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Bill Swift

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 192lb (185cm, 87kg)

Born: June 19, 1908 in Glen Lyon, PA us

Died: February 23, 1969 in Bartow, FL

Buried: Oakhill Burial Park, Lakeland, FL

Debut: April 12, 1932 (Age 23-298d, 7,442nd in major league history)
vs. STL 2.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: September 29, 1943 (Age 35-102d)
vs. NYY 3.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1932 season

Full Name: William Vincent Swift

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

21.1

ERA

3.58

336

165

1637.2

636

WHIP

1.241

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Team Record in Appearances: 16-20 / in Starts: 7-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 26, Entered with runners on base: 13

1937 Pitching Game Log

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1937 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	198	4	Apr 24	PIT		CIN	W,3-2	9-GF	W(1-0)	99	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.20	4	1	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.67	0.038	2.07	0.07%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
2	199	5	Apr 27	PIT	@	STL	L,1-3	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.00	0.54	7	1	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	0.039	.86	0.08%	1.03	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	200	10	May 4	PIT	@	BRO	W,10-3	6-GF	S(1)	6	4.0	2	0	0	1	6	0	0	0.00	0.77	15	2	4	1	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.237	2.03	0.51%	3.41	6b 1-3 0 out a3	9b end a 7
4	201	15	May 10	PIT	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	W(2-0)	5	9.0	8	1	0	0	6	0	0	0.00	1.39	36	6	16	0	6	8	75			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.11	0.376	4.84	0.99%	3.12	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a3
5	202	17	May 12	PIT	@	NYG	W,6-5	7-GF	S(2)	1	3.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	1.47	9	3	4	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.44	0.534	12.55	1.65%	1.93	7b 1-- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
6	203	20	May 15	PIT		STL	L,2-4	CG	L(2-1)	2	9.0	5	4	3	2	4	0	0	0.96	1.95	34	11	12	1	4	5	65			1	1	0	31	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.32	-0.148	7.37	-0.50%	0.53	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
7	204	24	May 20	PIT		PHI	W,5-2	CG	W(3-1)	4	9.0	6	2	2	0	7	0	0	1.22	1.88	33	7	13	1	3	6	74			1	2	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	2	.76	0.293	3.59	0.83%	2.53	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
8	205	26	May 22	PIT		BSN	W,5-2	9-GF	S(3)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	1.89	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.012	1.93	0.04%	0.23	9t 1-- 2 out a3	9t end a 3
9	206	29	May 25	PIT		BRO	L,1-2	CG	L(3-2)	2	9.0	6	2	1	0	5	0	0	1.17	1.93	31	9	11	1	3	6	74			0	1	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.103	5.16	0.29%	2.53	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
10	207	33	May 30	PIT	@	STL	W,7-4	CG	W(4-2)	4	9.0	9	4	3	3	4	1	0	1.46	2.39	40	7	17	1	4	9	56			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	1	.67	0.238	3.39	0.72%	0.63	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	208	38	Jun 4	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-9	GS-2	L(4-3)	4	1.1	5	5	5	1	0	1	0	2.22	2.69	10	1	3	1	2	5	23			0	0	0	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.303	5.02	-0.88%	-3.73	1b start tie	2b -2- 1 out d4
12	209	39	Jun 5	PIT	@	NYG	L,5-7	4-6		0	2.2	4	3	3	0	3	0	0	2.58	2.61	13	2	4	0	3	4		2	2	0	0	0	12	2	1	0	0	0	1	.67	-0.200	3.85	-0.69%	-2.77	4b 1-3 1 out tie	6b 3 out d5
13	210	44	Jun 10	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS-7	L(4-4)	4	7.0	10	5	5	2	2	2	0	2.98	3.10	32	8	10	1	1	10	37			1	0	0	30	2	1	1	1	0	0	.91	-0.149	3.42	-0.33%	-1.15	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d3
14	211	47	Jun 13(2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-4	GS-7	L(4-5)	2	7.0	7	4	2	2	3	1	1	2.95	3.32	29	5	11	0	3	7	52			0	2	0	26	2	1	0	0	0	1	.73	-0.122	2.57	-0.26%	-0.40	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
15	212	49	Jun 16	PIT		NYG	L,4-5	8-8		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.93	3.32	1	0	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.73	0.044	7.42	0.11%	0.44	8t 12- 2 out d1	8t 3 out d1
16	213	51	Jun 19	PIT		BRO	L,3-4	GS-7		2	7.0	9	3	3	0	3	0	0	3.01	3.24	27	8	7	0	2	9	50			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.18	-0.055	3.74	-0.11%	0.52	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
