Bill Swift Stats

Bill Swift was born on Friday, June 19, 1908, in Elmira, New York. Swift was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 12, 1932, with the Pittsburgh Pirates. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Bill Swift baseball stats page.

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Bill Swift
 
 
Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   William Vincent Swift
Nickname:   Bill
Born On:   06-19-1908
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Elmira, New York
Zodiac:   Gemini
Year of Death Data Died On:   02-23-1969
Place of Death Data Died In:   Bartow, Florida
Cemetery:   Oakhill Burial Park, Lakeland, Florida
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01½
Player Weight Chart Weight:   192
First Game:   04-12-1932 (Age 23)
Last Game:   09-29-1943
Draft:   Not Applicable
Bill Swift

Bill Swift Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1932 Pirates 39 23 14 14 10 .583 3.61 11 0 4 214.1 865 205 86 97 15 26 - 64 1 2 0 -
1933 Pirates 37 29 6 14 10 .583 3.13 13 2 0 218.1 910 214 76 96 11 36 - 64 1 4 0 -
1934 Pirates 37 24 7 11 13 .458 3.98 13 1 0 212.2 923 244 94 107 15 46 - 81 1 8 0 -
1935 Pirates 39 21 16 15 8 .652 2.70 11 3 1 203.2 830 193 61 76 6 37 - 74 0 1 1 -
1936 Pirates 45 31 13 16 16 .500 4.01 17 0 2 262.1 1,123 275 117 132 18 63 - 92 3 5 0 -
1937 Pirates 36 17 12 9 10 .474 3.95 9 0 3 164.0 676 160 72 79 14 34 - 84 3 3 0 -
1938 Pirates 36 9 20 7 5 .583 3.24 2 0 4 150.0 633 155 54 65 9 40 - 77 0 4 0 -
1939 Pirates 36 8 18 5 7 .417 3.89 2 1 4 129.2 559 150 56 60 6 28 - 56 0 3 0 -
1940 Bees 4 0 2 1 1 .500 2.89 0 0 1 9.1 46 12 3 7 0 7 - 7 0 0 0 -
1941 Dodgers 9 0 4 3 0 1.000 3.27 0 0 1 22.0 97 26 8 9 4 7 - 9 1 0 0 -
1943 White Sox 18 1 7 0 2 .000 4.21 0 0 0 51.1 229 48 24 25 5 27 - 28 1 6 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
11 Years 336 163 119 95 82 .537 3.58 78 7 20 1,637.2 6,891 1,682 651 753 103 351 - 636 11 36 1 -
Bill Swift

Bill Swift Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1932 Pirates 39 78 4 15 1 0 0 0 6 1 - 15 3 - 0 - .192 .203 .205
1933 Pirates 37 82 10 20 4 0 0 0 4 0 - 14 0 - 1 3 .244 .253 .293
1934 Pirates 37 84 3 18 3 3 0 0 8 1 - 23 1 - 0 5 .214 .224 .321
1935 Pirates 39 78 11 19 5 0 0 0 11 3 - 8 1 - 0 5 .244 .272 .308
1936 Pirates 45 105 6 31 10 0 2 0 15 2 - 16 1 - 1 1 .295 .315 .448
1937 Pirates 36 54 0 9 1 0 0 0 2 3 - 15 2 - 0 2 .167 .211 .185
1938 Pirates 36 50 3 10 3 0 1 0 6 2 - 10 2 - 0 1 .200 .231 .320
1939 Pirates 36 42 6 10 0 0 0 0 2 4 - 9 2 - 0 3 .238 .304 .238
1940 Bees 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1941 Dodgers 9 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 .200 .200 .200
1943 White Sox 18 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 0 - 0 0 .100 .308 .100
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
11 Years 336 591 43 134 27 3 3 0 54 19 - 113 12 - 2 20 .227 .253 .298
Bill Swift

Bill Swift Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1932 Pirates P 39 23 643 37 0.9 35 8 27 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .946 1.47 -
1933 Pirates P 37 29 655 52 1.4 50 11 39 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .962 2.06 -
1934 Pirates P 37 24 638 48 1.3 46 8 38 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .958 1.95 -
1935 Pirates P 39 21 611 27 0.7 27 4 23 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.19 -
1936 Pirates P 45 31 787 42 0.9 40 4 36 2 3 n/a n/a n/a .952 1.37 -
1937 Pirates P 36 17 492 23 0.6 23 2 21 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.26 -
1938 Pirates P 36 9 450 29 0.8 27 1 26 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .931 1.62 -
1939 Pirates P 36 8 389 16 0.4 16 2 14 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.11 -
1940 Bees P 4 0 28 2 0.5 2 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.93 -
1941 Dodgers P 9 0 66 3 0.3 3 0 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.23 -
1943 White Sox P 18 1 154 4 0.2 3 1 2 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 0.53 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
P Totals 336 163 4,913 283 0.8 272 41 231 11 11 n/a n/a n/a .961 1.49 --
11 Years 336 163 4,913 283 0.8 272 41 231 11 11 n/a n/a n/a .961 1.49 --
Bill Swift

Bill Swift Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1932 Pirates 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 5.2 13.0 2.46 2.69 1.09
1933 Pirates 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 5.9 20.5 1.78 2.64 1.48
1934 Pirates 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 3.7 10.5 1.76 3.43 1.95
1935 Pirates 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 9.8 7.1 2.00 3.27 1.64
1936 Pirates 0 - - - - n/a 52.5 6.6 7.0 1.46 3.16 2.16
1937 Pirates 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 3.6 27.0 2.47 4.61 1.87
1938 Pirates 0 - - - - n/a 50.0 5.0 8.3 1.93 4.62 2.40
1939 Pirates 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 4.7 21.0 2.00 3.89 1.94
1940 Bees 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.00 6.75 6.75
1941 Dodgers 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.29 3.68 2.86
1943 White Sox 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.3 0.0 1.04 4.91 4.73
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
11 Years 0 0 .000 - - n/a 197.0 5.2 10.9 1.81 3.50 1.93
Bill Swift

Bill Swift Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1932 Pittsburgh Pirates 45 Undetermined n/a -
1933 Pittsburgh Pirates 45 Undetermined - -
1934 Pittsburgh Pirates 45 Undetermined - -
1935 Pittsburgh Pirates 45 Undetermined - -
1936 Pittsburgh Pirates 45 Undetermined - -
1937 Pittsburgh Pirates 45 Undetermined - -
1938 Pittsburgh Pirates 45 Undetermined - -
1939 Pittsburgh Pirates 45 Undetermined - -
1940 Boston Bees 23 Undetermined - -
1941 Brooklyn Dodgers 22 Undetermined - -
1943 Chicago White Sox 48 Undetermined - -


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