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: 13-16 / in Starts: 12-14

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: 0

1998 Pitching Game Log

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1998 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	375	4	Apr 4	SEA		BOS	W,12-6	GS-5	W(1-0)	99	5.0	5	4	3	4	1	0	0	5.40	5.14	23	95	54	15	7	12	6	5	0	0	40			0	0	0	19	3	0	0	2	0	1	.63	0.068	.63	0.04%	-1.20	1t start tie	5t 3 out a5
2	376	13	Apr 14	SEA	@	CLE	L,3-8	GS-6		9	6.0	4	3	3	6	4	1	0	4.91	6.14	26	106	52	15	9	10	6	3	0	0	50			1	0	0	20	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.53	-0.057	1.22	-0.03%	0.49	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
3	377	18	Apr 19	SEA	@	MIN	W,7-4	GS-6	W(2-0)	4	6.0	6	4	2	1	4	0	0	4.24	4.79	26	79	51	14	4	12	9	5	0	0	51			0	1	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.11	-0.135	1.03	-0.08%	-0.57	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
4	378	23	Apr 25	SEA		MIN	L,2-8	GS-7		5	7.0	5	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.75	4.81	29	92	61	11	9	17	9	3	0	0	60			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.06	0.116	1.10	0.07%	1.92	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
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	379	28	May 1	SEA		DET	L,3-17	GS-5	L(2-1)	5	4.0	10	10	10	1	1	1	3	6.43	5.39	24	82	47	12	7	10	9	5	0	0	2			0	0	0	19	3	0	0	2	1	0	.76	-0.367	.58	-0.17%	-7.68	1t start tie	5t --3 0 out d8
6	380	35	May 9	SEA		TOR	L,1-4	GS-6	L(2-2)	7	5.2	7	3	3	3	3	0	0	6.15	5.10	26	104	60	23	8	11	9	3	1	0	43			1	0	1	22	3	0	1	0	1	0	.79	-0.077	.84	-0.05%	-0.17	1t start tie	6t 1-3 2 out d3
7	381	40	May 15	SEA	@	CHW	L,3-6	GS-4	L(2-3)	5	3.2	7	6	4	1	1	1	1	6.51	5.36	19	67	43	16	3	6	10	7	0	0	27			0	2	0	17	3	0	0	0	0	1	.54	-0.319	.49	-0.17%	-4.05	1b start tie	4b 1-- 2 out d5
8	382	45	May 20	SEA	@	TEX	L,7-8	GS-5		4	5.0	7	3	3	0	4	1	1	6.38	5.29	23	83	53	16	4	7	11	6	2	0	45			1	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.120	1.19	0.09%	-0.06	1b start a 1	5b 3 out a3
9	383	50	May 25	SEA		BAL	W,12-4	GS-6	W(3-3)	4	6.0	6	2	2	2	1	0	0	5.96	5.10	24	85	47	18	1	16	5	2	0	0	51			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	2	0	0	.70	0.096	.43	0.04%	1.36	1t start tie	6t 3 out a8
10	384	55	May 31	SEA	@	TBD	W,11-6	GS-6	W(4-3)	5	5.2	5	3	1	1	3	0	0	5.50	4.84	23	95	56	13	9	13	6	2	1	0	53			1	0	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	1	.77	0.105	.61	0.05%	0.78	1b start a 1	6b -23 2 out a5
Jun				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
11	385	60	Jun 5	SEA		LAD	W,4-0	GS-7	W(5-3)	4	6.1	9	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.92	4.61	28	94	61	15	10	12	12	6	2	0	57			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.247	.53	0.07%	2.28	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out a4
12	386	65	Jun 10	SEA	@	SFG	W,4-1	GS-7	W(6-3)	4	7.0	5	1	1	0	7	0	1	4.54	4.30	27	95	63	20	10	15	4	3	0	0	70			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.287	.25	0.04%	2.40	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a3
13	387	70	Jun 16	SEA	@	ANA	L,2-3	GS-2	L(6-4)	5	2.0	4	2	1	0	2	0	0	4.54	4.21	11	43	30	10	3	6	3	2	1	0	44			0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	1	.86	-0.096	.23	-0.02%	-0.85	1b start tie	2b 3 out d2
14	388	75	Jun 21	SEA		OAK	W,10-5	GS-7	W(7-4)	4	6.1	5	3	3	4	5	1	1	4.52	4.35	29	111	65	22	7	7	12	4	3	0	52			3	0	0	24	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.13	-0.014	.11	0.00%	0.35	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out a3
