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.

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	SLB	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	28	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
2	2	Apr 15	SLB	@	CHW	W,6-5	GS	29	7.0	3	2	0	5	0
3	5 (2)	Apr 18	SLB		DET	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
4	6	Apr 19 (1)	SLB		DET	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	10 (3)	Apr 22	SLB	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
6	11	Apr 23	SLB		CLE	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	14 (2)	Apr 26 (1)	SLB	@	DET	L,5-10	GS	27	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	16 (1)	Apr 28	SLB	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
9	17	Apr 29	SLB	@	NYY	W,11-6	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
10	18	Apr 30	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-3	GS	30	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	20 (1)	May 2	SLB	@	BOS	L,10-11	CG	43	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
12	21	May 3 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,8-9	GS	0		3	0	0	3	0
13	23 (1)	May 5	SLB	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
14	24	May 6	SLB	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
15	25	May 9	SLB		CHW	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	26	May 10 (1)	SLB		CHW	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	27	May 10 (2)	SLB		CHW	L,7-9	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
18	28	May 12	SLB		PHA	L,4-5	GS	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	29	May 13	SLB		PHA	L,9-10	GS	46	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
20	31 (1)	May 16	SLB		BOS	L,2-4	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
21	32	May 17 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
22	33	May 17 (2)	SLB		NYY	L,2-3	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
23	35 (1)	May 21	SLB		WSH	L,2-5	GS	25	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
24	37 (1)	May 24 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
25	39 (1)	May 25	SLB		DET	W,3-2	GF	0		2	0	0	2	0
26	42 (2)	May 28	SLB		CHW	W,6-4	GS	33	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
27	44 (1)	May 30 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	39	8.2	1	1	0	2	0
28	46 (1)	May 31 (1)	SLB		CLE	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from St. Louis Browns to Philadelphia Athletics
29	50	Jun 2	PHA		DET	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
30	52 (1)	Jun 4	PHA		DET	L,7-8	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
31	53	Jun 5	PHA		SLB	L,0-1	CG	61	16.0	6	2	0	8	0
32	55 (1)	Jun 7 (1)	PHA		SLB	L,2-5	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
33	57 (1)	Jun 9	PHA		CHW	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	58	Jun 10	PHA		CHW	L,1-4	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	59	Jun 12	PHA		CLE	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
36	61 (1)	Jun 14 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	8	3	0	11	1
37	63 (1)	Jun 16	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	64	Jun 17	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
39	65	Jun 18	PHA	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	66	Jun 19	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-4	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	69 (2)	Jun 21 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
42	70	Jun 23	PHA	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
43	71	Jun 24	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-9	CG	40	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
44	73 (1)	Jun 26	PHA	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	75 (1)	Jun 28 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	0	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
46	77 (1)	Jun 30 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	79 (1)	Jul 1	PHA		NYY	W,5-4	GS	27	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
48	80	Jul 3	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
49	82 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-12	GS	0		0	0	2	2	0
50	84 (1)	Jul 5 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
51	85	Jul 9	PHA		CLE	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
52	89 (3)	Jul 12 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,1-11	GF	19	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
53	90	Jul 13	PHA		CHW	W,4-3	GS	27	6.0	5	1	0	6	0
54	91	Jul 15	PHA		SLB	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
55	92	Jul 16	PHA		SLB	L,1-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	93	Jul 17 (1)	PHA		SLB	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
57	96 (2)	Jul 19 (2)	PHA		DET	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
58	99 (2)	Jul 23	PHA	@	SLB	L,6-9	CG	45	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
59	100	Jul 24	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
60	101	Jul 25	PHA	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	106 (4)	Jul 30 (2)	PHA	@	DET	W,7-6	GS	20	3.2	4	0	0	4	0
62	107	Jul 31	PHA	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	7	1	1	9	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	108	Aug 2 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
64	110 (1)	Aug 4	PHA	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
65	112 (1)	Aug 6	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
66	113	Aug 8	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
67	114	Aug 10 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,4-1	GS	23	6.2	1	1	0	2	0
68	116 (1)	Aug 11	PHA		WSH	L,1-3	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	117	Aug 14	PHA		NYY	L,2-11	CG	48	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
70	119 (1)	Aug 15 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	120	Aug 16	PHA		NYY	L,2-11	CG	33	6.0	5	0	0	5	0
72	122 (1)	Aug 18	PHA	@	WSH	L,1-2	GS	0		7	0	0	7	0
73	124 (1)	Aug 20 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,9-2	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
74	125	Aug 20 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	0	12.0	6	0	0	6	0
75	127 (1)	Aug 22 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,3-11	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
76	130 (2)	Aug 23 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,0-7	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
77	131	Aug 26 (1)	PHA		DET	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
78	132	Aug 26 (2)	PHA		DET	L,2-4	GS	34	8.0	6	1	2	9	0
79	133	Aug 28	PHA		SLB	L,4-5	CG	42	10.0	7	0	0	7	0
80	135 (1)	Aug 30 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
81	137 (1)	Aug 31 (2)	PHA		CHW	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	139 (1)	Sep 5	PHA	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
83	142 (2)	Sep 7 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-11	CG	40	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
84	143	Sep 9	PHA	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
85	145 (1)	Sep 12	PHA	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	50	10.2	2	0	0	2	0
86	147 (1)	Sep 13 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-3	GS	19	5.1	0	0	0	0	0
87	148	Sep 14	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	0	15.1	9	0	2	11	0
88	149	Sep 16	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
							88gm		682.0	334	50	9	393	5