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Ron Swoboda
	Ronald Alan Swoboda
	(Rocky)

	Born: June 30, 1944 in Baltimore, MD
	68 years old
	Bats: R	Throws: R	Ht: 6'2"	Wt: 195

Fielding Ratings(?)

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Notes:
- Signed by the New York Mets as an Amateur Free Agent in 1963
- High School: Sparrows Point (Baltimore, MD)
- College/Univ: University of Maryland (1963)

Teams

												Park Factors			Attendance
Yr	Age	Team	Lg	Rank	W	L	W%	WC	Div	Lg	WS	Run	HR	Ballpark	Rank	Ratio
1965	21.0	New York Mets	NL	10	50	112	.309					1.00	1.06	Shea Stadium	3 / 10	1.29
1966	22.0	New York Mets	NL	9	66	95	.410					0.98	1.09	Shea Stadium	2 / 10	1.29
1967	23.0	New York Mets	NL	10	61	101	.377					1.00	1.06	Shea Stadium	3 / 10	1.25
1968	24.0	New York Mets	NL	9	73	89	.451					1.00	1.09	Shea Stadium	2 / 10	1.50
1969	25.0	New York Mets	NL	1	100	62	.617		✓	✓	✓	0.99	1.01	Shea Stadium	1 / 12	1.71
1970	26.0	New York Mets	NL	3	83	79	.512					1.00	0.99	Shea Stadium	1 / 12	1.92
1971	27.0	Montreal Expos	NL	5	71	90	.441					1.02	1.03	Jarry Park	8 / 12	0.91
1971	27.0	New York Yankees	AL	4	82	80	.506					0.96	0.77	Yankee Stadium I	4 / 12	1.08
1972	28.0	New York Yankees	AL	4	79	76	.510					0.94	0.76	Yankee Stadium I	4 / 12	1.02
1973	29.0	New York Yankees	AL	4	80	82	.494					0.97	0.77	Yankee Stadium I	5 / 12	1.13
9		3			745	866	.462	0	1	1	1	0.99	0.96			1.31

												Park Factors				Att
Yrs		Team			W	L	W%	WC	Div	Lg	WS	Run	HR			Ratio
6		NYM			433	538	.446	0	1	1	1	0.99				1.49
1		WSN			71	90	.441	0	0	0	0	1.02				0.91
3		NYY			241	238	.503	0	0	0	0	0.96				1.08

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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James