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.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	GS	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 21	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
3	3	Apr 22	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
4	4	Apr 23	DET		CLE	L,2-8	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
5	6 (1)	Apr 25	DET		CLE	L,4-7	GF	12	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
6	7	Apr 26	DET	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
7	8	Apr 27	DET	@	SLB	L,8-9	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	9	Apr 28	DET	@	SLB	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
9	10	Apr 29	DET		CHW	L,4-5	GS	0	7.0	2	1	0	3	1
10	11	Apr 30	DET		CHW	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	16 (4)	May 6	DET	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
12	17	May 8 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	20 (2)	May 9 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	21	May 11	DET	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
15	22	May 12	DET	@	WSH	W,14-9	GS	38	7.0	7	0	0	7	0
16	26 (3)	May 18	DET		BOS	W,10-7	GS	28	6.0	5	2	0	7	1
17	28 (1)	May 20	DET		PHA	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
18	29	May 21	DET		PHA	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
19	30	May 22	DET		PHA	W,6-5	GS	30	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
20	31	May 23	DET		WSH	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
21	32	May 24	DET		WSH	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
22	33	May 25	DET		NYY	L,5-16	CG	53	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	34	May 26	DET		NYY	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
24	35	May 28	DET	@	SLB	L,4-5	GS	24	5.0	5	1	1	7	0
25	36	May 29	DET	@	SLB	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
26	38 (1)	May 31 (1)	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	40 (1)	Jun 2	DET	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
28	41	Jun 3	DET	@	NYY	W,6-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	42	Jun 4	DET	@	NYY	L,4-7	GS	27	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
30	43	Jun 6 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	8.1	5	1	0	6	0
31	45 (1)	Jun 8	DET	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
32	46	Jun 9	DET	@	PHA	W,7-4	GS	28	6.0	2	2	0	4	2
33	47	Jun 10	DET	@	PHA	L,4-10	GS	27	4.0	4	0	0	4	0
34	48	Jun 11	DET	@	WSH	W,7-6	GS	32	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	49	Jun 12	DET	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
36	50	Jun 13 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
37	52 (1)	Jun 15	DET		PHA	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
38	53	Jun 16	DET		PHA	W,2-1	GS	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
39	54	Jun 17	DET		PHA	L,2-5	GS	0	7.0	6	0	0	6	0
40	55	Jun 19	DET		BOS	L,7-9	CG	48	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
41	56	Jun 20	DET		BOS	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
42	57	Jun 22	DET		WSH	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
43	59 (1)	Jun 25	DET		NYY	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	60	Jun 26	DET		NYY	L,5-8	GS	29	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	61	Jun 27	DET		NYY	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
46	63 (1)	Jun 30	DET		CLE	L,0-2	GS	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	64	Jul 1	DET		CLE	W,9-5	GS	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	65	Jul 2	DET	@	CHW	L,2-5	GS	0	6.0	3	2	0	5	0
49	66	Jul 3	DET	@	CHW	W,6-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	67	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	10	0	1	11	0
51	69 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,3-6	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	70	Jul 5 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,7-5	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	71	Jul 6	DET	@	CLE	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
54	72	Jul 7	DET		SLB	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
55	75 (2)	Jul 10	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
56	77 (1)	Jul 15 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,5-13	GF	21	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
57	78	Jul 15 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
58	79	Jul 16	DET	@	BOS	L,3-5	GF	11	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
59	80	Jul 17	DET	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
60	82 (1)	Jul 18 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-12	CG	33	6.0	4	1	0	5	1
61	83	Jul 20	DET	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
62	85 (1)	Jul 22	DET	@	WSH	L,8-9	GS	50	11.0	9	1	1	11	0
63	86	Jul 23	DET	@	WSH	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
64	87	Jul 24	DET	@	PHA	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
65	88	Jul 25 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
66	91 (2)	Jul 28	DET		BOS	W,13-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
67	92	Jul 29	DET		BOS	L,1-8	GS	36	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
68	93	Jul 30	DET		PHA	W,17-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
69	94	Jul 31	DET		PHA	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	95	Aug 1	DET		PHA	L,2-4	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
71	96	Aug 3	DET		NYY	L,3-15	CG	51	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
72	98 (1)	Aug 6	DET		WSH	W,1-0	CG	34	10.0	9	4	0	13	0
73	99	Aug 7	DET		WSH	L,2-3	GS	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
74	100	Aug 8 (1)	DET		WSH	W,5-3	GF	19	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
75	101	Aug 8 (2)	DET		WSH	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
76	102	Aug 9	DET		CLE	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
77	103	Aug 10	DET		CLE	W,7-3	GS	21	5.0	6	1	0	7	0
78	104	Aug 11	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
79	105	Aug 13	DET	@	SLB	L,1-4	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
80	106	Aug 14	DET	@	SLB	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
81	107	Aug 15	DET	@	SLB	W,3-1	GF	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	108	Aug 17	DET		CHW	W,6-4	GS	24	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
83	110 (1)	Aug 21	DET		SLB	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
84	111	Aug 22	DET		SLB	L,1-10	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
85	112	Aug 24	DET	@	PHA	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
86	114 (1)	Aug 26	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
87	115	Aug 27	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	116	Aug 28	DET	@	WSH	W,7-5	GS	29	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
89	118 (1)	Aug 29 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,10-11	GS	26	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
90	119	Aug 30	DET	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
91	120	Aug 31	DET	@	BOS	L,4-8	GS	0	5.0	4	0	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	121	Sep 1	DET	@	BOS	L,1-10	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
93	122	Sep 3	DET	@	CHW	W,5-2	GS	0	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
94	123	Sep 4	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
95	124	Sep 5	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS	29	7.0	2	2	0	4	1
96	125	Sep 6 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
97	126	Sep 6 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,10-11	GF	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	127	Sep 8	DET	@	CLE	L,7-8	GS	32	6.0	3	1	0	4	0
99	128	Sep 9	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
100	130 (1)	Sep 11 (1)	DET		CHW	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
101	132 (1)	Sep 12	DET		CHW	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	134 (1)	Sep 14 (2)	DET		WSH	W,12-1	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
103	137 (2)	Sep 16 (2)	DET		NYY	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
104	138	Sep 17	DET		NYY	L,5-13	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
105	139	Sep 18	DET		NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
106	140	Sep 19 (1)	DET		BOS	W,4-3	CG	54	12.0	12	1	0	13	1
107	142 (1)	Sep 20	DET		BOS	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
108	143	Sep 21	DET		BOS	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
109	147 (3)	Sep 25	DET		CLE	L,3-9	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
110	152 (4)	Oct 1	DET	@	CLE	W,5-3	GS	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
111	153	Oct 2	DET	@	CLE	L,0-8	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
112	154	Oct 3	DET	@	CLE	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
							112gm		799.1	476	55	5	536	13