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Bill Swift

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 192lb (185cm, 87kg)

Born: June 19, 1908 in Glen Lyon, PA us

Died: February 23, 1969 in Bartow, FL

Buried: Oakhill Burial Park, Lakeland, FL

Debut: April 12, 1932 (Age 23-298d, 7,442nd in major league history)
vs. STL 2.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: September 29, 1943 (Age 35-102d)
vs. NYY 3.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1932 season

Full Name: William Vincent Swift

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

21.1

ERA

3.58

336

165

1637.2

636

WHIP

1.241

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Team Record in Appearances: 14-22 / in Starts: 4-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 15

1938 Pitching Game Log

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1938 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	234	8	Apr 26	PIT		CHC	L,3-5	2-GF(10)	L(0-1)	99	8.2	10	3	3	0	4	1	0	3.12	3.63	33	8	17	2	1	4		2	1	0	1	0	32	1	2	0	2	0	0	1.56	-0.031	6.76	-0.08%	1.14	2t 1-3 1 out tie	10t end d 2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
2	235	12	May 1	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-4	GS-4	L(0-2)	4	3.1	5	3	3	2	2	1	1	4.50	4.97	18	3	5	0	3	5	38			0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.208	3.15	-0.44%	-1.57	1b start tie	4b 1-- 1 out d2
3	236	22	May 15	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-3	8-GF(11)	W(1-2)	13	4.0	1	0	0	3	5	0	0	3.38	4.43	15	3	4	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.32	0.744	9.11	1.22%	3.03	8b 12- 0 out tie	11b end a 1
4	237	25	May 19	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-4	GS-9		3	8.0	11	3	3	2	8	0	0	3.38	3.55	35	8	6	0	2	11	54			0	0	0	33	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.43	-0.065	3.82	-0.10%	-0.40	1b start a 2	9b 12- 0 out tie
5	238	28	May 22	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-18	3-5		2	2.2	5	5	0	2	1	1	0	3.04	4.14	16	2	7	0	1	4		1	1	0	0	0	14	0	0	1	0	0	1	.15	-0.035	.46	-0.06%	-4.06	3b --3 1 out d4	5b 3 out d10
6	239	31	May 27	PIT		CHC	L,0-5	4-8		4	5.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.84	3.87	21	3	11	3	1	3		0	0	1	0	0	20	0	1	0	0	0	1	.28	0.035	.67	0.05%	1.47	4t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d5
7	240	35	May 30(2)	PIT		STL	L,6-9	6-GF		2	4.0	3	3	1	1	4	0	0	2.78	3.64	18	5	5	1	1	3		2	2	2	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.11	-0.076	.19	-0.08%	-2.03	6t 12- 0 out d3	9t end d 7
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
8	241	38	Jun 4	PIT		BRO	W,4-3	9-GF(11)	W(2-2)	4	3.0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	2.56	3.78	12	3	5	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.66	0.310	5.64	0.40%	1.48	9t --- 0 out d1	11t end tie
9	242	40	Jun 6	PIT		BRO	L,4-9	2-GF		1	7.1	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	2.15	3.64	26	6	12	2	4	5		1	0	0	0	0	25	1	1	0	2	0	0	.04	0.013	.08	0.02%	3.69	2t 1-- 2 out d9	9t end d 5
10	243	44	Jun 11	PIT		PHI	W,4-3	CG	W(3-2)	4	9.0	11	3	3	2	4	0	0	2.29	3.51	38	8	13	1	3	11	55			1	1	0	36	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.333	2.37	0.36%	1.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
11	244	49	Jun 17	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS-8		5	7.1	11	3	3	5	3	0	0	2.45	3.60	36	8	10	0	0	10	42			0	1	0	30	2	0	2	1	0	0	1.51	-0.185	3.91	-0.29%	0.78	1b start tie	8b 1-3 1 out a1
12	245	54	Jun 23	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-8	GS-5	L(3-3)	5	4.2	6	5	5	3	0	0	0	2.96	3.69	23	7	7	1	0	6	29			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	.76	-0.250	2.48	-0.49%	-2.90	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out d4
13	246	57	Jun 29	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	4-GF	W(4-3)	5	5.2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.72	3.56	18	4	10	1	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.469	5.01	1.14%	3.04	4t 123 1 out d3	9t end a 1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
14	247	63	Jul 4(2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	W(5-3)	4	9.0	7	2	2	1	3	2	0	2.64	3.79	34	10	17	3	5	3	67			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.55	0.550	7.65	1.63%	2.36	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
15	248	68	Jul 11	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-3	GS-8		6	7.2	7	3	3	2	1	0	1	2.72	3.80	32	8	13	0	3	7	52			0	1	0	27	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.38	-0.291	7.49	-0.95%	0.75	1b start tie	8b -2- 2 out d1
16	249	72	Jul 15	PIT		BRO	L,4-9	GS-3	L(5-4)	3	2.2	8	5	5	0	1	0	0	3.13	3.76	15	6	5	2	0	3	23			0	0	0	15	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	-0.324	6.80	-1.03%	-2.84	1t start tie	3t -2- 2 out d2
