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Evar
Swanson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 170
 
Born: October 15, 1902 in Usa, IL, DEKALB
 
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
1930 27 NYG NL $ 300,000   57 57 57 19 19 19 82 82 82 27 26 26 79 79 79
1931 28 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 9 9 9 3 3 3 9 9 9
1932 29 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 9 9 9 3 3 3 8 8 8
1933 30 SDP NL $ 350,000   7 7 7 2 2 2 9 9 9 3 3 3 8 8 8
1934 31 SDP NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 9 9 9 3 3 3 8 8 8
1935 32 SDP NL $ 430,714   6 6 6 1 1 1 9 9 9 3 3 3 8 8 8
1936 33 SDP NL $ 460,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 9 9 9 3 3 3 6 6 6
1937 34 SDP NL $ 460,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 7 7 7 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 7 7 7 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 460,000   57 57 57 19 19 19 82 82 82 27 26 26 79 79 79
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
1930 27 BOS AL 76 132 16 35 8 4 2 25 2 2 10 8 .265 .324 .432 .756 17.3 2.6
1931 28 NYG NL 107 210 30 64 15 2 1 26 5 2 4 12 .305 .312 .410 .721 23.6 2.8
1932 29 NYG NL 84 185 21 46 5 1 1 16 9 5 7 13 .249 .276 .303 .579 14.9 0.7
1933 30 NYG NL 88 345 56 96 22 9 1 31 7 4 18 23 .278 .318 .403 .721 38.8 5.7
  SDP NL 49 130 14 29 3 0 1 10 3 1 4 10 .223 .250 .269 .519 7.4 0.0
  TOT   137 475 70 125 25 9 2 41 10 5 22 33 .263 .300 .366 .666 46.3 5.7
1934 31 SDP NL 114 332 51 92 13 3 3 34 9 9 27 20 .277 .332 .361 .693 39.2 4.6
1935 32 SDP NL 70 63 24 15 1 1 0 2 5 2 2 4 .238 .262 .286 .547 4.5 0.1
1936 33 SDP NL 50 70 23 25 9 1 0 11 5 1 7 17 .357 .416 .514 .930 13.5 3.0
1937 34 SDP NL 96 121 22 29 5 4 1 18 5 0 3 20 .240 .258 .372 .630 10.5 0.8
8 Years Sim 734 1588 257 431 81 25 10 173 50 26 82 127 .271 .308 .373 .681 169.7 20.4
162 Game Average 350 56 95 17 5 2 38 11 5 18 28 .271 .308 .373 .681 37.5  
Career Highs 137 475 70 125 25 9 3 41 10 9 27 33 .357 .416 .514 .930 46.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   832 151 243 46 18 7 106 29 9 49 66 .292 .332 .416 .748 110.4
vs LH   733 105 184 35 7 3 67 20 17 32 58 .251 .284 .330 .615 62.6
Home 348 750 123 211 45 14 4 92 17 9 35 65 .281 .313 .395 .708 87.1
Away 380 815 133 216 36 11 6 81 32 17 46 59 .265 .307 .358 .665 86.0
RISP   383 0 116 23 7 3 146 0 0 28 26 .303 .346 .423 .769 53.5
Pinch Hitting   195 25 60 8 3 3 31 3 1 10 10 .308 .335 .426 .761 26.9
Close/Late   190 69 64 8 4 0 24 0 0 6 10 .337 .362 .421 .783 25.9
Mar/Apr 131 256 42 71 11 6 2 31 9 3 13 19 .277 .314 .391 .704 30.4
May 138 343 50 92 16 8 3 29 7 5 22 25 .268 .313 .388 .700 39.7
June 134 320 53 92 18 3 2 43 12 4 18 28 .288 .327 .381 .708 38.6
July 128 283 42 78 12 4 2 33 9 6 12 19 .276 .309 .367 .676 29.8
August 113 207 42 56 14 3 1 17 9 5 10 16 .271 .305 .382 .686 22.6
Sep/Oct 84 156 27 38 10 1 0 20 3 3 6 17 .244 .272 .321 .592 12.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1930 27 BOS AL CF 14 11 92.0 39 0 1 0 .975 3.82   0.4
    LF 12 7 69.7 25 0 2 0 .926 3.23    
    RF 9 8 65.3 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.65    
    1B 1 0 7.0 6 2 1 2 .889 10.29   0.0
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1931 28 NYG NL RF 19 16 140.0 16 0 1 0 .941 1.03   1.1
    LF 20 14 134.7 39 1 0 0 1.000 2.67    
    CF 8 8 69.0 12 0 1 0 .923 1.57    
