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Bob Swift
1915-1966
C 1940-53 Browns, A's, Tigers
Manager in 1965-66 Tigers
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| Games | Average | HR | RBI |
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| Career |
1001 | .231 | 14 | 238 | | World Series |
3 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
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56-43 | .566 |
A 14-year AL catcher, Swift was a smart handler of pitchers. But, behind the plate
for the Tigers on August 18, 1951, he couldn't crouch low enough to frame a strike
zone when the Browns sent midget Eddie Gaedel to bat. A skilled instructor, he was
a winning minor league manager, a major league coach, and an interim manager for
the Tigers in 1965 and 1966, filling in for the ailing Chuck Dressen.
(JK)
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