Bob Swift

Catcher

1940—1953

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Player LeveL
Utility Player
Top 100 Rank
NR
Catcher RANK
NR

Player Detail

Robert Virgil
GIVEN NAME
Swift
SURNAME
March 6, 1915, in Salina, KS
BORN
October 17, 1966, in Detroit, MI, USA
DIED
1940—1953
Playing Career
Played from 25-38
PLAYING AGE
St. Louis Browns
Philadelphia A's
Detroit Tigers
Teams Played For
Catcher
PRIMARY POSITION
Detroit Tigers
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
NONE
NICKNAME
NA
UNIFORM NUMBER
UNKNOWN
BATTING ORDER
5-11 / 180
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Right / Right
BATTED / THREW
April 16, 1940
Major League Debut
September 27, 1953
FINAL GAME

Related Content

25

HITTING

20

POWER

30

RUNNING

55

FIELDING

55

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
1001
635
14
238
.231

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
NR
43.9

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.592
.670
88.4

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.231
.313
.280

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Teammate Team

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
COMING SOON

Bob Swift Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Swift
526
121
41
16
1
3
46
62
45
2
147
184
.231
.313
.280
592
AVG C
532
133
54
21
3
7
60
50
3
182
195
.250
.329
.342
.670

Bob Swift Rankings

AT Catcher BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Catcher BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
NR
NR
NR
NR
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Bob Swift PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
-2.0
NA
NA
NA
-0.32
53.0
34.7
25.3
17.3
4.40
BLUE = Bob Swift
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME C

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
UNK
UNK
UNK
UNK
UNK
307.6
181.0
130.7
87.6
24.8
BLUE = Bob Swift
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME C