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: 7-7 / in Starts: 7-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1997 Pitching Game Log

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1997 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	361	2	Apr 2	COL	@	CIN	L,3-5	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	5.0	9	5	5	1	3	1	0	9.00	5.11	25	95	60	15	12	11	10	5	1	0	31			2	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.255	.75	-0.16%	-2.38	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
2	362	7	Apr 7	COL		CIN	W,13-2	GS-6	W(1-1)	4	6.0	3	2	1	2	4	0	0	4.91	3.84	23	76	50	12	9	9	8	2	0	0	62			0	0	0	21	1	1	0	1	0	1	.35	0.156	.41	0.11%	1.76	1t start tie	6t 3 out a8
3	363	11	Apr 14	COL		MON	W,10-8	GS-6		6	5.1	9	7	4	2	1	1	0	5.51	4.64	27					11	4	1	1	9	27			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.29	-0.224	1.48	-0.15%	-2.78	1t start tie	6t -23 1 out a2
4	364	20	Apr 26	COL	@	STL	W,4-2	GS-6	W(2-1)	11	6.0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	4.03	4.32	22	70	41	14	2	12	6	3	1	0	68			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.315	1.31	0.24%	3.05	1b start tie	6b 3 out a3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
5	365	25	May 1	COL		CHC	W,5-4	GS-6	W(3-1)	4	6.0	4	1	1	3	2	0	0	3.49	4.24	23	83	49	15	3	11	7	3	0	0	59			0	0	0	18	0	1	0	2	1	0	1.07	0.274	1.28	0.20%	2.76	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
6	366	30	May 6	COL		NYM	W,12-11	GS-5	W(4-1)	4	5.0	11	6	6	2	2	2	0	4.59	4.91	28	70	51	11	6	11	12	4	0	1	21			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.00	-0.291	1.32	-0.23%	-2.87	1t start tie	5t 3 out a3
7	367	36	May 12	COL	@	PHI	W,9-2	GS-3		5	2.2	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	4.75	5.14	10	29	17	5	1	6	4	3	0	0	46			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.018	.66	0.01%	-0.57	1b start a 4	3b --- 2 out a4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	368	91	Jul 12	COL		SDP	L,7-11	GS-3	L(4-2)	60	3.0	8	6	5	1	3	1	0	5.54	5.24	18	71	44	18	2	6	8	3	1	0	23			0	0	0	17	3	0	0	1	0	1	.68	-0.313	.45	-0.13%	-4.12	1t start tie	3t 3 out d6
9	369	96	Jul 17	COL	@	ATL	L,2-8	GS-5	L(4-3)	4	4.2	7	4	3	4	1	1	0	5.56	5.54	24	88	48	12	7	8	10	6	0	0	33			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	-0.194	.34	-0.04%	-1.90	1b start a 1	5b 1-3 2 out d3
10	370	101	Jul 22	COL	@	MON	W,11-9	GS-6		4	5.1	11	7	7	1	4	2	0	6.24	5.70	26					8	3	1	0	10	21			0	0	0	25	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.540	.20	-0.05%	-4.90	1b start tie	6b --3 1 out a1
11	371	106	Jul 28	COL		MON	L,2-3	GS-6	L(4-4)	5	5.1	6	3	3	1	3	1	2	6.13	5.74	24	72	46	8	9	10	8	5	0	0	46			0	0	0	21	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.13	-0.123	.44	-0.03%	-0.27	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	372	111	Aug 2	COL	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS-5	L(4-5)	4	4.2	4	6	1	4	1	0	0	5.80	5.70	24	84	43	14	3	12	7	4	1	0	39			0	0	0	18	1	1	0	0	1	2	1.25	-0.272	.26	-0.04%	-3.60	1b start a 1	5b 1-- 2 out d5
13	373	116	Aug 7	COL	@	NYM	L,4-12	GS-6	L(4-6)	4	5.1	7	6	6	2	3	1	0	6.16	5.69	24	83	47	15	7	8	11	2	1	0	31			0	0	0	22	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	-0.257	.13	-0.02%	-1.92	1b start a 2	6b 12- 1 out d2
14	374	121	Aug 13	COL		PHI	L,8-12	9-GF		5	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	6.34	5.70	6	17	9	3	0	2	3	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	.07	-0.015	.01	0.00%	-1.37	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 6
							7-7		W-L:4-6	4.5	65.1	85	57	46	26	29	11	2	6.34	5.70	304	838	60%	17%	7%	1.24		19%	3%	20	39	0	---%	4	0	0	267	21	4	0	8	4	5	.97	-1.721	.69	-0.28%	-19.11

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