Bill Swanson (baseball)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1888–1954)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Bill Swanson

|position=Infielder

|image=

|bats=Both

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1888|10|12|mf=y}}

|birth_place=New York, New York

|death_date={{death date and age|1954|10|14|1888|10|12}}

|death_place=New York, New York

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 2

|debutyear=1914

|debutteam= Boston Red Sox

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 7

|finalyear=1914

|finalteam=Boston Red Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.200

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=RBI

|stat3value=0

|teams=

• Boston Red Sox (1914)

}}

William Andrew Swanson (October 12, 1888 – October 14, 1954) was an infielder in Major League Baseball. Listed at {{height|ft=5|in=6}}, 156 lb., Swanson batted and threw right-handed. He was born in New York, New York.

Swanson played briefly for the {{By|1914}} Boston Red Sox as a reserve infielder for Steve Yerkes (2B), Larry Gardner (3B) and Everett Scott (SS). He went 4-for-20 for a .200 batting average in 11 games, including two doubles and a .304 on-base percentage, and never appeared in a major league game again.

Swanson died in his hometown of New York, just two days after his 66th birthday.