William Vincent Swift

Full Name: William Vincent Swift	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1.5"/192	First Game: April 12, 1932
Birthdate: June 19, 1908	Final Game: September 29, 1943
Birthplace: Elmira, New York	MLB Experience: 11 years
Died: February 23, 1969
Deathplace: Bartow, Florida
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on June 19, 1908 in Elmira, New York, Bill Swift (William Vincent Swift) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Braves, Brooklyn Dodgers and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 11 year career. Swift broke into the bigs on April 12, 1932 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 3.61 ERA in 214.1 innings pitched in 1932, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Bill Swift's best season was 1935, when he posted a 2.70 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 74 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1932	PIT	N	39	23	14	10	3.61	64	97	86	11	0	4	214.1	205	15	26	1	2
1933	PIT	N	37	29	14	10	3.13	64	96	76	13	2	0	218.1	214	11	36	1	4
1934	PIT	N	37	25	11	13	3.98	81	107	94	13	1	0	212.2	244	15	46	1	8
1935	PIT	N	39	22	15	8	2.70	74	76	61	11	3	1	203.2	193	6	37	0	1
1936	PIT	N	45	31	16	16	4.01	92	132	117	17	0	2	262.1	275	18	63	3	5
1937	PIT	N	36	17	9	10	3.95	84	79	72	9	0	3	164	160	14	34	3	3
1938	PIT	N	36	9	7	5	3.24	77	65	54	2	0	4	150	155	9	40	0	4
1939	PIT	N	36	8	5	7	3.89	56	60	56	2	1	4	129.2	150	6	28	0	3
1940	BOS	N	4	0	1	1	2.89	7	7	3	0	0	1	9.1	12	0	7	0	0
1941	BRO	N	9	0	3	0	3.27	9	9	8	0	0	1	22	26	4	7	1	0
1943	CHI	A	18	1	0	2	4.21	28	25	24	0	0	0	51.1	48	5	27	1	6
Total	NL		318	164	95	80	3.56	608	728	627	78	7	20	1586.1	1634	98	324	10	30
Total	AL		18	1	0	2	4.21	28	25	24	0	0	0	51.1	48	5	27	1	6
Total			336	165	95	82	3.58	636	753	651	78	7	20	1637.2	1682	103	351	11	36

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1932	PIT	N	P	39	8	27	2	1	.946
1933	PIT	N	P	37	11	39	2	1	.962
1934	PIT	N	P	37	8	38	2	0	.958
1935	PIT	N	P	39	4	23	0	2	1.000
1936	PIT	N	P	45	4	36	2	3	.952
1937	PIT	N	P	36	2	21	0	3	1.000
1938	PIT	N	P	36	1	26	2	1	.931
1939	PIT	N	P	36	2	14	0	0	1.000
1940	BOS	N	P	4	0	2	0	0	1.000
1941	BRO	N	P	9	0	3	0	0	1.000
1943	CHI	A	P	18	1	2	1	0	.750
Total			P	336	41	231	11	11	.961

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1932	PIT	N	39	78	4	15	0	6	.192	.203	.205	1	0	1	15	0	3	0
1933	PIT	N	37	82	10	20	0	4	.244	.253	.293	4	0	0	14	1	0	3
1934	PIT	N	37	84	3	18	0	8	.214	.224	.321	3	3	1	23	0	1	5
1935	PIT	N	39	78	11	19	0	11	.244	.272	.308	5	0	3	8	0	1	5
1936	PIT	N	45	105	6	31	2	15	.295	.315	.448	10	0	2	16	1	1	1
1937	PIT	N	36	54	0	9	0	2	.167	.211	.185	1	0	3	15	0	2	2
1938	PIT	N	36	50	3	10	1	6	.200	.231	.320	3	0	2	10	0	2	1
1939	PIT	N	36	42	6	10	0	2	.238	.304	.238	0	0	4	9	0	2	3
1940	BOS	N	4	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1941	BRO	N	9	5	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1943	CHI	A	18	10	0	1	0	0	.100	.308	.100	0	0	3	3	0	0	0
Total	NL		318	581	43	133	3	54	.229	.252	.301	27	3	16	110	2	12	20
Total	AL		18	10	0	1	0	0	.100	.308	.100	0	0	3	3	0	0	0
Total			336	591	43	134	3	54	.227	.253	.298	27	3	19	113	2	12	20

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Kansas City (American Association) to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Eddie Phillips and Bob Osborn (January 29, 1932).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with cash to Boston Bees in exchange for Danny MacFayden (December 8, 1939).
Sold by Boston Bees to Chicago White Sox (May 15, 1940).
Selected by Brooklyn Dodgers from Chicago White Sox in the Rule 5 major league draft (October 1, 1940).
Sold by Brooklyn Dodgers to St Paul (American Association) for $5500 (June, 1941).
Selected by Chicago White Sox from St Paul (American Association) in the Rule 5 major league draft (November 2, 1942).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with Dick Culler to Milwaukee (American Association) (October 28, 1943) completing trade in which Milwaukee (American Association) traded Grey Clarke to Chicago White Sox in exchange for 2 players to be named later (September 20, 1943).

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