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Ron Swoboda
Ronald Alan Swoboda (Rocky)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 205 lb.
School Maryland

MLB Debut April 12, 1965
Final Game September 30, 1973
Born June 30, 1944 in Baltimore, MD (age 79)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1965 21 NYN NL  137  427   44  101  10   3  20   62   1   2   39   84  .237  .300  .415  .715   101   177   0   3   6   1  15  
 1966 22 NYN NL   96  244   20   49  12   1   2   21   3   0   25   51  .201  .279  .283  .562    80    69   0   4   1   3  11  
 1967 23 NYN NL  142  482   51  141  16   1  13   50   7   2   55  111  .293  .364  .411  .774   122   198   0   2   3   0  13  
 1968 24 NYN NL  114  223   20   41   7   3   4   17   2   0   22   52  .184  .256  .296  .552    87    66   0   1   2   0   3  
 1969 25 NYN NL   95  242   38   65  11   1   8   38   1   0   27   59  .269  .337  .421  .758   111   102   0   4   0   0   6  
 1970 26 NYN NL   95  201   34   57   8   1  16   41   0   2   22   38  .284  .356  .572  .928   128   115   0   1   0   1   2  
 1971 27 BOA AL   87  147   17   28   3   2   2   15   0   0   31   38  .190  .350  .279  .629    90    41   0   0   0   5   5  
 1972 28 BOA AL   46  137   10   35  13   0   0   13   0   0    8   33  .255  .295  .350  .645    95    48   0   1   1   0   6  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
  8 Seasons      812 2103  234  517  80  12  65  257  14   6  229  466  .246  .321  .388  .709         816   0  16  13  10  61
 Per 600 PA           535   60  132  20   3  17   65   4   2   58  119                                 208   0   4   3   3  16
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With NYN      679 1819  207  454  64  10  63  229  14   6  190  395  .250  .320  .400  .720         727   0  15  12   5  50
   With BOA      133  284   27   63  16   2   2   28   0   0   39   71  .222  .325  .313  .639          89   0   1   1   5  11
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals      928 2581  285  624  87  24  73  344  20  14  299  647  .242  .324  .379  .703         978   9  14  18  21  65
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1965 21 NYN NL  36   49   3.9  22   7   1  .318   6   36   19  .528    0    0  .000  OF   4(0)e17     0   
 1966 22 NYN NL  88   19   2.4  26   4   0  .154   1   18   14  .778    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e4    -76   
 1967 23 NYN NL  35   72   5.5   5   1   0  .200  13   55   41  .745    0    0  .000  OF   2(0)e15    16   
 1968 24 NYN NL  37   17   2.6  61  16   2  .262   2   11    4  .364    0    0  .000  OF   4(0)e9   -147   
 1969 25 NYN NL  41   35   5.1  31   9   0  .290   1   21   11  .524    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e4     71   
 1970 26 NYN NL  76   41   7.4  18   7   3  .389   3   14    8  .571    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e6    196   
 1971 27 BOA AL  56   16   3.5  46   4   0  .087   1   12   10  .833    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e10   -97   
 1972 28 BOA AL  88   12   3.2   4   0   0  .000   5   14    6  .429    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e6    -41   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
  8 Seasons          264   4.3 213  48   6  .225  32  181  113  .624    0    0  .000                  -3   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 6.6 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 0.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1965 21 NYN NL  LF   114   199     4    6    0   .971   105   897.0   2.04
                 RF     5     8     1    0    0  1.000     4    30.0   2.70
                 CF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1966 22 NYN NL  LF    78   104     6    1    0   .991    62   521.0   1.90
                 RF     2     2     0    0    0  1.000     1     9.0   2.00
 1967 23 NYN NL  RF   135   226     5   12    0   .951   131  1161.1   1.79
                 CF     2     5     1    1    0   .857     1    10.2   5.06
                 1B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.2   0.00
 1968 24 NYN NL  RF    46    63     2    2    0   .970    44   366.1   1.60
                 LF     4     4     0    0    0  1.000     2    23.2   1.52
 1969 25 NYN NL  RF    53    61     3    1    0   .985    52   415.0   1.39
                 LF    26    27     0    0    0  1.000     5   101.1   2.40
                 3B     1     0     1    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
 1970 26 NYN NL  RF    76    74     0    3    0   .961    48   464.0   1.44
                 LF     3     2     0    0    0  1.000     0     4.0   4.50
 1971 27 BOA AL  LF    26    39     1    0    0  1.000    23   197.0   1.83
                 RF    15    15     2    1    0   .944     9    81.2   1.87
 1972 28 BOA AL  RF    41    58     4    5    0   .925    37   312.2   1.78
                 CF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     1     6.0   1.50
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 RF   373   507    17   24    0   .956   326  2840.0   1.66
                 LF   251   375    11    7    0   .982   197  1744.0   1.99
                 CF     4     6     1    1    0   .875     2    17.2   3.57
                 1B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.2   0.00
                 3B     1     0     1    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1969 NLCS  NYN SFN   W    2   5  1  3  0  0  0   2  2  2  .600  .714  .600  0
      WS    NYN BAA   L    5  16  2  6  4  0  1   3  0  2  .375  .353  .812  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1965  NYN   60-102  Steve Dewing
 1966  NYN   62-100  Steve Dewing
 1967  NYN   51-111  Chris Colucci, Steve Dewing
 1968  NYN   87-75   Roger Mullon, Steve Bivens
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