15	389	80	Jun 26	SEA	@	ARI	L,8-13	GS-5		4	5.0	6	6	6	1	3	4	0	4.91	4.89	22	62	41	13	6	9	9	2	1	0	33			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	1	.97	-0.461	.07	-0.02%	-3.44	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
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
16	390	85	Jul 2	SEA		COL	W,10-3	GS-7	W(8-4)	5	7.0	8	3	3	1	4	1	1	4.83	4.87	29	89	59	19	13	12	11	4	3	0	52			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	2	0	0	.30	0.092	.02	0.00%	0.92	1t start tie	7t 3 out a7
17	391	92	Jul 12	SEA		ANA	L,5-8	GS-6	L(8-5)	9	6.0	10	7	7	1	1	1	0	5.19	4.91	29	101	59	18	3	18	9	1	3	0	24			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.372	.07	-0.02%	-3.64	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
18	392	97	Jul 17	SEA		KCR	W,18-5	GS-6	W(9-5)	4	5.2	8	5	5	2	4	1	1	5.35	4.95	27	99	63	27	4	9	11	7	1	0	35			2	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.113	.11	-0.01%	-1.89	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out a6
19	393	102	Jul 24	SEA	@	BAL	L,4-7	GS-5	L(9-6)	6	4.0	10	5	5	1	2	3	0	5.57	5.25	22	80	55	19	2	8	11	4	0	0	23			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	-0.365	.14	-0.03%	-3.18	1b start a 2	5b 1-- 0 out d2
20	394	107	Jul 30	SEA		CLE	L,8-9	GS-6		5	5.0	7	3	3	2	1	1	0	5.57	5.31	24	72	41	10	1	11	10	4	2	0	40			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.076	.11	-0.01%	-1.05	1t start tie	6t 123 0 out a3
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
21	395	112	Aug 4	SEA		BOS	L,1-2	GS-6		4	5.2	4	1	1	3	6	0	0	5.37	5.17	24	101	57	24	4	6	9	3	1	0	60			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.115	.12	0.01%	1.55	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out tie
22	396	116	Aug 9	SEA	@	DET	W,6-3	GS-5		4	5.0	6	3	3	2	5	0	0	5.37	5.05	23	86	51	14	10	13	3	1	0	0	46			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.105	.14	-0.01%	-0.17	1b start tie	5b 3 out d1
23	397	120	Aug 15	SEA	@	CHW	W,13-7	GS-5	W(10-6)	5	5.0	5	2	1	2	4	0	0	5.23	4.96	20	61	39	15	2	9	5	2	0	0	53			1	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.077	.04	0.00%	0.75	1b start a 3	5b 3 out a5
24	398	125	Aug 20	SEA		TOR	L,0-7	GS-6	L(10-7)	4	6.0	12	7	7	2	2	1	1	5.47	5.02	32	106	66	19	9	12	15	6	1	0	20			3	0	0	29	4	0	0	0	0	0	.46	-0.339	.01	-0.01%	-3.64	1t start tie	6t 3 out d7
25	399	130	Aug 25	SEA	@	CLE	L,4-10	GS-4	L(10-8)	4	4.0	7	6	6	5	0	1	0	5.71	5.17	23	86	44	16	1	8	10	7	1	0	19			1	0	0	18	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	-0.301	.02	0.00%	-3.67	1b start a 1	4b 3 out d5
26	400	135	Aug 30	SEA	@	NYY	W,13-3	GS-7	W(11-8)	4	6.2	5	2	2	2	2	1	0	5.57	5.18	26	92	52	19	3	10	12	7	2	0	56			0	0	0	24	1	1	0	2	0	1	.27	0.090	.00	0.00%	1.38	1b start a 4	7b 12- 2 out a8
Sept				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
27	401	139	Sep 4	SEA		BAL	L,1-10	7-8		4	2.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	5.61	5.16	10	40	23	5	2	3	5	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.88	7t --- 0 out d6	8t 3 out d8
28	402	142	Sep 7	SEA		BAL	W,11-1	8-8		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.58	5.13	4	11	8	3	1	0	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.56	8t --- 0 out a10	8t 3 out a10
29	403	146	Sep 11(2)	SEA	@	KCR	L,5-8	2-3	L(11-9)	3	1.0	6	5	5	1	0	1	0	5.85	5.23	10	29	17	3	1	5	4	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.468	.00	0.00%	-4.78	2b --- 2 out a2	3b 12- 2 out d3
							13-16		W-L:11-9	4.7	144.2	183	103	94	51	77	21	10	5.85	5.23	663	2346	60%	19%	7%	1.21		21%	5%	0	43	0	---%	16	3	1	598	49	1	2	19	2	11	.87	-2.255	.37	-0.20%	-26.18

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