    SS 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1932 29 NYG NL RF 36 32 278.3 59 2 1 2 .984 1.97   1.0
    CF 13 7 70.0 22 0 1 0 .957 2.83    
    LF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1933 30 NYG NL LF 67 67 661.3 131 1 5 0 .964 1.80   1.7
    CF 9 5 53.8 18 0 1 0 .947 3.01   0.0
    RF 5 0 11.5 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.35   0.0
  SDP NL LF 37 37 244.2 49 0 2 0 .961 1.81   0.7
    CF 5 3 19.9 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.17   0.0
    RF 3 0 4.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.09   0.0
  TOT   LF 104 104 905.5 180 1 7 0 .963 1.80   2.4
      CF 14 8 73.7 25 0 1 0 .962 3.05   0.0
      RF 8 0 15.8 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.28   0.0
1934 31 SDP NL LF 70 60 517.7 125 1 2 0 .984 2.19   2.2
    RF 26 26 194.3 64 1 0 0 1.000 3.01    
    CF 4 1 15.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.60    
1935 32 SDP NL CF 15 10 87.0 28 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.4
    LF 19 0 33.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.73    
    RF 6 0 10.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.53    
1936 33 SDP NL RF 14 10 92.7 15 1 0 1 1.000 1.55   0.3
    CF 10 3 48.0 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.69    
    LF 8 3 28.3 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.18    
1937 34 SDP NL CF 21 7 87.7 27 0 1 0 .964 2.77   0.4
    LF 14 5 57.7 12 0 1 0 .923 1.87    
    RF 16 2 43.3 13 0 1 0 .929 2.70    
    SS 3 0 6.7 2 2 0 1 1.000 5.41   0.0
  LF 249 193 1750.5 403 3 12 0 .971 2.09   4.6
  RF 134 94 840.4 186 4 3 3 .984 2.03   2.5
  CF 99 55 542.4 162 2 5 0 .970 2.72   1.2
  SS 4 0 10.7 3 2 0 1 1.000 4.22   0.0
  1B 2 0 8.0 7 2 1 2 .900 10.13   0.0
  3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   489 342 3154.9 761 13 21 6 .974 2.21   8.3
Career Highs   126 112 995.0 209 2 8 2 1.000 3.19    
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
1933 30 SDP NL 6 23 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .174 .208 .174 .382
1934 31 SDP NL 2 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .250 .333 .250 .583
Career Post-Season Batting 8 31 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .194 .242 .194 .436
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.
Triples
1933-5-9
 Stolen Bases
1932-2-9
1933-10-10
1934-7-9
 Caught Stealing
1932-6-5
1934-2-9
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Had first career hit on 4/5/1930, off Bill Hallahan (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 5/12/1930, off Lefty Willis (HOU)
Injured on 5/30/1930 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/30/1930 with a Torn Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for full season
Traded from Boston (A) to New York (G) on 7/31/1930 (Going to NYG: RF Evar Swanson. Going to BOS: RF Roy Carlyle)
Had 6 hits with 3 RBI against Detroit on 9/18/1931
1/31/1933: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
4/6/1933: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (G)
Traded from New York (G) to San Diego on 7/16/1933 (Going to SDP: CF Evar Swanson, CF Kiddo Davis. Going to NYG: RF Les Mann, P Buck Marrow)
2/5/1935: Gets a new one-year contract worth $430,714 through salary arbitration
9/1/1935: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $460,000 per year, for 2 years
 
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