Evar Swanson
Cincinnati Reds 1929–1930; Chicago White Sox 1932–1934
Percentile snapshot
1934 season — qualified batters
of 135 qualified 1934 batters (min 474 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 148 | 636 | 574 | 100 | 172 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 43 | 41 | 47 | 33 | 0 | .300 | .353 | .423 | .776 | 95.5 | 96.2 | .353 | 1.3 |
| 1930 | 95 | 323 | 301 | 43 | 93 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 0 | .309 | .335 | .399 | .734 | 79.8 | 80.6 | .328 | 0.3 |
| 1932 | 14 | 61 | 52 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .308 | .400 | .404 | .804 | 117.0 | 113.6 | .377 | 0.3 |
| 1933 | 144 | 650 | 539 | 102 | 165 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 63 | 93 | 35 | 19 | 11 | .306 | .411 | .384 | .795 | 119.4 | 113.8 | .381 | 3.0 |
| 1934 | 117 | 492 | 426 | 71 | 127 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 59 | 31 | 10 | 3 | .298 | .385 | .343 | .727 | 90.6 | 85.9 | .352 | 0.5 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933-07-11 | CWS @ MIN Gameday | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 1934-06-22 | CWS @ BOS Gameday | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1929-07-14 | CIN @ LAD Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 1929-09-21 | PHI @ CIN Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 1929-10-05 | CHC @ CIN Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929-04-16 | STL @ CIN Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929-04-17 | STL @ CIN Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929-04-18 | STL @ CIN Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929-04-19 | STL @ CIN Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929-04-20 | PIT @ CIN Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.