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Name	Team	Age
Bill Swain	Retired (1955, Age 35)	Died (2001, Age 82)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 12, Pick 191 (1950)	C	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Richie Ashburn League	0	2 years (0 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
C+	B-	C-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
D	C	C+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B	A	B
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	B-	D+
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B	F	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
A	0	11/9/1919
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
D- (5.2 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1950

Majors

0.00

0 / 11

1 / 5

0 / 5

0 / 8

1 / 10

1 / 4

0 / 9

3 / 0

1951

Majors

0.00

1 / 5

0 / 10

1 / 8

0 / 2

0 / 8

0 / 6

0 / 7

2 / 0

1952

Majors

0.00

0 / 5

1 / 12

0 / 10

0 / 6

0 / 7

0 / 6

0 / 2

1 / 0

1953

Majors

0.00

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 4

0 / 0

1954

Majors

0.00

1 / 6

0 / 6

0 / 2

0 / 7

0 / 4

0 / 6

0 / 3

1 / 0

1955

Majors

0.00

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 5

0 / 0

0 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 0

Total

0

0

0

2 / 30

2 / 38

1 / 26

0 / 28

1 / 31

1 / 29

0 / 27

7 / 209

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1955-11-01	Bill Swain has retired from the Detroit Tigers
1954-03-01	The Detroit Tigers have promoted Bill Swain to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have sent George Peterson to the minors.
1953-08-21	The Detroit Tigers have promoted Kevin Wagman to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have sent Bill Swain to the minors.
1950-04-01	The Detroit Tigers have renamed Bob Gibson to Bill Swain.