Bob Swift Trades and Transactions

The Bob Swift trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Bob Swift has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

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Bob Swift

Bob Swift Autograph on a 2012 Leaf History of Baseball

Bob Swift Autograph on a 2012 Leaf History of Baseball
 

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Birth Name:   Robert Virgil Swift
Nickname:   Bob
Born On:   03-06-1915  (Pisces)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Salina, Kansas
Year of Death Data Died On:   10-17-1966
Place of Death Data Died In:   Detroit, Michigan
Cemetery:   Roselawn Memorial Park, Salina, Kansas
High School:   Undetermined
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

Trades & Transactions

00-00-1935: Trade of unknown type from Muskogee (Western Association) to Detroit Tigers.
00-00-1937: Returned to Augusta (South Atlantic) - working agreement with minor league team (Detroit Tigers) ended.
00-00-1937: Obtained rights when entering into working agreement with a minor league team (New York Yankees).
00-00-1938: Trade of unknown type from New York Yankees to St. Louis Browns.
06-01-1942: Traded by St. Louis Browns (with Bob Harris) to Philadelphia Athletics for Frankie Hayes.
10-11-1943: Traded by Philadelphia Athletics (with Don Heffner) to Detroit Tigers for Rip Radcliff.
12-17-1952: Released by Detroit Tigers.
09-14-1953: Signed by Detroit Tigers.
10-13-1953: Released by Detroit Tigers.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Bob Swift trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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