William Charles Swift
[edit] Biography
Born on October 27, 1961 in Portland, Maine, Bill Swift (William Charles Swift) played for the Seattle Mariners, San Francisco Giants and Colorado Rockies over the course of his 13 year career. Swift broke into the bigs on June 7, 1985 with the Seattle Mariners, and put up a 4.77 ERA in 120.2 innings pitched in 1985, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Bill Swift's best season was 1993, when he posted a 2.82 ERA, won 21 games and struck out 157 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1985
| SEA
| A
| 23
| 21
| 6
| 10
| 4.77
| 55
| 71
| 64
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 120.2
| 131
| 8
| 48
| 5
| 5
| 5
|
| 1986
| SEA
| A
| 29
| 17
| 2
| 9
| 5.46
| 55
| 85
| 70
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 115.1
| 148
| 5
| 55
| 2
| 2
| 7
|
| 1988
| SEA
| A
| 38
| 24
| 8
| 12
| 4.59
| 47
| 99
| 89
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 174.2
| 199
| 10
| 65
| 3
| 6
| 8
|
| 1989
| SEA
| A
| 37
| 16
| 7
| 3
| 4.43
| 45
| 72
| 64
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 130
| 140
| 7
| 38
| 4
| 4
| 2
|
| 1990
| SEA
| A
| 55
| 8
| 6
| 4
| 2.39
| 42
| 46
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 128
| 135
| 4
| 21
| 6
| 8
| 7
|
| 1991
| SEA
| A
| 71
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 1.99
| 48
| 22
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 17
| 90.1
| 74
| 3
| 26
| 4
| 2
| 1
|
| 1992
| SF
| N
| 30
| 22
| 10
| 4
| 2.08
| 77
| 41
| 38
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 164.2
| 144
| 6
| 43
| 3
| 0
| 3
|
| 1993
| SF
| N
| 34
| 34
| 21
| 8
| 2.82
| 157
| 82
| 73
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 232.2
| 195
| 18
| 55
| 5
| 4
| 6
|
| 1994
| SF
| N
| 17
| 17
| 8
| 7
| 3.38
| 62
| 49
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 109.1
| 109
| 10
| 31
| 6
| 2
| 1
|
| 1995
| COL
| N
| 19
| 19
| 9
| 3
| 4.94
| 68
| 62
| 58
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 105.2
| 122
| 12
| 43
| 2
| 2
| 1
|
| 1996
| COL
| N
| 7
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 5.40
| 5
| 12
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 18.1
| 23
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1997
| COL
| N
| 14
| 13
| 4
| 6
| 6.34
| 29
| 57
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 65.1
| 85
| 11
| 26
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| 1998
| SEA
| A
| 29
| 26
| 11
| 9
| 5.85
| 77
| 103
| 94
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 144.2
| 183
| 21
| 51
| 2
| 1
| 10
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 121
| 108
| 53
| 29
| 3.45
| 398
| 303
| 267
| 4
| 3
| 3
| 696
| 678
| 58
| 203
| 16
| 10
| 13
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 282
| 112
| 41
| 49
| 4.33
| 369
| 498
| 435
| 7
| 1
| 24
| 903.2
| 1010
| 58
| 304
| 26
| 28
| 40
|
| Total
|
|
| 403
| 220
| 94
| 78
| 3.95
| 767
| 801
| 702
| 11
| 4
| 27
| 1599.2
| 1688
| 116
| 507
| 42
| 38
| 53
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1985
| SEA
| A
| P
| 23
| 21
| 120.2
| 10
| 18
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 10
| 4
| 0
| .966
|
| 1986
| SEA
| A
| P
| 29
| 17
| 115.1
| 13
| 21
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 17
| 10
| 0
| .971
|
| 1988
| SEA
| A
| P
| 38
| 24
| 174.2
| 19
| 33
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 5
| 1
| .929
|
| 1989
| SEA
| A
| P
| 37
| 16
| 130
| 18
| 39
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 3
| 0
| .966
|
| 1990
| SEA
| A
| P
| 55
| 8
| 128
| 10
| 21
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| .939
|
| 1991
| SEA
| A
| P
| 71
| 0
| 90.1
| 6
| 25
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| .912
|
| 1992
| SF
| N
| P
| 30
| 22
| 164.2
| 18
| 33
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 4
| 0
| .981
|
| 1993
| SF
| N
| P
| 34
| 34
| 232.2
| 17
| 44
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 12
| 11
| 0
| .910
|
| 1994
| SF
| N
| P
| 17
| 17
| 109.1
| 8
| 13
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 4
| 1
| .913
|
| 1995
| COL
| N
| P
| 19
| 19
| 105.2
| 9
| 28
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 5
| 1
| .974
|
| 1996
| COL
| N
| P
| 7
| 3
| 18.1
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1997
| COL
| N
| P
| 14
| 13
| 65.1
| 4
| 22
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .963
|
| 1998
| SEA
| A
| P
| 29
| 26
| 144.2
| 17
| 29
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 3
| 1
| .920
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 403
| 220
| 1599.2
| 151
| 330
| 28
| 29
| 0
| 18
| 86
| 52
| 4
| .945
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1985
| SEA
| A
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1986
| SEA
| A
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1988
| SEA
| A
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1989
| SEA
| A
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1990
| SEA
| A
| 55
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1991
| SEA
| A
| 71
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1992
| SF
| N
| 34
| 51
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 3
| .157
| .173
| .216
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 18
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1993
| SF
| N
| 34
| 80
| 12
| 21
| 0
| 4
| .262
| .302
| .275
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 19
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1994
| SF
| N
| 18
| 32
| 5
| 6
| 0
| 2
| .188
| .257
| .281
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1995
| COL
| N
| 19
| 36
| 5
| 7
| 1
| 4
| .194
| .237
| .306
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1996
| COL
| N
| 7
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1997
| COL
| N
| 16
| 19
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 2
| .211
| .375
| .263
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 4
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1998
| SEA
| A
| 29
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 128
| 224
| 27
| 48
| 1
| 15
| .214
| .266
| .268
| 9
| 0
| 15
| 52
| 1
| 29
| 1
| 0
| 4
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 282
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 410
| 229
| 27
| 48
| 1
| 15
| .210
| .260
| .262
| 9
| 0
| 15
| 54
| 1
| 29
| 1
| 0
| 4
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 6, 1983).
- Selected by Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (2nd pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 4, 1984 - signed June 15, 1984).
- Traded by Seattle Mariners with Michael Jackson and Dave Burba to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Kevin Mitchell and Mike Remlinger (December 11, 1991).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 1994).
- Signed by Colorado Rockies (April 8, 1995).
- Released by Colorado Rockies (August 20, 1997).
- Signed by Baltimore Orioles (August 26, 1997).
- Released by Baltimore Orioles (August 30, 1997).
- Signed by Seattle Mariners (February 14, 1998).
- Granted free agency (October 23, 1998).
- Signed by Seattle Mariners (January 8, 1999).
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