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

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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.

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1949 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 22	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	41	9.1	4	1	0	5	0
2	5	Apr 23	DET	@	CLE	W,5-4	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	7 (1)	Apr 26 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,7-5	GF	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	10 (2)	Apr 29	DET		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
5	11	Apr 30	DET		CLE	W,7-5	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	13 (1)	May 3	DET		BOS	T,14-14	GF	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	14	May 4	DET		BOS	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
8	16 (1)	May 6	DET		PHA	L,4-5	GF	0	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	17	May 7	DET		PHA	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	18	May 8	DET		NYY	L,0-12	CG	48	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
11	20 (1)	May 10	DET		NYY	L,1-6	GF	13	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	27 (6)	May 17	DET	@	WSH	W,4-2	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
13	30 (2)	May 20	DET	@	PHA	L,1-2	GF	17	3.1	1	0	0	1	0
14	31	May 21	DET	@	PHA	L,7-15	CG	48	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
15	32	May 22	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	54	11.2	7	0	0	7	0
16	33	May 23	DET	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
17	34	May 24	DET	@	BOS	L,7-8	GS	28	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	35	May 25	DET	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
19	39 (3)	May 30 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	40	May 30 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	42 (1)	Jun 2	DET		PHA	W,5-4	GS	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
22	43	Jun 3	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
23	44	Jun 4	DET		BOS	W,10-9	GS	0	6.0	4	2	0	6	0
24	46 (1)	Jun 5 (2)	DET		BOS	W,11-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	47	Jun 6	DET		BOS	L,9-10	GS	44	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
26	48	Jun 7	DET		NYY	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
27	49	Jun 8	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	39	11.0	6	0	0	6	0
28	50	Jun 9	DET		NYY	W,9-5	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	53 (2)	Jun 12 (2)	DET		WSH	W,6-5	GS	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
30	56 (2)	Jun 16	DET	@	PHA	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	58 (1)	Jun 19 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
32	60 (1)	Jun 21	DET	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	62 (1)	Jun 23	DET	@	NYY	L,0-12	CG	43	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
34	63	Jun 24	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	65 (1)	Jun 26 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
36	68 (2)	Jun 29 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	71 (2)	Jul 1	DET		CHW	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
38	72	Jul 2	DET		CHW	W,7-6	GS	0	5.0	3	0	0	3	1
39	75 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CLE	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	76	Jul 5	DET		CLE	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	79 (2)	Jul 8	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
42	80	Jul 10 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
43	82 (1)	Jul 14	DET		BOS	L,2-5	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	97 (14)	Jul 28	DET	@	WSH	W,13-7	GS	36	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	99 (1)	Jul 30	DET	@	PHA	W,11-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	100	Jul 31 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,3-0	GF	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	101	Jul 31 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,6-0	GS	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	103 (1)	Aug 3	DET	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
49	106 (2)	Aug 6	DET	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
50	107	Aug 7	DET	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
51	108	Aug 9	DET		CHW	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
52	109	Aug 10	DET		CHW	L,3-6	GS	0	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
53	110	Aug 12	DET		SLB	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	9	0	1	10	0
54	111	Aug 13	DET		SLB	W,12-9	GF	0	3.0	4	0	0	4	0
55	116 (4)	Aug 17	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
56	117	Aug 18	DET	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
57	121 (3)	Aug 21 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
58	122	Aug 21 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,8-7	GS	0	5.0	4	1	0	5	0
59	124 (1)	Aug 24	DET		NYY	W,13-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
60	125	Aug 25	DET		WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
61	126	Aug 26	DET		WSH	W,11-1	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	129 (2)	Aug 29	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
63	131 (1)	Aug 31	DET		BOS	L,4-7	GS	36	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	135 (3)	Sep 4	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
65	137 (1)	Sep 5 (2)	DET		SLB	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
66	140 (2)	Sep 10	DET	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	141	Sep 11	DET	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
68	142	Sep 13	DET	@	BOS	L,4-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	144 (1)	Sep 16	DET	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
							69gm		469.1	232	26	3	261	6