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Bill Swift

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 170lb (183cm, 77kg)

Born: October 27, 1961 in Portland, ME us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the 1983 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Maine (Orono, ME) and the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (2nd) of the 1984 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Maine (Orono, ME).

High School: South Portland HS (South Portland, ME)

School: University of Maine (Orono, ME)

Debut: June 7, 1985 (Age 23-223d, 15,032nd in major league history)
vs. CLE 5.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: September 11, 1998 (Age 36-319d)
vs. KCR 1.0 IP, 6 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 5 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1985 season

Agents: Craig Fenech

National Team: us USA (Oly,College)

Full Name: William Charles Swift

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

20.7

ERA

3.95

403

220

1599.2

767

WHIP

1.372

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

1991 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1991 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	17 (16)	Apr 26	SEA	@	MIN	L,0-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	18	Apr 27	SEA	@	MIN	L,2-7		3	0.1	0	0	1	1	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	22 (3)	May 1	SEA	@	BAL	L,1-2	GF	8	2.0	0	1	1	2	0	P
4	24 (1)	May 4	SEA		NYY	W,3-2		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	25	May 5	SEA		NYY	W,5-4		4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
6	26	May 6	SEA		NYY	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	28 (1)	May 8	SEA		CLE	W,6-2	GF	11	3.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
8	30 (1)	May 11	SEA		BAL	L,5-11		8	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
9	31	May 12	SEA		BAL	W,5-4		5	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
10	32	May 14	SEA	@	CLE	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	33	May 15	SEA	@	CLE	W,6-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	35 (1)	May 17	SEA	@	NYY	W,1-0	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	38 (2)	May 20	SEA	@	KCR	W,8-6		11	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
14	40 (1)	May 22	SEA	@	KCR	L,1-3		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	42 (1)	May 25	SEA		TEX	L,6-8		7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	43	May 26	SEA		TEX	L,4-6		6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	45 (1)	May 28	SEA		KCR	L,5-6	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	49 (3)	Jun 1	SEA	@	TEX	W,12-8		10	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	50	Jun 4	SEA	@	DET	W,8-6		7	2.1	0	1	0	1	1	P
20	52 (1)	Jun 6	SEA	@	DET	L,4-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	53	Jun 7	SEA		MIL	W,2-1		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	57 (3)	Jun 11	SEA		BOS	L,5-8		7	2.0	0	3	0	3	0	P
23	58	Jun 12	SEA		BOS	W,5-3		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	59	Jun 13	SEA		DET	W,6-5		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	61 (1)	Jun 15	SEA		DET	W,15-2	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
26	64 (2)	Jun 19	SEA	@	BOS	W,4-3		8	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	68 (3)	Jun 23	SEA	@	MIL	L,2-5		6	1.2	0	1	0	1	1	P
28	70 (1)	Jun 25	SEA	@	CHW	L,0-4		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	71	Jun 26	SEA	@	CHW	W,5-4		4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	73 (1)	Jun 28	SEA	@	TOR	W,3-1		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	75 (1)	Jun 30	SEA	@	TOR	L,1-6		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	79 (3)	Jul 4	SEA		CHW	W,3-2		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	81 (1)	Jul 6	SEA		TOR	L,3-4		5	1.2	1	3	0	4	0	P
34	83 (1)	Jul 11	SEA		CLE	W,6-0	GF	9	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
35	87 (3)	Jul 15	SEA		NYY	W,5-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	91 (3)	Jul 19	SEA	@	BAL	L,1-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	93 (1)	Jul 21	SEA	@	BAL	W,6-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	94	Jul 23	SEA	@	NYY	W,6-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	97 (2)	Jul 26	SEA	@	CLE	W,7-4		10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
40	99 (1)	Jul 28	SEA	@	CLE	W,6-5	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	101 (1)	Jul 30	SEA		BAL	W,8-2		6	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
42	102	Jul 31	SEA		BAL	L,2-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	104 (1)	Aug 3	SEA	@	CAL	W,9-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	105	Aug 4	SEA	@	CAL	W,5-2		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	106	Aug 5	SEA	@	OAK	L,0-3		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	107	Aug 6	SEA	@	OAK	L,0-3		3	0.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
47	109 (1)	Aug 9	SEA		MIN	L,2-5	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	112 (2)	Aug 12	SEA		OAK	W,6-3		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	115 (2)	Aug 15	SEA		OAK	W,8-6		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	118 (2)	Aug 18	SEA		CAL	L,3-4	GF	7	2.1	1	1	0	2	0	P
51	120 (1)	Aug 20	SEA	@	MIN	L,5-10		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	121	Aug 21	SEA	@	MIN	L,1-9		7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
53	124 (2)	Aug 24	SEA	@	DET	L,2-7		13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
54	126 (1)	Aug 26	SEA		MIL	W,5-4		5	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
55	128 (1)	Aug 28	SEA		MIL	W,7-6	GF	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	131 (2)	Sep 1	SEA		BOS	L,2-13		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
57	133 (1)	Sep 3	SEA		DET	W,1-0	GF	4	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
58	134	Sep 5	SEA	@	BOS	L,3-4		7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
59	135	Sep 6	SEA	@	BOS	L,5-6	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
60	137 (1)	Sep 8	SEA	@	BOS	L,6-17	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
61	140 (2)	Sep 13	SEA	@	KCR	L,2-3		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
62	141	Sep 14	SEA	@	KCR	W,4-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
63	143 (1)	Sep 16	SEA		TOR	W,6-5		6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
64	146 (2)	Sep 19	SEA		KCR	W,10-5	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
65	148 (1)	Sep 21	SEA		KCR	W,4-1		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
66	150 (1)	Sep 23	SEA		TEX	L,4-11		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
67	153 (2)	Sep 27	SEA	@	CHW	W,10-8		9	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
68	155 (1)	Sep 29	SEA	@	CHW	W,2-1	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
69	156	Sep 30 (1)	SEA	@	TEX	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
70	159 (2)	Oct 2	SEA	@	TEX	W,4-3	GF	1	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
71	162 (2)	Oct 6	SEA		CHW	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
							71gm		90.1	6	25	3	34	4