Performance
Bob Swift
Bob Swift is credited on 106 releases across 44 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1952–2010 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
106
Pressings credited
44
Albums
7
Decades active
5
In collections
Biography
Robert Virgil Swift (March 6, 1915 – October 17, 1966) was an American professional baseball player, coach, manager and scout. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher, standing 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighing 180 pounds (82 kg). He threw and batted right-handed. Swift is pictured in one of the most famous photographs in American sporting history. He was the catcher for the Detroit Tigers on August 19, 1951, when St. Louis Browns owner Bill Veeck sent midget Eddie Gaedel to pinch hit during an actual MLB game. The stunt occurred in the second game of a doubleheader at Sportsman's Park, inspired by the James Thurber short story You Could Look It Up. Gaedel was allowed to bat when the Browns showed the umpires a legitimate baseball contract issued by the American League office. Swift knelt on the ground to receive pitcher Bob Cain's offerings—it is this kneeling stance that is captured in the photo—and Gaedel took a base on balls. He was immediately replaced at first base by a pinch runner and he never appeared in a big league game again.
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Credited work
106 releases · 44 albums · active 1952–2010
- Performance · 115
Studios: The Hollywood Palladium · Hotel Lincoln, NYC · Royal Roost (2) · Shrine Auditorium
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Woody Herman
- Artie Shaw
- Woody Herman And His Orchestra
- Various
- Stan Getz
- Charlie Barnet
- Benny Goodman
- Boyd Raeburn And His Orchestra
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