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Ron
Swoboda		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 210
 
Born: June 30, 1944 in Usa, MD, BALTIMORE
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1965 21 WAS NL     5 5 5 8 8 8 7 6 7 5 5 5 5 4 4
1966 22 WAS NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1967 23 WAS NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 7 6 7 5 5 5 5 5 5
1968 24 WAS NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 7 6 7 6 5 6 5 5 5
1969 25 WAS NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 7 6 7 6 6 6 5 5 5
1970 26 WAS NL $ 3,464,286   5 5 5 9 8 9 7 7 7 6 5 6 5 5 5
1971 27 WAS NL $ 3,464,286   5 5 5 9 8 9 7 7 7 6 5 6 5 5 5
1972 28 WAS NL $ 3,930,000   5 5 6 9 9 9 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5
1973 29 WAS NL $ 3,930,000   6 6 6 9 9 9 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 5 5
1974 30 WAS NL $ 3,930,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 5 6 6 5 5
1975 31 WAS NL $ 3,930,000   5 5 5 8 7 7 7 7 7 6 5 5 6 5 6
1976 32 WAS NL $ 1,440,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 5 5
1977 33 WAS NL $ 1,440,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5
1978 34 NYG NL     5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 4 5 5 5 5
1979 35 MIA NL $ 500,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 4 5 3 3 3
1980 36 MIA NL $ 500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 4 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 4 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,930,000   6 6 6 9 9 9 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 5 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1965 21 AAA   136 539 102 158 36 4 49 108 9 3 63 97 .293 .367 .647 1.015 120.6  
1966 22 WAS NL 132 447 59 95 19 0 15 39 8 11 44 114 .213 .284 .356 .640 42.7 5.3
    AAA   26 97 22 31 5 0 12 24 2 2 16 27 .320 .416 .742 1.158 26.7  
1967 23 WAS NL 151 527 64 134 31 4 24 91 8 6 42 122 .254 .307 .465 .772 71.7 12.4
1968 24 WAS NL 136 419 45 90 15 7 16 54 5 4 32 94 .215 .268 .399 .667 44.5 5.9
1969 25 WAS NL 121 358 56 100 19 4 20 72 6 5 41 91 .279 .355 .522 .877 62.3 14.0
1970 26 WAS NL 141 489 90 141 31 4 22 90 8 7 39 126 .288 .340 .503 .843 75.8 15.4
1971 27 WAS NL 153 566 72 125 23 5 22 72 7 7 48 131 .221 .286 .396 .682 63.7 7.8
1972 28 WAS NL 153 542 88 139 26 3 31 95 10 5 43 112 .256 .312 .487 .799 75.6 12.8
1973 29 WAS NL 157 578 78 134 27 4 24 83 12 3 50 118 .232 .296 .417 .713 73.6 10.3
1974 30 WAS NL 147 529 67 122 24 7 14 73 8 15 60 105 .231 .311 .382 .692 60.2 6.0
1975 31 WAS NL 107 313 39 75 14 0 10 44 4 2 32 61 .240 .309 .380 .689 32.3 3.7
1976 32 WAS NL 123 305 37 84 12 3 9 42 7 1 16 62 .275 .315 .423 .738 39.1 6.2
1977 33 WAS NL 121 168 32 39 8 0 4 25 0 0 16 38 .232 .297 .351 .648 15.8 1.3
1978 34 NYG NL 37 46 4 11 1 0 1 9 1 2 3 10 .239 .280 .326 .606 3.9 0.2
1979 35 MIA NL 132 416 52 101 12 8 11 48 3 4 40 95 .243 .312 .389 .701 50.8 8.8
1980 36 AA   137 500 61 116 15 4 11 43 13 5 63 101 .232 .318 .344 .662 59.1  
14 Years Sim 1811 5703 783 1390 262 49 223 837 87 72 506 1279 .244 .306 .424 .730 712.0 110.3
2 Years AAA 162 636 124 189 41 4 61 132 11 5 79 124 .297 .374 .662 1.036 147.3  
1 Years AA 137 500 61 116 15 4 11 43 13 5 63 101 .232 .323 .344 .667 59.1  
3 Years Minors 299 1136 185 305 56 8 72 175 24 10 142 225 .268 .352 .522 .874 206.4  
162 Game Average 510 70 124 23 4 19 74 7 6 45 114 .244 .306 .424 .730 63.7  
Career Highs 157 578 90 141 31 8 31 95 12 15 60 131 .288 .355 .522 .877 75.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3336 438 765 152 30 105 466 48 36 283 766 .229 .290 .387 .678 377.4
vs LH   2367 345 625 110 19 118 371 39 36 223 513 .264 .329 .476 .805 362.0
Home 889 2743 381 694 122 28 104 385 46 34 249 570 .253 .317 .432 .749 372.1
Away 922 2960 402 696 140 21 119 452 41 38 257 709 .235 .296 .417 .714 367.3
RISP   1487 0 375 67 17 63 575 0 0 161 345 .252 .320 .447 .767 218.6
Pinch Hitting   246 29 60 8 0 8 45 4 2 16 59 .244 .288 .374 .662 26.9
Close/Late   821 132 216 43 2 37 143 0 0 66 191 .263 .317 .456 .772 117.7
Mar/Apr 276 910 120 233 45 12 43 145 9 15 75 199 .256 .316 .474 .790 130.6
May 335 1094 147 272 51 8 43 174 12 18 101 248 .249 .311 .428 .739 143.8
June 310 972 156 232 33 10 40 140 18 17 97 212 .239 .309 .417 .726 126.0
July 295 906 117 218 42 5 32 129 18 8 72 209 .241 .297 .404 .701 110.1
August 296 923 124 225 43 7 30 125 21 7 86 204 .244 .308 .403 .711 117.7
Sep/Oct 299 898 119 210 48 7 35 124 9 7 75 207 .234 .296 .420 .715 111.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1966 22 WAS NL LF 94 93 809.0 168 9 4 2 .978 1.97 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    RF 37 25 248.7 46 1 0 1 1.000 1.70 0 0 .000 0  
