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Ron Swoboda
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 37 of 890 players

Ronald Alan Swoboda
Born: June 30, 1944 at Baltimore, Md.
Throws: Right Bats: Right
Height: 6.02 Weight: 205

Ron Swoboda was the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup on March 22, 2005, September 14, 2005, March 23, 2006, March 7, 2007, June 7, 2008, June 8, 2008, and June 9, 2008.

First Mets game: April 12, 1965
Last Mets game: September 28, 1970

Ron Swoboda also played for the following teams:

Montreal Expos 1971; New York Yankees 1971 - 1973

Signed with New York Mets as a free agent on September 5, 1963.

Traded by the New York Mets to the Montreal Expos with Rich Hacker in exchange for Don Hahn on March 31, 1971.

Click the icon to see a graph of Ron Swoboda's batting, slugging, and on base percentages

Batting Record with New York Mets

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1965 135 399 52 91 15 3 19 50 33 3 102 3 2 3 1 2 169 .228 .424 .291

1966 112 342 34 76 9 4 8 50 31 4 76 5 4 2 2 1 117 .222 .342 .296

1967 134 449 47 126 17 3 13 53 41 4 96 1 3 1 0 3 188 .281 .419 .340

1968 132 450 46 109 14 6 11 59 52 1 113 4 8 1 1 1 168 .242 .373 .325

1969 109 327 38 77 10 2 9 52 43 4 90 2 1 1 1 2 118 .235 .361 .326

1970 115 245 29 57 8 2 9 40 40 0 72 1 2 4 1 2 96 .233 .392 .340

6 years 737 2212 246 536 73 20 69 304 240 16 549 16 20 12 6 11 856 .242 .387 .319

World Series Record

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1969 4 15 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 7 .400 .467 .438

1 year 4 15 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 7 .400 .467 .438

Led Mets in triples with 6 in 1968.
Led Mets in home runs with 19 in 1965.
Led Mets in runs batted in with 59 in 1968.
Led Mets in strikeouts with 113 in 1968.
Led Mets in walks with 52 in 1968.
Led Mets in grounded into double play with 14 in 1968.

Games where Ron Swoboda had 2 or more Home Runs
vs. Milwaukee (NL) 05/08/65. At St. Louis (NL) 09/15/69. vs. Houston (NL) 05/31/70.

Games where Ron Swoboda had 4 or more Hits
At Philadelphia (NL) 08/15/67.

Games played by position
1965: Outfield 112, Left Field 73, Center Field 26, Right Field 15
1966: Outfield 97, Left Field 88, Right Field 10
1967: Outfield 108, Right Field 108, First Base 20
1968: Right Field 125, Outfield 125
1969: Outfield 97, Right Field 77, Left Field 22
1970: Outfield 100, Right Field 100, Left Field 1

Lineup Analysis
Number of games in each batting order position in games in which Ron Swoboda was in the starting lineup.

Year 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

1965 0 1 2 20 31 38 11 1 0
1966 0 0 1 11 26 32 18 0 0
1967 0 0 1 38 46 20 17 0 0
1968 0 0 8 37 41 24 7 0 0
1969 0 0 3 0 22 59 2 0 0
1970 0 0 1 1 33 19 4 0 0
Totals 0 1 16 107 199 192 59 1 0

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Year	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th
1965	0	1	2	20	31	38	11	1	0
1966	0	0	1	11	26	32	18	0	0
1967	0	0	1	38	46	20	17	0	0
1968	0	0	8	37	41	24	7	0	0
1969	0	0	3	0	22	59	2	0	0
1970	0	0	1	1	33	19	4	0	0
Totals	0	1	16	107	199	192	59	1	0