17	214	56	Jun 24	PIT		BSN	L,6-9	GS-3	L(4-6)	4	2.1	6	5	5	1	1	0	0	3.47	3.25	14	3	3	2	0	6	25			0	0	0	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.330	3.50	-0.60%	-3.43	1t start tie	3t --3 1 out d3
18	215	58	Jun 26	PIT		PHI	L,6-7	13-GF(13)		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.43	3.25	3	1	1	1	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.94	-0.100	4.75	-0.15%	0.50	13t 12- 0 out tie	13t end d 1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
19	216	66	Jul 4(2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,7-6	GS-7	W(5-6)	7	7.0	10	4	4	3	1	0	1	3.56	3.36	35	16	5	0	2	9	39			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.53	0.016	5.04	0.03%	-0.30	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
20	217	71	Jul 11	PIT		CHC	W,3-2	CG	W(6-6)	6	9.0	6	2	2	2	3	1	0	3.42	3.47	35	8	16	0	4	6	68			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	0.483	5.27	1.16%	2.53	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
21	218	75	Jul 17	PIT	@	PHI	L,8-9	GS-		5	5.0	5	4	4	3	6	1	0	3.60	3.55	23						44						19					0
22	219	77	Jul 18(2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-5	9-GF(11)	W(7-6)	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.50	3.53	9	1	6	0	2	1		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.50	0.584	5.05	0.71%	2.05	9b 1-- 0 out tie	11b end a 1
23	220	82	Jul 24	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-9	GS-3	L(7-7)	5	2.2	4	5	5	2	1	2	0	3.82	3.79	14	2	5	2	0	4	29			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.252	1.38	-0.26%	-2.93	1b start tie	3b -2- 2 out d4
24	221	87	Jul 29	PIT		PHI	L,7-11	5-8	L(7-8)	4	3.2	6	5	4	0	4	1	0	4.01	3.81	17	0	7	2	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.491	1.41	-0.34%	-3.22	5t --- 1 out a1	8t 3 out d4
25	222	89	Jul 31	PIT		BSN	L,7-9	9-GF	L(7-9)	1	1.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.14	3.86	7	2	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.28	-0.408	3.93	-0.29%	-1.50	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
26	223	91	Aug 3(1)	PIT		BRO	W,5-4	2-4		2	2.2	5	2	2	0	2	0	0	4.19	3.81	10	2	1	0	0	5		2	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	2	0	0	.73	-0.006	.72	0.00%	0.20	2t 1-3 1 out d2	4t 3 out d4
27	224	93	Aug 4	PIT		BRO	L,7-10	9-GF		0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.17	3.81	3	0	2	1	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.015	.18	-0.01%	-0.81	9t 1-3 1 out d3	9t end d 5
28	225	96	Aug 8(1)	PIT		NYG	L,2-10	3-GF		3	6.1	4	3	3	1	1	1	0	4.18	3.89	24	4	14	0	4	4		1	0	1	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.001	.04	0.00%	0.34	3t -2- 2 out d6	9t end d 8
29	226	99	Aug 11	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-5	8-GF(8)		2	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.15	3.89	3	0	1	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.005	.08	0.00%	0.70	8b -2- 1 out d4	8b end d 4
30	227	106	Aug 18	PIT		CHC	W,7-6	6-9	BS(1)	6	3.0	5	2	2	2	1	0	1	4.20	3.93	16	4	3	0	0	5		2	1	1	0	0	13	1	0	2	1	0	0	3.04	-0.459	7.30	-0.66%	-1.49	6t 1-3 1 out a2	9t 1-3 1 out d1
31	228	110	Aug 22(1)	PIT		STL	L,0-12	3-GF		3	6.1	3	2	2	0	4	0	0	4.13	3.84	22	7	8	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.001	.01	0.00%	1.25	3t 1-- 2 out d10	9t end d12
32	229	115	Aug 27(2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(7-10)	4	8.0	7	3	2	3	3	1	0	4.03	3.92	34	14	7	0	2	7	58			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.11	-0.067	1.92	-0.07%	1.12	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
33	230	122	Sep 2	PIT	@	PHI	W,11-8	9-9		5	0.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.09	3.92	3	0	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.173	.08	-0.01%	-2.02	9b --- 0 out a4	9b 12- 0 out a3
34	231	127	Sep 8(1)	PIT		CIN	W,7-6	9-9		5	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	4.13	4.02	6	3	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.47	-0.071	.06	-0.01%	-0.50	9t --- 0 out d1	9t 3 out d2
35	232	147	Sep 26(2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	W(8-10)	17	9.0	8	1	1	1	6	0	0	3.94	3.91	34	8	11	1	0	8	72			0	0	0	33	5	0	0	0	0	1	1.64	0.648	.00	0.00%	3.35	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a1
36	233	152	Oct 2	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	CG(11)	W(9-10)	5	11.0	8	3	3	1	4	1	0	3.84	3.92	42	8	21	1	0	8	72			0	0	0	40	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	0.240	.00	0.00%	2.54	1t start tie	11t 3 out d1
							16-20		W-L:9-10,Sv:3,BSv:1	3.2	164.0	160	78	70	34	88	14	3	3.84	3.92	676	0.67		5%	13%	153	54	20	30%	5	7	0	627	27	10	5	10	0	10	1.12	0.543	3.27	2.03%	7.74

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