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.

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	DET	@	CLE	W,7-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
2	3 (1)	Apr 21	DET		CHW	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
3	5 (1)	Apr 23	DET		CHW	L,4-5	GS	28	6.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
4	10 (4)	Apr 30 (2)	DET	@	CHW	T,7-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	11	May 4	DET	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
6	12	May 5	DET	@	WSH	W,9-6	GF	10	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
7	14 (1)	May 7	DET	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
8	15	May 8	DET	@	NYY	W,7-1		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
9	18 (2)	May 11 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
10	31 (12)	May 27	DET	@	SLB	W,8-6	GF	13	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	33 (1)	May 28 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
12	35 (1)	May 30 (2)	DET		CLE	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	36	Jun 2 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
14	42 (5)	Jun 7	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
15	43	Jun 8	DET	@	NYY	L,4-11	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
16	47 (3)	Jun 11 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,9-6	GS	46	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
17	50 (2)	Jun 15	DET		PHA	W,7-3	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
18	52 (1)	Jun 17	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
19	57 (4)	Jun 23	DET		NYY	W,10-9	GS	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
20	59 (1)	Jun 25 (1)	DET		NYY	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	68 (8)	Jul 2 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,3-5	GS	31	6.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
22	70 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	GF	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	71	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,10-9	GS	0	5.0	4	0	0	4	0
24	74 (2)	Jul 8	DET		CLE	W,5-4	GF	17	4.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
25	76 (1)	Jul 9 (2)	DET		CLE	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
26	79 (2)	Jul 16 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
27	81 (1)	Jul 17 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,8-6	GS	33	7.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
28	82	Jul 17 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,3-1	GF	14	3.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
29	83	Jul 18	DET	@	BOS	L,9-12	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	87 (3)	Jul 22	DET	@	NYY	L,4-10	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
31	88	Jul 23	DET	@	NYY	W,6-5	GS	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
32	89	Jul 25	DET		BOS	L,6-7	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	90	Jul 26	DET		BOS	L,0-1	GS	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
34	92 (1)	Jul 28	DET		PHA	L,6-7		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
35	93	Jul 29	DET		PHA	W,8-5	GS	25	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	95 (1)	Aug 1	DET		NYY	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
37	97 (1)	Aug 3	DET		NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
38	98	Aug 4	DET		WSH	L,2-5	GS	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
39	99	Aug 5	DET		WSH	W,9-8	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
40	100	Aug 6	DET		WSH	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
41	101	Aug 8	DET	@	CHW	L,6-9	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
42	103 (1)	Aug 10 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,10-6	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
43	105 (1)	Aug 11 (1)	DET	@	SLB	W,4-3	GF	0	2.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	106	Aug 11 (2)	DET	@	SLB	L,1-2	GS	0	7.0	7	0	0	7	0
45	109 (2)	Aug 16	DET		CHW	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
46	113 (3)	Aug 20 (2)	DET		SLB	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
47	117 (3)	Aug 24	DET	@	NYY	W,6-3	GS	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
48	118	Aug 25	DET	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
49	119	Aug 26	DET	@	BOS	W,8-6	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
50	121 (1)	Aug 27 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,8-1	GS	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
51	122	Aug 28	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
52	123	Aug 29	DET	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS	29	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
53	124	Aug 30 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,2-3	GF	10	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	C
54	125	Aug 30 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,10-8	GS	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
55	126	Aug 31	DET	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	128 (1)	Sep 3	DET		CHW	W,4-2	GS	0	5.0	2	1	0	3	0
57	132 (3)	Sep 6	DET		CLE	W,5-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
58	134 (1)	Sep 8	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
59	135	Sep 9	DET	@	CHW	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
60	138 (2)	Sep 12	DET		WSH	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
61	141 (2)	Sep 15	DET		NYY	W,9-7	GS	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
62	142	Sep 16	DET		NYY	L,1-8	GS	30	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
63	143	Sep 17	DET		BOS	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
64	149 (5)	Sep 23	DET	@	CLE	L,2-10	GS	37	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
65	152 (2)	Sep 26 (2)	DET		SLB	W,5-3	GS	0	6.0	3	1	1	5	0
66	156 (3)	Sep 30	DET		CLE	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
							66gm		391.0	201	20	1	222	3