1967 23 WAS NL RF 144 140 1213.7 200 9 6 1 .972 1.55 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    LF 4 0 6.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.35 0 0 .000 0  
1968 24 WAS NL LF 61 58 496.7 74 5 2 1 .975 1.43 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    RF 55 51 451.0 101 5 3 0 .972 2.12 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1969 25 WAS NL RF 98 78 727.3 148 2 4 0 .974 1.86 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    LF 12 6 63.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.14 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0  
1970 26 WAS NL RF 131 116 1074.3 229 4 5 2 .979 1.95 0 0 .000 0 4.3
    LF 6 2 22.7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.78 0 0 .000 0  
1971 27 WAS NL RF 152 146 1292.3 250 9 9 3 .966 1.80 0 0 .000 0 3.3
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
1972 28 WAS NL RF 148 143 1262.7 225 8 10 2 .959 1.66 0 0 .000 0 3.0
1973 29 WAS NL RF 155 149 1346.7 231 10 8 1 .968 1.61 0 0 .000 0 3.2
1974 30 WAS NL RF 143 141 1238.7 237 5 6 2 .976 1.76 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    LF 2 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
1975 31 WAS NL RF 81 71 626.7 124 6 2 2 .985 1.87 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    LF 20 5 77.0 6 1 1 0 .875 0.82 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1976 32 WAS NL RF 47 29 280.3 65 2 0 1 1.000 2.15 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    LF 40 14 183.3 38 0 1 0 .974 1.87 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 4 3 31.0 9 0 1 0 .900 2.61 0 0 .000 0  
1977 33 WAS NL RF 28 7 114.3 27 0 2 0 .931 2.13 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    LF 34 2 95.0 21 0 2 0 .913 1.99 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 2 0 .000 0 0.0
1978 34 NYG NL RF 7 3 32.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.65 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 9 0 12.3 2 0 1 0 .667 1.46 0 0 .000 0  
1979 35 MIA NL RF 119 117 961.7 236 2 6 0 .975 2.23 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    LF 6 3 29.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.31 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 3 0 9.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 1345 1216 10870.9 2125 63 61 15 .973 1.81 0 0 .000 0 24.7
  LF 288 183 1800.6 334 15 11 3 .969 1.74 0 0 .000 0 2.6
  CF 8 4 46.0 12 0 1 0 .923 2.35 0 0 .000 0  
  SS 3 0 9.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 2 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1647 1404 12736.6 2473 79 73 18 .972 1.80 2 0 .000 0 27.3
Career Highs   155 149 1346.7 251 10 10 3 .983 2.15 2 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1969 25 WAS NL 5 17 4 5 1 0 2 4 0 0 1 4 .294 .333 .706 1.039
1970 26 WAS NL 5 17 1 6 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 .353 .353 .412 .765
1971 27 WAS NL 6 17 2 4 0 0 1 3 1 1 1 0 .235 .278 .412 .690
1972 28 WAS NL 6 25 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .080 .115 .080 .195
1973 29 WAS NL 3 13 2 7 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 .538 .571 1.154 1.725
Career Post-Season Batting 25 89 11 24 3 2 4 11 2 1 4 18 .270 .301 .483 .784
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1970-7-.503
1972-9-.487
 Games
1973-4-157
 Triples
1968-2-7
1971-7-5
1974-3-7
1979-7-8
 Homeruns
1972-4-31
1973-10-24
 Caught Stealing
1966-6-11
1970-9-7
1974-3-15
 Strikeouts
1967-9-122
1970-5-126
1971-6-131
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 19    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Washington in 1965
Had first career hit on 5/1/1966, off Gary Peters (CLN)
Hit first career homerun on 5/1/1966, off Jim Derrington (CLN)
Injured on 8/20/1967 with a Tight Knee, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1969, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,464,286 through salary arbitration
Injured on 10/8/1970 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 5 weeks
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,464,286 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Montreal on 6/19/1971
7/1/1971: Signed a contract extension with Washington , $3,930,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1974, hitting .556 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
6/1/1975: Signed a contract extension with Washington , $1,440,000 per year, for 2 years
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/16/1978 to a 2-year deal worth $1,700,007 per year
Released by New York (N) on 10/3/1978
Signed as a free agent by Miami on 2/10/1979 to a 2-year deal worth $500,000 per year
6/1/1980: Signed a minor league contract extension with Miami
 
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