Harvey Bailey vs. Matt Swarmer — Career Comparison

Harvey Bailey
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Matt Swarmer
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Matt Swarmer built a career as a starting pitcher and Harvey Bailey as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harvey Bailey posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.13 and WHIP 1.434 compared to 5.03 and 1.588 for Matt Swarmer. By the career numbers, Harvey Bailey had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harvey Bailey and Matt Swarmer

Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.35
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.91
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
1.01
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.32
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.51
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.53
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.34
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.79
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.45
45.45
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.68
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
4.13
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
5.03
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.24
7.24
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
320
27
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
27
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106.2
9
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
9
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
9.03
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
8.74
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.03
9.03
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.74
8.74
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.59
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
3.18
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.88
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
5.29
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
2.95
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
9.53
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.53
9.53
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.19
2.19
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.759
0.759
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.647
1.647
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.34
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.68
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
39.23
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
40.5
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.25
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.53
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
4.89
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
6.88
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.89
4.89
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.88
6.88
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.434
1.434
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.559
1.559
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
411
34.68
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
34.94
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.23
39.23
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Harvey Bailey and Matt Swarmer

Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.35
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.91
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.32
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
27
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
27
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
9
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
9
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.25
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.1
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.52
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.53
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
2.36
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.53
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
93.33
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.182
0.182
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.45
45.45
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harvey Bailey and Matt Swarmer

Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
208.7
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
11
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
600
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
560.87
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
0.62
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
130.43
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
39.13
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.12
53.69
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
182.61
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
169.57
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.326
0.326
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.608
0.608
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.093
0.093
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
39.13
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.45
58.03
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
5
65.22
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.2
9.2
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA