Bob Swift
[edit] Biography
Bob Swift (Robert Virgil Swift) was born on March 6, 1915 in Salina, Kansas. He made his Major League debut on April 16, 1940 for the St. Louis Browns. In 1940, his rookie year, he hit .244 with 0 home runs and 39 RBI. Swift played for the St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Athletics and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 14 year career.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1940
| STL
| A
| 130
| 398
| 37
| 97
| 0
| 39
| .244
| .295
| .299
| 20
| 1
| 28
| 39
| 1
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 8
|
| 1941
| STL
| A
| 63
| 170
| 13
| 44
| 0
| 21
| .259
| .344
| .300
| 7
| 0
| 22
| 11
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 5
|
| 1942
| STL
| A
| 29
| 76
| 3
| 15
| 1
| 8
| .197
| .228
| .289
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1942
| PHI
| A
| 60
| 192
| 9
| 44
| 0
| 15
| .229
| .278
| .245
| 3
| 0
| 13
| 17
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 4
|
| 1942
| TOT
| A
| 89
| 268
| 12
| 59
| 1
| 23
| .220
| .264
| .257
| 7
| 0
| 16
| 22
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 5
|
| 1943
| PHI
| A
| 77
| 224
| 16
| 43
| 1
| 11
| .192
| .301
| .237
| 5
| 1
| 35
| 16
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 10
|
| 1944
| DET
| A
| 80
| 247
| 15
| 63
| 1
| 19
| .255
| .331
| .320
| 11
| 1
| 27
| 27
| 1
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 9
|
| 1945
| DET
| A
| 95
| 279
| 19
| 65
| 0
| 24
| .233
| .298
| .251
| 5
| 0
| 26
| 22
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 7
|
| 1946
| DET
| A
| 42
| 107
| 13
| 25
| 2
| 10
| .234
| .322
| .308
| 2
| 0
| 14
| 7
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 4
|
| 1947
| DET
| A
| 97
| 279
| 23
| 70
| 1
| 21
| .251
| .330
| .301
| 11
| 0
| 33
| 16
| 0
| 11
| 2
| 0
| 8
|
| 1948
| DET
| A
| 113
| 292
| 23
| 65
| 4
| 33
| .223
| .338
| .284
| 6
| 0
| 51
| 29
| 0
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 9
|
| 1949
| DET
| A
| 74
| 189
| 16
| 45
| 2
| 18
| .238
| .330
| .302
| 6
| 0
| 26
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1950
| DET
| A
| 67
| 132
| 14
| 30
| 2
| 9
| .227
| .350
| .303
| 4
| 0
| 25
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 7
|
| 1951
| DET
| A
| 44
| 104
| 8
| 20
| 0
| 5
| .192
| .276
| .192
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 10
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1952
| DET
| A
| 28
| 58
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 4
| .138
| .242
| .155
| 1
| 0
| 7
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
|
| 1953
| DET
| A
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .333
| .600
| .667
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 1001
| 2750
| 212
| 635
| 14
| 238
| .231
| .313
| .280
| 86
| 3
| 324
| 233
| 3
| 59
| 10
| 0
| 79
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1940
| STL
| A
| C
| 128
| 0
| 0
| 389
| 55
| 9
| 8
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 1941
| STL
| A
| C
| 58
| 0
| 0
| 180
| 22
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .985
|
| 1942
| STL
| A
| C
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 81
| 11
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1942
| PHI
| A
| C
| 60
| 0
| 0
| 253
| 39
| 9
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .970
|
| 1942
| TOT
| A
| C
| 88
| 0
| 0
| 334
| 50
| 9
| 5
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
| 1943
| PHI
| A
| C
| 77
| 0
| 0
| 278
| 53
| 8
| 9
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| 1944
| DET
| A
| C
| 76
| 0
| 0
| 288
| 48
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| 1945
| DET
| A
| C
| 94
| 0
| 0
| 358
| 60
| 5
| 12
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .988
|
| 1946
| DET
| A
| C
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 187
| 14
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 1947
| DET
| A
| C
| 97
| 0
| 0
| 401
| 45
| 5
| 6
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .989
|
| 1948
| DET
| A
| C
| 112
| 0
| 0
| 476
| 55
| 5
| 13
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .991
|
| 1949
| DET
| A
| C
| 69
| 0
| 0
| 232
| 26
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .989
|
| 1950
| DET
| A
| C
| 66
| 0
| 0
| 201
| 20
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .995
|
| 1951
| DET
| A
| C
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 146
| 17
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .982
|
| 1952
| DET
| A
| C
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 118
| 12
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
| 1953
| DET
| A
| C
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 980
| 0
| 0
| 3601
| 477
| 64
| 75
| 0
| 63
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .985
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by New York Yankees with cash to St. Louis Browns in exchange for Stan Keyes (December, 1937).
- Traded by St. Louis Browns with Bob Harris to Philadelphia Athletics in exchange for Frankie Hayes (June 1, 1942).
- Traded by Philadelphia Athletics with Don Heffner to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Rip Radcliff (October 11, 1943).
- Released by Detroit Tigers (December 17, 1952).
- Signed by Detroit Tigers (September 14, 1953).
- Released by Detroit Tigers (October 13, 1953).
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