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Proper Name
Robert Virgil Swift
High Level
MLB (1940-1953)
Positions
C (980)
Ht / Wt
5-11 / 180
Bats / Throws
Right / Right
place
Salina,Kansas
Died
10/17/1966
High School
None listed
Drafted
draft posit
C
MLB Debut
MLB Teams
DET [10] SLA [3] PHA [2]
TBC#
18668
mlbam id
123052
Retrosheet
Stat Capsuleavgopsabrhhrrbisb
Career MLB [1940-1953].231.59027502126351423810
Speed
47
Power
31
Contact
70
XBH
28
RBIs
38
Runs
19
Hitting
42
Durability
46
Team
.485
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year tranx date end date mlb org level Transaction Description status minor team 40man age
1953 1953-10-13 current -- -- Released by Tigers Hist -- No 38.221
1953 1953-09-14 1953-10-13 DET MLB Signed to #-year contract for 1953-1953 ($0m) [Free Agent] Hist -- No 38.192
1952 1952-12-17 1953-09-14 -- -- Released by Tigers Hist -- No 37.287
1943 1943-10-11 1952-12-17 DET MLB Traded from Philadelphia Athletics with Don Heffner to Detroit Tigers for Rip Radcliff Hist -- No 28.219
1942 1942-06-01 1943-10-11 PHA MLB Traded from St. Louis Browns with Bob Harris to Philadelphia Athletics for Frankie Hayes Hist -- No 27.087
1937 1937-12-01 1942-06-01 SLA MLB Traded from New York Yankees to St. Louis Browns for Stan Keyes Hist -- No 22.270
1937 1937-01-02 1937-12-01 -- -- Returned to Augusta (South Atlantic) Hist -- No 21.303
1937 1937-01-01 1937-01-02 NYA MLB Selected from Augusta (South Atlantic) by New York Yankees in Minor League Draft Hist -- No 21.302
1935 1935-01-01 1937-01-01 DET MLB Unknown transaction Hist -- No 19.301
1934 1934-01-01 1935-01-01 -- -- no draft record Hist -- No 18.301
10 record(s)