Bob Swift

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: March 6, 1915 in Salina, KS us

Died: October 17, 1966 in Detroit, MI

Buried: Roselawn Memorial Park, Salina, KS

Debut: April 16, 1940 (Age 25-041d, 8,853rd in major league history)
vs. DET 4 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1953 (Age 38-205d)
vs. CLE 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1940 season

Full Name: Robert Virgil Swift

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1945 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.6

2750

635

.231

212

RBI

238

OBP

.313

SLG

.280

OPS

.592

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1944 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	DET		SLB	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
2	2	Apr 19	DET		SLB	L,1-3	GS	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
3	3	Apr 20	DET		SLB	L,5-8	CG	47	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
4	4	Apr 21	DET	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 23 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
6	6	Apr 23 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-3	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 27	DET	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	0	12.0	6	2	0	8	0
8	8	Apr 28	DET		CLE	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 29	DET		CLE	L,6-7	GS	0		2	0	1	3	0
10	11 (1)	Apr 30 (2)	DET		CLE	W,4-2	GS	25	7.0	3	2	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	17 (5)	May 7 (2)	DET		CHW	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
12	18	May 10	DET	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
13	20 (1)	May 12	DET	@	NYY	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
14	21	May 13	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
15	22	May 14 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
16	24 (1)	May 15	DET	@	PHA	L,2-6	GS	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
17	26 (1)	May 17	DET	@	PHA	W,2-1	GS	24	7.0	5	1	0	6	0
18	28 (1)	May 19	DET	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
19	29	May 20	DET	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
20	30	May 21 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
21	32 (1)	May 24	DET		PHA	L,4-8	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
22	33	May 25	DET		PHA	L,0-2	GF	0		0	1	0	1	0
23	34	May 26	DET		PHA	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
24	36 (1)	May 28 (1)	DET		WSH	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
25	37	May 28 (2)	DET		WSH	W,15-2	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
26	38	May 29	DET		WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
27	39	May 30 (1)	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
28	41 (1)	May 31	DET		NYY	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	43 (1)	Jun 2	DET		BOS	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
30	45 (1)	Jun 4 (1)	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
31	47 (1)	Jun 7	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
32	48	Jun 11 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
33	50 (1)	Jun 12	DET	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
34	51	Jun 14 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	53 (1)	Jun 15	DET	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS	0		4	1	0	5	0
36	54	Jun 16	DET		SLB	L,1-14	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
37	57 (2)	Jun 18 (2)	DET		SLB	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
38	58	Jun 20	DET		CLE	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
39	60 (1)	Jun 22	DET		CLE	W,4-3	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
40	61	Jun 23	DET	@	SLB	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
41	63 (1)	Jun 25 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
42	65 (1)	Jun 28	DET	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
43	67 (1)	Jun 30	DET	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	69 (1)	Jul 2 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	72 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
46	73	Jul 5	DET	@	BOS	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
47	75 (1)	Jul 7	DET	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	77 (1)	Jul 9 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	45	8.1	7	0	1	8	0
49	79 (1)	Jul 13	DET		CHW	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
50	82 (2)	Jul 15 (2)	DET		CHW	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
51	84 (1)	Jul 16 (2)	DET		CHW	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
52	86 (1)	Jul 19	DET		WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	1	4	0	5	0
53	88 (1)	Jul 21	DET		WSH	W,6-5	GS	0		4	0	0	4	0
54	91 (2)	Jul 23 (2)	DET		PHA	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	92	Jul 24	DET		PHA	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
56	95 (2)	Jul 27	DET		BOS	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
57	96	Jul 28	DET		BOS	L,5-15	CG	53	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
58	98 (1)	Jul 30 (1)	DET		NYY	L,2-10	CG	47	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	100 (1)	Aug 1	DET		NYY	W,8-4	GS	10	2.2	1	0	0	1	0
60	113 (12)	Aug 17	DET	@	BOS	T,3-3	CG	24	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
61	115 (1)	Aug 18 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
62	118 (2)	Aug 20 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
63	121 (2)	Aug 25	DET		SLB	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
64	124 (2)	Aug 27 (2)	DET		SLB	L,2-17	GS	0		3	0	0	3	0
65	125	Aug 29	DET		CHW	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	129 (3)	Sep 2	DET	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
67	132 (2)	Sep 4 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
68	135 (2)	Sep 7	DET		CLE	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
69	138 (2)	Sep 10 (2)	DET		CLE	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
70	139	Sep 15 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	46	11.2	8	1	0	9	0
71	142 (2)	Sep 17 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
72	144 (1)	Sep 20	DET		NYY	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
73	147 (2)	Sep 22 (2)	DET		BOS	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
74	148	Sep 23	DET		BOS	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
75	151 (2)	Sep 26	DET		PHA	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	154 (2)	Sep 29 (2)	DET		WSH	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
							76gm		632.0	288	48	6	342	4