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William Vincent Swift

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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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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

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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[edit] Pitching Stats

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

[edit] Fielding Stats

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

[edit] Batting Stats

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