Bob Swift Stats

Bob Swift was born on Saturday, March 6, 1915, in Salina, Kansas. Swift was 25 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 16, 1940, with the St. Louis Browns. 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 Bob Swift baseball stats page.
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Bob Swift
 
 
Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   Robert Virgil Swift
Nickname:   Bob
Born On:   03-06-1915
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Salina, Kansas
Zodiac:   Pisces
Year of Death Data Died On:   10-17-1966
Place of Death Data Died In:   Detroit, Michigan
Cemetery:   Roselawn Memorial Park, Salina, Kansas
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11½
Player Weight Chart Weight:   180
First Game:   04-16-1940 (Age 25)
Last Game:   09-27-1953
Draft:   Not Applicable
Bob Swift

Bob 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
- Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Bob Swift

Bob Swift Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1940 Browns 130 398 37 97 20 1 0 0 39 28 - 39 6 - 1 8 .244 .295 .299
1941 Browns 63 170 13 44 7 0 0 0 21 22 - 11 3 - 0 5 .259 .344 .300
1942 Browns 29 76 3 15 4 0 1 0 8 3 - 5 2 - 0 1 .197 .228 .289
1942 Athletics 60 192 9 44 3 0 0 0 15 13 - 17 1 - 0 4 .229 .278 .245
1943 Athletics 77 224 16 43 5 1 1 0 11 35 - 16 3 - 0 10 .192 .301 .237
1944 Tigers 80 247 15 63 11 1 1 0 19 27 - 27 8 - 1 9 .255 .331 .320
1945 Tigers 95 279 19 65 5 0 0 0 24 26 - 22 5 - 0 7 .233 .298 .251
1946 Tigers 42 107 13 25 2 0 2 0 10 14 - 7 3 - 0 4 .234 .322 .308
1947 Tigers 97 279 23 70 11 0 1 0 21 33 - 16 11 - 0 8 .251 .330 .301
1948 Tigers 113 292 23 65 6 0 4 0 33 51 - 29 13 - 0 9 .223 .338 .284
1949 Tigers 74 189 16 45 6 0 2 0 18 26 - 20 0 - 0 2 .238 .330 .302
1950 Tigers 67 132 14 30 4 0 2 0 9 25 - 6 2 - 0 7 .227 .350 .303
1951 Tigers 44 104 8 20 0 0 0 0 5 12 - 10 2 - 0 0 .192 .276 .192
1952 Tigers 28 58 3 8 1 0 0 0 4 7 - 7 0 - 1 5 .138 .242 .155
1953 Tigers 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 - 1 0 - 0 0 .333 .600 .667
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
14 Years 1,001 2,750 212 635 86 3 14 0 238 324 - 233 59 - 3 79 .231 .313 .280
Bob Swift

Bob Swift Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1940 Browns C 128 - - 453 3.5 444 389 55 9 8 11 - - .980 0.00 -
1941 Browns C 58 - - 205 3.5 202 180 22 3 3 3 - - .985 0.00 -
1942 Browns C 28 - - 92 3.3 92 81 11 0 2 2 - - 1.000 0.00 -
1942 Athletics C 60 - - 301 5.0 292 253 39 9 3 3 - - .970 0.00 -
1943 Athletics C 77 - - 339 4.4 331 278 53 8 9 4 - - .976 0.00 -
1944 Tigers C 76 - - 342 4.5 336 288 48 6 4 5 - - .982 0.00 -
1945 Tigers C 94 - - 423 4.5 418 358 60 5 12 7 - - .988 0.00 -
1946 Tigers C 42 - - 205 4.9 201 187 14 4 2 3 - - .980 0.00 -
1947 Tigers C 97 - - 451 4.6 446 401 45 5 6 5 - - .989 0.00 -
1948 Tigers C 112 - - 536 4.8 531 476 55 5 13 10 - - .991 0.00 -
1949 Tigers C 69 - - 261 3.8 258 232 26 3 6 3 - - .989 0.00 -
1950 Tigers C 66 - - 222 3.4 221 201 20 1 3 4 - - .995 0.00 -
1951 Tigers C 43 - - 166 3.9 163 146 17 3 3 2 - - .982 0.00 -
1952 Tigers C 28 - - 133 4.8 130 118 12 3 1 1 - - .977 0.00 -
1953 Tigers C 2 - - 13 6.5 13 13 0 0 0 0 - - 1.000 0.00 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
C Totals 980 0 0 4,142 4.2 4,078 3,601 477 64 75 63 n/a n/a .985 0.00 --
14 Years 980 - - 4,142 4.2 4,078 3,601 477 64 75 63 n/a n/a .985 0.00 --
Bob Swift

Bob Swift Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1940 Browns 1 0 1.000 - - n/a 0.0 10.2 10.2 - - -
1941 Browns 2 0 1.000 - - n/a 0.0 15.5 8.1 - - -
1942 Browns 0 2 .000 - - n/a 76.0 15.2 9.5 - - -
1942 Athletics 1 2 .333 - - n/a 0.0 11.3 12.8 - - -
1943 Athletics 0 0 .000 - - n/a 224.0 14.0 20.4 - - -
1944 Tigers 2 0 1.000 - - n/a 247.0 9.1 13.0 - - -
1945 Tigers 1 0 1.000 - - n/a 0.0 12.7 11.6 - - -
1946 Tigers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 53.5 15.3 10.7 - - -
1947 Tigers 2 2 .500 - - n/a 279.0 17.4 13.3 - - -
1948 Tigers 1 0 1.000 - - n/a 73.0 10.1 8.8 - - -
1949 Tigers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 94.5 9.5 10.5 - - -
1950 Tigers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 66.0 22.0 14.7 - - -
1951 Tigers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 10.4 20.8 - - -
1952 Tigers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 8.3 14.5 - - -
1953 Tigers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.0 3.0 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
14 Years 10 6 .625 - - n/a 196.4 11.8 11.6 - - -
Bob Swift

Bob Swift Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1940 St. Louis Browns 7 Undetermined - -
1941 St. Louis Browns 8 Undetermined - -
1942 St. Louis Browns 8 Undetermined - -
1942 Philadelphia Athletics 8 Undetermined - -
1943 Philadelphia Athletics 8 Undetermined - -
1944 Detroit Tigers 1 Undetermined - -
1945 Detroit Tigers 1 Undetermined n/a Stats
1946 Detroit Tigers 12 Undetermined - -
1947 Detroit Tigers 9 Undetermined - -
1948 Detroit Tigers 9 Undetermined - -
1949 Detroit Tigers 9 Undetermined - -
1950 Detroit Tigers 9 Undetermined - -
1951 Detroit Tigers 9 Undetermined - -
1952 Detroit Tigers 9 Undetermined - -
1953 Detroit Tigers 9 Undetermined - -




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