Jim Bagby Jr. vs. Erik Swanson — Career Comparison

Jim Bagby Jr.
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Erik Swanson
MillenialOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Bagby Jr. built a career as a starting pitcher and Erik Swanson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Bagby Jr. posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.96 and WHIP 1.454 compared to 4.2 and 1.154 for Erik Swanson. By the career numbers, Jim Bagby Jr. had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Bagby Jr. and Erik Swanson

Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
303
1.64
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
8.32
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
1.07
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.37
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.52
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.37
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.52
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.54
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.26
50.26
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.74
40.74
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.35
65.35
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.45
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.07
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.34
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
733
3.96
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
4.2
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4999
27
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
798
27
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1666.1
9
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
266
9
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1815
9.8
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
7.78
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.78
7.78
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.53
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
1.66
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.66
1.66
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
608
3.28
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.5
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.1
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
431
2.33
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
9.51
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.51
9.51
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.42
1.42
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.624
0.624
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.335
1.335
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.14
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.17
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.15
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.27
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7266
39.24
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1092
36.95
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.35
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.79
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
849
4.59
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
4.57
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.1
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.17
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.54
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.454
1.454
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6630
35.81
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1002
33.9
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.8
2.8
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.24
39.24
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.95
36.95

Fielding Stats for Jim Bagby Jr. and Erik Swanson

Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
8.32
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.37
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
798
27
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
9
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.44
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.41
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
504
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.91
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.85
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.63
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.59
92.59
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.58
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.102
0.102
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Bagby Jr. and Erik Swanson

Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
322
291.4
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
246
73800
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
663
600
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
620
561.09
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.541
0.541
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
140
126.7
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
119
107.69
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
14.48
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.81
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.71
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
19
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36.82
33.32
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
169
152.94
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
151
136.65
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.366
0.366
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
53.39
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
50.68
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
101.36
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.11
36.3
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.71
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
7.24
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
68
61.54
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.75
9.75
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
28.96
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
14
12.67
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.9
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.9
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA