Bill Swift
1932–1943 · bats R / throws R · ASD, Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Braves, Chicago White Sox, MLS, NLS, Pittsburgh Pirates
336G
.227AVG
.253OBP
.298SLG
More career statistics
134H
3HR
54RBI
0SB
95–82W–L
1,637.2IP
636K
3.58ERA
165GS
20SV
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 591 | 590 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 6,891 | 6,894 |
| Pitching · p er | 651 | 649 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,682 | 1,683 |
| Pitching · p hr | 103 | 104 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 4,913 | 4,911 |
| Pitching · p k | 636 | 638 |
| Pitching · p r | 753 | 752 |
| Pitching · p w | 351 | 354 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 336 | 624 | 591 | 43 | 134 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 54 | 19 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 176 | .227 | .253 | .298 | .551 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,637.7 | 336 | 165 | 78 | 95 | 82 | 20 | 1,682 | 753 | 651 | 103 | 351 | 636 | 0 | 0 | 3.58 | 1.241 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1935-06-10 to 1935-06-30
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1939-06-11 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 12 innings pitched | 1934-07-14 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1934-05-24 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 165 | 293 | 69 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 45 | .251 | .273 | .302 |
| Away | 171 | 331 | 65 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 68 | .206 | .221 | .295 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 30 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .143 | .156 | .179 |
| May | 64 | 124 | 31 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 25 | .256 | .274 | .314 |
| June | 60 | 121 | 27 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 25 | .235 | .256 | .374 |
| July | 67 | 128 | 25 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 26 | .208 | .227 | .225 |
| August | 61 | 112 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 17 | .198 | .205 | .245 |
| September | 51 | 100 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 16 | .266 | .290 | .383 |
| October | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .167 | .286 | .167 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 60 | 110 | 27 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 15 | .265 | .300 | .363 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 50 | 107 | 22 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 26 | .220 | .234 | .350 |
| chicago-cubs | 45 | 80 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | .228 | .225 | .253 |
| boston-braves | 43 | 111 | 31 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 15 | .292 | .306 | .377 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 41 | 97 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 16 | .204 | .206 | .269 |
| new-york-giants | 40 | 52 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | .140 | .154 | .140 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 35 | 53 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | .163 | .189 | .204 |
| st-louis-browns | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 39 | 78 | 15 | – | 6 | – | .192 | 214 | 64 |
| 1933 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 37 | 82 | 20 | – | 4 | – | .244 | 218 | 64 |
| 1934 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 37 | 84 | 18 | – | 8 | – | .214 | 212 | 81 |
| 1935 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 39 | 78 | 19 | – | 11 | – | .244 | 203 | 74 |
| 1936 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 45 | 105 | 31 | 2 | 15 | – | .295 | 261 | 92 |
| 1937 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 36 | 53 | 9 | – | 2 | – | .170 | 164 | 88 |
| 1938 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 36 | 50 | 10 | 1 | 6 | – | .200 | 149 | 77 |
| 1939 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 36 | 42 | 10 | – | 2 | – | .238 | 130 | 55 |
| 1940 |  Boston Braves | 4 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 9 | 7 |
| 1941 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 9 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | .200 | 22 | 9 |
| 1943 |  Chicago White Sox | 18 | 10 | 1 | – | – | – | .100 | 51 | 27 |