Bob Swift

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: March 6, 1915 in Salina, KS us

Died: October 17, 1966 in Detroit, MI

Buried: Roselawn Memorial Park, Salina, KS

Debut: April 16, 1940 (Age 25-041d, 8,853rd in major league history)
vs. DET 4 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1953 (Age 38-205d)
vs. CLE 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1940 season

Full Name: Robert Virgil Swift

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

1945 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.6

2750

635

.231

212

RBI

238

OBP

.313

SLG

.280

OPS

.592

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	SLB	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
2	2	Apr 18	SLB	@	DET	L,2-4	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
3	4 (1)	Apr 21	SLB		CHW	L,2-6	GS	30	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	5	Apr 22	SLB		CLE	L,2-5	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
5	6	Apr 24	SLB		CLE	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
6	8 (1)	Apr 27	SLB	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
7	9	Apr 28	SLB	@	CHW	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
8	10	Apr 30	SLB	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	12 (1)	May 3	SLB	@	BOS	L,8-9	GS	24	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
10	13	May 4	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-4	GS	28	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
11	14	May 5	SLB	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
12	15	May 6	SLB	@	WSH	W,11-9	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	16	May 7	SLB	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	43	9.1	2	0	1	3	0
14	17	May 8	SLB	@	PHA	L,8-10	GS	35	7.0	8	0	1	9	1
15	18	May 9	SLB	@	PHA	W,4-2	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	19	May 10	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-9	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
17	20	May 11	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	34	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
18	21	May 12	SLB	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	22	May 16	SLB		BOS	L,5-7	GS	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	23	May 19	SLB		PHA	W,10-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
21	24	May 20	SLB		PHA	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
22	25	May 22	SLB		WSH	L,2-9	GS	34	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
23	26	May 23	SLB		WSH	W,8-7	GS	41	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
24	27	May 24	SLB		CLE	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
25	28	May 26 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
26	30 (1)	May 27	SLB		CHW	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	31	May 28 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,10-9	CG	47	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
28	33 (1)	May 29	SLB		CHW	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	6	1	1	8	0
29	35 (1)	May 30 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,6-15	CG	44	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	36	Jun 1	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-8	GS	33	7.0	3	2	0	5	0
31	38 (1)	Jun 2 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-11	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	39	Jun 3	SLB	@	NYY	L,1-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	40	Jun 4	SLB	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	41	Jun 5	SLB	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	57	14.0	2	1	0	3	0
35	42	Jun 6	SLB	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	40	8.2	4	1	0	5	0
36	43	Jun 7	SLB	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	5	1	0	6	0
37	44	Jun 8	SLB	@	PHA	W,15-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
38	45	Jun 9 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	W,8-7	CG	44	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	47 (1)	Jun 10	SLB	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	48	Jun 11	SLB	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	49	Jun 12	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
42	50	Jun 14	SLB		NYY	L,3-12	CG	47	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
43	51	Jun 15	SLB		NYY	L,6-7	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	52	Jun 16 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,12-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	53	Jun 16 (2)	SLB		NYY	W,6-5	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	54	Jun 18	SLB		BOS	W,11-7	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	55	Jun 19	SLB		BOS	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	57 (1)	Jun 20 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,11-4	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
49	58	Jun 21	SLB		WSH	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	59	Jun 22	SLB		WSH	L,10-11	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
51	61 (1)	Jun 23 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,3-2	CG	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	62	Jun 24	SLB		PHA	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	63	Jun 25	SLB		PHA	W,12-10	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
54	65 (1)	Jun 27	SLB		DET	L,1-2	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	66	Jun 29 (1)	SLB		DET	L,5-9	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	67	Jun 29 (2)	SLB		DET	T,9-9	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
57	68	Jun 30 (1)	SLB		DET	W,7-6	GF	0	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	69	Jun 30 (2)	SLB		DET	L,1-10	CG	0	7.0	3	1	0	4	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	70	Jul 1	SLB	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
60	71	Jul 2	SLB	@	CLE	W,5-3	GS	29	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	76 (4)	Jul 6 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,2-11	GS	34	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
62	78 (1)	Jul 7	SLB	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
63	79	Jul 11	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	81 (1)	Jul 13 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,6-12	GS	32	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
65	82	Jul 14 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	47	10.2	5	0	0	5	0
66	83	Jul 14 (2)	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-7	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	84	Jul 15	SLB	@	BOS	L,6-10	CG	42	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
68	85	Jul 18	SLB	@	PHA	L,3-10	GS	31	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
69	86	Jul 19	SLB	@	PHA	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
70	88 (1)	Jul 21 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	W,8-4	GS	36	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	89	Jul 21 (2)	SLB	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS	25	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
72	90	Jul 23	SLB		NYY	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
73	91	Jul 24	SLB		NYY	W,14-12	CG	47	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
74	92	Jul 25	SLB		NYY	L,8-13	GF	28	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
75	93	Jul 26	SLB		BOS	L,7-14	GS	44	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
76	94	Jul 27	SLB		BOS	W,13-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	96 (1)	Jul 28 (2)	SLB		BOS	L,10-13	CG	52	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
78	97	Jul 30	SLB		WSH	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
79	98	Jul 31	SLB		WSH	L,5-13	GS	35	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	99	Aug 2	SLB		PHA	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	100	Aug 3	SLB		PHA	L,7-11	GF	28	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
82	101	Aug 4 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
83	102	Aug 4 (2)	SLB		PHA	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
84	103	Aug 5 (1)	SLB		DET	L,2-9	GF	14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	104	Aug 5 (2)	SLB		DET	W,4-0	CG	20	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
86	105	Aug 6	SLB		DET	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
87	106	Aug 7	SLB		DET	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	107	Aug 8 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,4-7	GS	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
89	108	Aug 8 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
90	109	Aug 9	SLB		CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
91	110	Aug 11 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,4-12	GS	36	7.0	3	2	0	5	0
92	111	Aug 11 (2)	SLB		CLE	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	112	Aug 12	SLB		CHW	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
94	113	Aug 13	SLB		CHW	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
95	114	Aug 14	SLB	@	DET	L,7-13	CG	49	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
96	115	Aug 15	SLB	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
97	116	Aug 16	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-8	GS	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	118 (1)	Aug 18	SLB	@	CLE	T,2-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
99	119	Aug 20	SLB	@	WSH	W,6-3	GS	8	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
100	122 (2)	Aug 23	SLB	@	PHA	L,4-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
101	123	Aug 24	SLB	@	PHA	W,6-5	GF	33	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
102	126 (2)	Aug 26	SLB	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
103	127	Aug 29 (1)	SLB	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	47	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
104	128	Aug 29 (2)	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	53	12.2	3	0	0	3	0
105	129	Aug 31	SLB		DET	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
106	131 (1)	Sep 2 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
107	132	Sep 2 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
108	133	Sep 4	SLB	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
109	134	Sep 5	SLB	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
110	135	Sep 6	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
111	136	Sep 7	SLB	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	38	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
112	138 (1)	Sep 10	SLB		PHA	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
113	139	Sep 11	SLB		PHA	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
114	140	Sep 12	SLB		WSH	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
115	141	Sep 13	SLB		WSH	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
116	142	Sep 14	SLB		WSH	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
117	144 (1)	Sep 15 (2)	SLB		NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
118	145	Sep 16	SLB		NYY	W,16-4	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
119	146	Sep 17	SLB		NYY	L,0-9	GS	31	7.0	4	1	0	5	1
120	147	Sep 18	SLB		BOS	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
121	148	Sep 19	SLB		BOS	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
122	149	Sep 20	SLB		CHW	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
123	150	Sep 21	SLB		CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
124	151	Sep 22	SLB		CHW	L,0-10	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
125	152	Sep 24	SLB	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
126	153	Sep 25	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
127	154	Sep 27	SLB	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS	0		3	0	0	3	0
128	156 (1)	Sep 29	SLB	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
							128gm		994.0	389	55	9	453	8