Evar Swanson
1929–1934 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds
518G
.303AVG
.376OBP
.390SLG
More career statistics
573H
7HR
170RBI
69SB
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 · Caught stealing | 15 | 34 |
| Batting · Doubles | 87 | 86 |
| Batting · Hits | 573 | 572 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 133 | 131 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,162 | 2,164 |
| Batting · RBI | 170 | 171 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 69 | 70 |
| Batting · Walks | 212 | 214 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 518 | 2,162 | 1,892 | 325 | 573 | 87 | 28 | 7 | 170 | 212 | 133 | 69 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 737 | .303 | .376 | .390 | .766 |
Streaks
16longest hitting streak · 1933-06-25 to 1933-07-11
35longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 4 walks | 1933-09-24 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1929-06-05 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 37 | 5 hits | 1929-07-25 | 1 in 1,624 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 263 | 1084 | 299 | 0 | 92 | 107 | 74 | .315 | .375 | .399 |
| Away | 255 | 1080 | 273 | 7 | 79 | 107 | 57 | .289 | .352 | .378 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 27 | 74 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 3 | .281 | .351 | .406 |
| May | 74 | 292 | 75 | 3 | 28 | 30 | 22 | .299 | .360 | .390 |
| June | 90 | 374 | 99 | 1 | 36 | 29 | 35 | .294 | .342 | .386 |
| July | 105 | 476 | 133 | 2 | 37 | 41 | 26 | .317 | .366 | .399 |
| August | 111 | 489 | 123 | 1 | 35 | 54 | 29 | .289 | .362 | .367 |
| September | 105 | 433 | 112 | 0 | 27 | 49 | 16 | .299 | .372 | .372 |
| October | 6 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .545 | .577 | .864 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 47 | 212 | 53 | 1 | 23 | 33 | 15 | .301 | .406 | .369 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 42 | 186 | 58 | 0 | 17 | 19 | 5 | .362 | .414 | .450 |
| st-louis-browns | 40 | 173 | 42 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 13 | .263 | .318 | .312 |
| cleveland-guardians | 39 | 152 | 38 | 0 | 12 | 24 | 6 | .311 | .408 | .385 |
| chicago-cubs | 38 | 143 | 40 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 9 | .305 | .315 | .443 |
| new-york-giants | 36 | 139 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 12 | .248 | .317 | .314 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 36 | 162 | 36 | 0 | 12 | 27 | 9 | .275 | .389 | .336 |
| detroit-tigers | 36 | 166 | 38 | 0 | 14 | 28 | 12 | .281 | .398 | .356 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 |  Cincinnati Reds | 148 | 574 | 172 | 4 | 43 | 33 | .300 | – | – |
| 1930 | Cincinnati Reds | 95 | 301 | 93 | 2 | 22 | 4 | .309 | – | – |
| 1932 |  Chicago White Sox | 14 | 52 | 16 | – | 8 | 3 | .308 | – | – |
| 1933 | Chicago White Sox | 144 | 539 | 164 | 1 | 64 | 19 | .304 | – | – |
| 1934 | Chicago White Sox | 117 | 426 | 127 | – | 34 | 11 | .298 | – | – |