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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: 11-25 / in Starts: 3-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 24, Entered with runners on base: 15

1939 Pitching Game Log

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1939 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	270	4	Apr 23	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-7	5-6		99	2.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	4.50	0.59	9	1	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	.26	-0.004	.59	-0.01%	0.02	5b --- 0 out d4	6b 3 out d3
2	271	6	Apr 25	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-5	5-7		1	2.2	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	5.79	2.59	11	2	3	0	0	3		3	0	0	0	0	8	1	1	0	1	1	0	.50	0.021	1.06	0.03%	0.61	5b 123 1 out d2	7b 3 out d4
3	272	9	Apr 29	PIT		CIN	L,3-5	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.76	1.89	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.22	0.017	.31	0.02%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d2	9t 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
4	273	19	May 13	PIT		CHC	L,2-6	9-GF		13	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.05	1.99	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.003	.12	0.01%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
5	274	25	May 19	PIT		BSN	L,2-5	2-GF		5	7.1	2	0	0	2	2	0	1	1.93	2.66	26	19	0	0	0	2		3	0	1	0	0	23	0	1	0	1	0	0	.35	0.155	.80	0.21%	4.19	2t 123 2 out d5	9t end d 3
6	275	31	May 25	PIT		BRO	L,2-8	2-7		5	5.1	8	3	2	2	3	0	0	2.33	2.64	26	5	8	0	0	8		2	0	0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.050	1.66	-0.06%	-0.12	2t 12- 2 out d3	7t 3 out d4
7	276	34	May 28	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-6	3-GF(8)		2	5.2	5	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.16	2.67	23	4	13	1	5	4		2	0	0	0	0	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	.26	0.057	.61	0.08%	2.75	3b 1-3 1 out d5	8b end d 4
8	277	37	May 30(2)	PIT	@	STL	W,14-8	3-GF	W(1-0)	1	6.2	5	2	1	1	5	0	0	1.99	2.44	25	2	12	0	3	5		1	1	0	0	0	22	2	1	0	0	0	0	.64	0.103	1.49	0.14%	0.89	3b -2- 1 out d4	9b end a 6
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
9	278	39	Jun 3	PIT	@	PHI	W,10-7		S(1)	3	2.0	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.87	2.47	10												9					0
10	279	44	Jun 7	PIT	@	BSN	W,2-0	SHO	W(2-0)	3	9.0	7	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.48	2.43	34	11	12	3	4	7	75			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.38	0.595	3.13	0.81%	4.14	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
11	280	49	Jun 11(2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,4-5	GS-1		3	0.0	4	4	4	0	0	1	0	2.32	2.73	4	0	1	0	0	3	26			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	-0.361	2.49	-0.38%	-4.00	1b start a 1	1b --- 0 out d3
12	281	54	Jun 22	PIT		NYG	W,8-7	4-6		10	1.2	6	4	4	0	0	0	1	3.05	2.80	11	3	1	0	0	6		2	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.65	-0.443	1.50	-0.24%	-3.26	4t 12- 2 out a3	6t -2- 1 out d1
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
13	282	62	Jul 4(1)	PIT		CIN	L,4-7	1-6	L(2-1)	11	6.0	4	2	1	1	3	0	0	2.86	2.71	24	7	9	0	0	4		3	3	0	0	0	21	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.05	-0.117	2.21	-0.15%	-0.23	1t 123 0 out d1	6t 3 out d2
14	283	67	Jul 9(1)	PIT		STL	L,3-7	9-GF		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.81	2.67	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.02	0.00%	0.49	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
15	284	71	Jul 15	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-6	GS-6		5	6.0	3	2	1	4	3	0	0	2.67	2.77	26	5	12	3	2	2	59			0	0	0	21	2	0	2	0	0	1	1.00	0.062	1.62	0.06%	1.16	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
16	285	73	Jul 16(2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-3	7-GF	S(2)	0	3.0	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	2.69	2.69	14	3	4	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.037	.27	0.02%	0.41	7b --- 0 out a5	9b end a 4
17	286	75	Jul 18	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-8	GS-1	L(2-2)	1	0.2	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	3.10	2.69	6	0	3	0	0	3	32			0	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	.79	-0.256	1.16	-0.22%	-2.75	1b start tie	1b 1-- 2 out d3
18	287	78	Jul 21	PIT	@	NYG	W,4-3	9-GF	S(3)	2	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.05	2.69	5	0	3	1	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.20	0.202	6.66	0.19%	0.51	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
