	3	12	.97	-2.714	.39	-0.54%	-24.42

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