Swede Risberg
HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 0 in · 175 lb
BornOctober 13, 1894 · San Francisco, CA, USA
MLB debutApril 11, 1917
Final gameSeptember 27, 1920
Seasons4 (1917–1920)
Chicago White Sox 1917–1920
Percentile snapshot
1920 season — qualified batters
of 143 qualified 1920 batters (min 477 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 | 149 | 563 | 474 | 59 | 96 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 45 | 59 | 65 | 16 | 0 | .203 | .297 | .285 | .582 | 78.5 | 77.1 | .296 | 1.3 |
| 1918 | 82 | 304 | 273 | 36 | 70 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 23 | 32 | 5 | 0 | .256 | .321 | .333 | .654 | 96.3 | 97.8 | .326 | 1.1 |
| 1919 | 119 | 464 | 414 | 48 | 106 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 38 | 35 | 38 | 19 | 0 | .256 | .317 | .345 | .662 | 84.8 | 86.4 | .318 | 1.0 |
| 1920 | 126 | 506 | 458 | 53 | 122 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 65 | 31 | 45 | 12 | 10 | .266 | .316 | .369 | .685 | 79.4 | 81.6 | .321 | 1.0 |
Career totals
G
476
PA
1,837
AB
1,619
R
196
H
394
2B
72
3B
27
HR
6
RBI
175
BB
148
SO
180
SB
52
BA
.2434
OBP
.3114
SLG
.3323
OPS
.6437
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920-09-20 | ATH @ CWS Gameday | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 1920-06-30 | CWS @ DET Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 1917-06-27 | DET @ CWS Gameday | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 1920-09-21 | ATH @ CWS Gameday | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 1918-05-03 | CWS @ DET Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1917-04-11 | CWS @ BAL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917-04-13 | CWS @ BAL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917-04-14 | CWS @ BAL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917-04-15 | CWS @ DET Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917-04-16 | CWS @ DET 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.