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Bob Swift

Birthdate:

3/6/1915

Died:

10/17/1966

Height / Weight:

' " / 180 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Salina, KS, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Bob Swift, Detroit Tigers Catcher RH

A well regarded defensive backstop with a solid batting eye, Bob Swift was traded to the Tigers in 1944. He caught 95 games in 1945 and his handling of the pitching staff played a major role in the team winning that year's pennant. In the World Series, he started one game and got a single, scored a run in 4 at bats.

In 1948, Bob Swift caught 113 games, struck out just 29 times and collected an .338 on-base-percentage. In 1949, the 5ft, 11 inch, 180-pounder hit .238, had a nice .330 on-base-pct in 74 games... In 1950, he handled 261 chances, made just 3 errors for a .989 fielding pct. In his 13-year major league career Bob Swift struck out on-average, just once in every 10 games. Bob Swift was well-known to baseball fans and was his team's starting catcher for 10 of his 14 major league seasons.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
15 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1940	SLB (AL)	130	398	37	97	20	1	0	39	28	39	1	0	0	1	6	0	.244	.295	SLG
1941	SLB (AL)	63	170	13	44	7	0	0	21	22	11	2	0	0	0	3	0	.259	.344	SLG
1942	PHA (AL)	60	192	9	44	3	0	0	15	13	17	1	2	0	0	1	0	.229	.278	SLG
1942	SLB (AL)	29	76	3	15	4	0	1	8	3	5	0	2	0	0	2	0	.197	.228	SLG
1943	PHA (AL)	77	224	16	43	5	1	1	11	35	16	0	0	0	0	3	0	.192	.301	SLG
1944	DET (AL)	80	247	15	63	11	1	1	19	27	27	2	0	0	1	8	0	.255	.331	SLG
1945	DET (AL)	95	279	19	65	5	0	0	24	26	22	1	0	0	0	5	0	.233	.298	SLG
1946	DET (AL)	42	107	13	25	2	0	2	10	14	7	0	0	0	0	3	0	.234	.322	SLG
1947	DET (AL)	97	279	23	70	11	0	1	21	33	16	2	2	0	0	11	0	.251	.330	SLG
1948	DET (AL)	113	292	23	65	6	0	4	33	51	29	1	0	0	0	13	0	.223	.338	SLG
1949	DET (AL)	74	189	16	45	6	0	2	18	26	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.330	SLG
1950	DET (AL)	67	132	14	30	4	0	2	9	25	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	.227	.350	SLG
1951	DET (AL)	44	104	8	20	0	0	0	5	12	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	.192	.276	SLG
1952	DET (AL)	28	58	3	8	1	0	0	4	7	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.138	.242	SLG
1953	DET (AL)	2	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.600	SLG
15 years		1001	2750	212	635	86	3	14	238	324	233	10	6	0	3	59	0	.231	.313	.SLG

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