17	250	76	Jul 18	PIT		NYG	W,7-4	8-GF	S(1)	2	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.06	3.70	7	1	3	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.68	0.125	14.99	0.67%	1.34	8t 1-3 0 out a4	9t end a 3
18	251	88	Jul 29	PIT	@	BRO	W,7-6	8-GF	S(2)	10	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	3.00	3.71	8	2	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.61	0.346	20.32	1.17%	1.02	8b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
19	252	90	Jul 31	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-4	8-GF(8)	L(5-5)	1	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.15	3.70	6	3	1	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.317	6.29	-0.97%	-1.49	8b --- 0 out tie	8b end d 2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
20	253	94	Aug 4	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-4	GS-7		3	7.0	7	3	3	1	4	1	0	3.20	3.73	28	8	10	0	4	5	54			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.043	5.44	-0.13%	0.12	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
21	254	101	Aug 13	PIT		CHC	L,5-11	1-4		8	3.1	7	3	2	0	3	0	0	3.27	3.66	18	3	5	0	2	7		1	1	0	0	0	18	2	1	0	0	0	0	.52	-0.177	3.95	-0.81%	-2.20	1t -2- 2 out d2	4t 3 out d5
22	255	103	Aug 15	PIT		CIN	L,2-6	9-GF		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.24	3.65	3	2	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.24	-0.010	1.69	-0.04%	-0.12	9t 1-- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
23	256	105	Aug 17	PIT	@	STL	W,4-3	9-GF(10)	W(6-5)	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.18	3.62	6	2	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.26	0.347	12.84	1.18%	1.04	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end a 1
24	257	107	Aug 20	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-2	7-GF	S(3)	2	3.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.18	3.72	10	2	7	0	2	1		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.082	2.54	0.33%	0.53	7b --- 0 out a4	9b end a 3
25	258	111	Aug 23(1)	PIT		BSN	L,0-6	1-GF		2	8.1	12	4	3	2	3	0	0	3.18	3.68	39	9	13	0	5	12		2	0	0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	1	.44	0.008	2.22	0.02%	0.45	1t 1-3 2 out d2	9t end d 6
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
26	259	124	Sep 2	PIT		STL	L,10-11	8-GF		9	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.13	3.67	8	5	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	.52	0.045	2.32	0.12%	0.99	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
27	260	131	Sep 10	PIT	@	STL	W,14-7	1-5		7	5.0	5	4	3	1	5	1	1	3.22	3.72	22	8	2	1	1	5		2	1	0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	1	.45	-0.053	3.88	-0.27%	-1.06	1b 1-3 0 out d2	5b 3 out d4
28	261	134	Sep 14(2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-10	2-GF(8)		3	6.2	9	6	6	3	2	2	0	3.46	3.92	31	8	10	0	7	8		1	1	0	1	0	28	0	1	0	0	0	0	.10	-0.140	1.16	-0.97%	-3.48	2b 1-- 1 out d3	8b end d 8
29	262	136	Sep 16(1)	PIT	@	BSN	W,7-6	8-GF(11)	W(7-5)	1	4.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.36	3.85	13	5	4	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.82	0.534	16.67	2.94%	1.78	8b --- 0 out tie	11b end a 1
30	263	137	Sep 16(2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,4-5			-1	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.36	3.85	1												1					0
31	264	143	Sep 23	PIT		CIN	L,4-5	7-9		6	2.2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.30	3.79	8	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.119	3.78	0.46%	1.25	7t --- 1 out d1	9t 3 out d1
32	265	145	Sep 25	PIT		CIN	W,5-3	9-GF	S(4)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.27	3.79	3	3	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.15	0.147	24.24	0.99%	0.49	9t 12- 0 out a3	9t end a 2
33	266	146	Sep 27	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.25	3.78	3	2	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	0.015	4.92	0.23%	0.51	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
34	267	147	Sep 28	PIT	@	CHC	L,5-6	8-8	BS(1)	0	0.1	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	3.30	3.82	4	0	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.90	-0.427	136.12	-8.93%	-2.03	8b 1-- 0 out a2	8b 12- 1 out tie
35	268	149	Sep 30(1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-7	6-7		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.26	3.80	7	3	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.004	.53	0.05%	0.97	6b --- 0 out d6	7b 3 out d6
36	269	151	Oct 1	PIT	@	CIN	L,6-9	5-GF(8)		0	3.1	6	2	1	1	2	0	0	3.25	3.77	18	5	4	0	0	6		1	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	.90	0.028	20.51	0.38%	-0.19	5b --3 2 out d1	8b end d 3
							14-22		W-L:7-5,Sv:4,BSv:1	3.0	149.2	155	65	54	40	77	10	4	3.25	3.77	633	0.76		5%	13%	128	46	24	50%	5	5	0	573	23	8	6	11	0	5	1.08	1.622	6.10	-2.29%	5.28

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