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Ron Swoboda

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: June 30, 1944 in Baltimore, MD us

High School: Sparrows Point HS (Baltimore, MD)

Schools: New York University (New York, NY), University of Maryland (College Park, MD)

Debut: April 12, 1965 (Age 20-286d, 12,325th in major league history)
vs. LAD 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1973 (Age 29-092d)
vs. DET 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1965 season

Full Name: Ronald Alan Swoboda

Nicknames: Rocky

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1969 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.0

2581

624

.242

285

RBI

344

OBP

.324

SLG

.379

OPS

.703

OPS+

101

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	NYM	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	34	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	RF
2	2	Apr 11	NYM	@	LAD	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
3	3	Apr 13	NYM	@	LAD	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
4	4	Apr 14	NYM	@	HOU	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
5	5	Apr 15	NYM	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG	87	23.1	6	0	0	6	0	RF
6	6	Apr 17	NYM		SFG	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
7	7	Apr 18	NYM		SFG	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
8	8	Apr 19	NYM		LAD	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
9	9	Apr 20	NYM		LAD	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	RF
10	10	Apr 21 (1)	NYM		LAD	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
11	11	Apr 21 (2)	NYM		LAD	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
12	12	Apr 23	NYM		HOU	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
13	13	Apr 26	NYM	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
14	14	Apr 27	NYM	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
15	15	Apr 28	NYM	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	RF
16	16	Apr 30	NYM		PHI	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	NYM		PHI	L,2-7	CG	51	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
18	18	May 2	NYM		PHI	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
19	19	May 4	NYM		CHC	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
20	20	May 5 (1)	NYM		CHC	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
21	21	May 5 (2)	NYM		CHC	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
22	22	May 6	NYM	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	40	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
23	23	May 7	NYM	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
24	24	May 8	NYM	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
25	25	May 10	NYM	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
26	26	May 11	NYM	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	RF
27	27	May 12 (1)	NYM	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	RF
28	28	May 12 (2)	NYM	@	CHC	W,10-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	RF
29	29	May 14	NYM		CIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
30	30	May 15	NYM		CIN	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
31	31	May 16	NYM		CIN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
32	32	May 17	NYM		ATL	L,1-3	CG	60	16.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
33	33	May 18	NYM		ATL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
34	34	May 19 (1)	NYM		ATL	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
35	35	May 19 (2)	NYM		ATL	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
36	36	May 20	NYM		PIT	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
37	37	May 21	NYM		PIT	W,4-3	CG	60	17.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
38	38	May 22	NYM	@	PHI	L,0-8	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
39	39	May 24	NYM	@	ATL	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
40	40	May 25	NYM	@	ATL	W,9-1	CG	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
41	41	May 26	NYM	@	ATL	L,1-2	CG	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
42	42	May 30 (1)	NYM	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
43	43	May 30 (2)	NYM	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
44	44	May 31	NYM		STL	L,0-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	45	Jun 1	NYM		STL	L,5-6	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
46	46	Jun 2 (1)	NYM		STL	L,3-6	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
47	48 (1)	Jun 4	NYM	@	CHC	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
48	49	Jun 5	NYM	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
49	50	Jun 6	NYM	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
50	51	Jun 7	NYM	@	SFG	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
51	52	Jun 9 (1)	NYM	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	RF
52	53	Jun 9 (2)	NYM	@	SFG	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
53	54	Jun 10	NYM	@	LAD	W,1-0	CG	35	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
54	55	Jun 11	NYM	@	LAD	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
55	56	Jun 12	NYM	@	LAD	W,2-1	GS	29	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
56	73 (16)	Jun 29	NYM	@	HOU	L,0-2	CG	38	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
57	74	Jun 30	NYM	@	HOU	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	75	Jul 2	NYM		PIT	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
59	76	Jul 3	NYM		PIT	L,1-8	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
