Bob Swift
1940–1953 · bats R / throws R · Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns
1,001G
.231AVG
.313OBP
.280SLG
More career statistics
635H
14HR
238RBI
10SB
2Rare feats
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 · Plate appearances | 3,136 | 3,135 |
| Batting · Runs | 212 | 211 |
| Batting · RBI | 238 | 239 |
| Batting · Walks | 324 | 323 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,001 | 3,136 | 2,750 | 212 | 635 | 86 | 3 | 14 | 238 | 324 | 233 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 769 | .231 | .313 | .280 | .593 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1944-04-23 to 1944-05-12
22longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1945-07-21 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1943-05-13 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1948-07-30 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 507 | 1542 | 321 | 9 | 116 | 159 | 113 | .238 | .311 | .288 |
| Away | 494 | 1593 | 314 | 5 | 123 | 164 | 120 | .224 | .300 | .271 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 77 | 231 | 48 | 1 | 22 | 27 | 24 | .240 | .325 | .305 |
| May | 160 | 482 | 108 | 3 | 32 | 38 | 33 | .250 | .303 | .306 |
| June | 189 | 588 | 113 | 2 | 40 | 54 | 43 | .216 | .284 | .252 |
| July | 203 | 615 | 113 | 3 | 38 | 58 | 48 | .209 | .278 | .259 |
| August | 213 | 682 | 144 | 1 | 64 | 82 | 44 | .244 | .331 | .285 |
| September | 156 | 525 | 106 | 4 | 43 | 63 | 41 | .233 | .322 | .293 |
| October | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .300 | .333 | .300 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 157 | 489 | 99 | 3 | 37 | 60 | 33 | .235 | .325 | .287 |
| new-york-yankees | 151 | 456 | 90 | 2 | 34 | 44 | 40 | .223 | .294 | .272 |
| boston-red-sox | 149 | 482 | 102 | 0 | 37 | 59 | 32 | .243 | .334 | .269 |
| cleveland-guardians | 137 | 422 | 82 | 1 | 30 | 46 | 25 | .227 | .303 | .290 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 136 | 417 | 75 | 0 | 25 | 35 | 39 | .202 | .264 | .226 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 124 | 401 | 77 | 5 | 33 | 27 | 31 | .212 | .259 | .275 |
| st-louis-browns | 98 | 302 | 73 | 3 | 26 | 31 | 17 | .275 | .344 | .336 |
| detroit-tigers | 49 | 166 | 37 | 0 | 17 | 21 | 16 | .257 | .349 | .326 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 |  St. Louis Browns | 130 | 398 | 97 | – | 39 | 1 | .244 | – | – |
| 1941 | St. Louis Browns | 63 | 170 | 44 | – | 21 | 2 | .259 | – | – |
| 1942 | Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns | 89 | 268 | 59 | 1 | 23 | 1 | .220 | – | – |
| 1943 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 77 | 224 | 43 | 1 | 13 | – | .192 | – | – |
| 1944 |  Detroit Tigers | 80 | 247 | 63 | 1 | 19 | 2 | .255 | – | – |
| 1945 | Detroit Tigers | 95 | 279 | 65 | – | 24 | 1 | .233 | – | – |
| 1946 | Detroit Tigers | 42 | 107 | 25 | 2 | 10 | – | .234 | – | – |
| 1947 | Detroit Tigers | 97 | 279 | 70 | 1 | 21 | 2 | .251 | – | – |
| 1948 | Detroit Tigers | 113 | 292 | 65 | 4 | 33 | 1 | .223 | – | – |
| 1949 | Detroit Tigers | 74 | 189 | 45 | 2 | 17 | – | .238 | – | – |
| 1950 | Detroit Tigers | 67 | 132 | 30 | 2 | 9 | – | .227 | – | – |
| 1951 | Detroit Tigers | 44 | 104 | 20 | – | 5 | – | .192 | – | – |
| 1952 | Detroit Tigers | 28 | 58 | 8 | – | 4 | – | .138 | – | – |
| 1953 | Detroit Tigers | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .333 | – | – |