19	288	79	Jul 22	PIT	@	BSN	W,9-3	CG	W(3-2)	0	9.0	8	3	3	1	2	0	0	3.04	2.66	35	9	16	0	0	7	60			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.137	1.67	0.15%	1.14	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
20	289	83	Jul 26(1)	PIT		PHI	W,3-1	GS-9	W(4-2)	3	8.1	9	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.84	2.67	35	5	19	4	3	9	61			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.194	1.63	0.19%	2.02	1t start tie	9t -23 1 out a2
21	290	85	Jul 27	PIT		PHI	L,8-9	8-8		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.80	2.67	4	0	3	0	2	1		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.02	0.015	3.65	0.02%	0.41	8t --3 0 out tie	8t 3 out d1
22	291	88	Jul 30	PIT		BSN	L,5-7	GS-7	L(4-3)	2	6.1	10	6	6	2	1	1	0	3.22	2.86	30	5	12	2	2	10	28			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.99	-0.197	.98	-0.12%	-1.75	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out d2
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
23	292	93	Aug 5	PIT		NYG	L,3-4	8-GF		5	2.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	3.25	2.98	7	5	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	-0.054	.27	-0.02%	-0.02	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
24	293	98	Aug 12	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-6	8-GF(8)	BL(4-4)	6	0.2	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.43	2.97	5	0	2	0	0	3		1	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	-0.562	.55	-0.10%	-2.31	8b -2- 1 out a1	8b end d 2
25	294	101	Aug 15	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-6	5-5		2	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.41	2.97	3	0	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.74	-0.094	.12	-0.01%	-1.52	5b 12- 1 out d2	5b 12- 2 out d4
26	295	107	Aug 20(1)	PIT		CHC	L,5-9	3-6		4	4.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.27	2.92	15	2	7	0	1	2		3	2	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.046	.00	0.00%	1.80	3t 123 0 out d3	6t 3 out d3
27	296	109	Aug 22	PIT	@	BSN	W,8-2	7-GF	S(4)	1	3.0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.17	2.90	12	6	1	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	.22	0.031	.00	0.00%	1.85	7b -23 0 out a7	9b end a 6
28	297	114	Aug 26(2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-8	4-GF(8)		3	4.2	5	2	2	1	0	1	1	3.20	3.08	21	13	1	0	0	5		2	2	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	1	1	.08	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.57	4b -23 1 out d4	8b end d 8
29	298	118	Aug 31(2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,6-11	5-5		4	1.0	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	3.43	3.07	8	1	2	0	1	5		2	2	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.46	-0.182	.00	0.00%	-3.55	5b 12- 0 out d1	5b 3 out d6
Sept				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
30	299	121	Sep 3(2)	PIT	@	STL	L,0-3	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.40	3.05	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.53	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
31	300	124	Sep 6(1)	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	10-GF(11)	W(5-4)	2	2.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.33	3.05	10	1	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.58	0.271	.00	0.00%	0.98	10t --- 0 out tie	11t end tie
32	301	126	Sep 7	PIT		CIN	W,8-7	7-8		0	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	3.35	3.12	8	2	2	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.040	.00	0.00%	-0.02	7t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d1
33	302	128	Sep 9	PIT		STL	L,2-12	7-GF		1	3.0	8	6	6	1	2	0	0	3.75	3.10	17	3	4	0	0	7		0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-4.53	7t --- 0 out d4	9t end d10
34	303	132	Sep 13(1)	PIT		NYG	L,0-2	GS-8	L(5-5)	3	8.0	5	2	2	2	5	0	0	3.65	3.03	30	6	12	3	3	5	67			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.091	.00	0.00%	1.92	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
35	304	146	Sep 23(1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-6	5-GF(8)	L(5-6)	9	4.0	7	2	2	0	2	0	0	3.68	2.99	18	2	7	1	0	7		0	0	0	0	0	17	2	1	0	1	1	0	1.55	-0.135	.00	0.00%	0.04	5b --- 0 out a1	8b end d 1
36	305	150	Sep 27(2)	PIT		CHC	L,5-9	3-GF(10)	L(5-7)	3	7.2	10	6	6	2	3	1	0	3.88	3.06	35	11	16	2	0	3		2	0	2	0	0	32	0	3	0	1	0	1	1.38	-0.237	.00	0.00%	-1.67	3t 12- 1 out d3	10t end d 4
							11-25		W-L:5-7,Sv:4,BSv:1	2.8	130.0	150	60	56	28	55	6	3	3.88	3.06	560	0.70		6%	8%	132	51	31	48%	5	1	0	512	23	9	3	10	6	4	.92	-0.767	1.03	0.61%	0.52

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