60	77	Jul 4 (1)	NYM		PIT	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
61	78	Jul 4 (2)	NYM		PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
62	79	Jul 5	NYM	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
63	80	Jul 6	NYM	@	PHI	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
64	81	Jul 7 (1)	NYM	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	40	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	RF
65	82	Jul 7 (2)	NYM	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
66	83	Jul 11 (1)	NYM		CHC	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
67	84	Jul 11 (2)	NYM		CHC	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
68	85	Jul 12	NYM		CHC	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
69	86	Jul 13	NYM		CHC	L,1-2	CG	42	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
70	87	Jul 14 (1)	NYM		PHI	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
71	88	Jul 14 (2)	NYM		PHI	L,2-9	GF	10	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
72	89	Jul 15	NYM		PHI	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	RF
73	90	Jul 16	NYM	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
74	91	Jul 17 (1)	NYM	@	PIT	L,2-8	CG	43	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
75	92	Jul 17 (2)	NYM	@	PIT	W,5-4		11	3.0	1	0	1	2	0	PH RF
76	94 (1)	Jul 19	NYM	@	STL	W,4-2	GS	24	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
77	97 (2)	Jul 21 (2)	NYM	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
78	98	Jul 22	NYM	@	ATL	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
79	99	Jul 23	NYM	@	ATL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
80	100	Jul 24	NYM	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.2	4	0	0	4	0	RF
81	101	Jul 25	NYM	@	ATL	L,2-4	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
82	102	Jul 26	NYM		CIN	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
83	103	Jul 27	NYM		CIN	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
84	104	Jul 28	NYM		CIN	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
85	107 (2)	Jul 31	NYM		ATL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	108	Aug 1	NYM		ATL	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
87	109	Aug 2	NYM	@	LAD	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
88	110	Aug 3	NYM	@	LAD	L,0-8	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	RF
89	111	Aug 4 (1)	NYM	@	LAD	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
90	112	Aug 4 (2)	NYM	@	LAD	L,0-2	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
91	113	Aug 5	NYM	@	HOU	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
92	115 (1)	Aug 7	NYM	@	HOU	L,3-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
93	118 (2)	Aug 10 (2)	NYM	@	SFG	L,0-1	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
94	119	Aug 11 (1)	NYM	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
95	120	Aug 11 (2)	NYM	@	SFG	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
96	123 (2)	Aug 16	NYM		HOU	L,1-3	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
97	125 (1)	Aug 18 (1)	NYM		HOU	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
98	126	Aug 18 (2)	NYM		HOU	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
99	127	Aug 19	NYM		SFG	L,0-1	CG	66	17.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
100	128	Aug 20	NYM		SFG	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
101	129	Aug 21	NYM		SFG	L,3-13	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
102	130	Aug 23	NYM	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
103	131	Aug 24	NYM	@	CIN	L,7-10	CG	45	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
104	132	Aug 25	NYM	@	CIN	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
105	133	Aug 26	NYM	@	STL	W,1-0	GS	25	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
106	134	Aug 27	NYM	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
107	135	Aug 28 (1)	NYM		CIN	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
108	137 (1)	Aug 29	NYM		CIN	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
109	138	Aug 30	NYM		STL	W,8-2	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
110	139	Aug 31	NYM		STL	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
111	140	Sep 1	NYM		STL	L,2-3	GF	18	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH RF
112	141	Sep 2 (1)	NYM		ATL	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
113	144 (2)	Sep 3 (2)	NYM		ATL	L,6-7	GF	16	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
114	147 (2)	Sep 8	NYM	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
115	149 (1)	Sep 11	NYM	@	CHC	W,1-0	GS	30	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	RF
116	151 (1)	Sep 14	NYM		PIT	L,0-6	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
117	153 (1)	Sep 17	NYM		CHC	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
118	155 (1)	Sep 20 (1)	NYM	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
119	157 (1)	Sep 21	NYM	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
120	158	Sep 22	NYM	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
121	159	Sep 24	NYM	@	ATL	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
122	160	Sep 25	NYM	@	ATL	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
123	161	Sep 27	NYM		PHI	L,2-3	CG	47	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
124	162	Sep 28	NYM		PHI	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
125	163	Sep 29	NYM		PHI	L,3-10	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
							125gm		1084.1	219	14	6	239	4