Harvey Bailey vs. Oad Swigart — Career Comparison

Harvey Bailey
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Oad Swigart
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Oad Swigart 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 4.44 and 1.500 for Oad Swigart. 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 Oad Swigart

Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.35
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.93
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.01
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.96
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.51
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.34
Oad Swigart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.58
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.68
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oad Swigart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.19
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
4.13
Oad Swigart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
4.44
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Oad Swigart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
320
27
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
27
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106.2
9
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.2
9
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
9.03
Oad Swigart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
10.41
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.03
9.03
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.41
10.41
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.59
Oad Swigart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.39
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Oad Swigart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Oad Swigart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
3.88
Oad Swigart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
3.09
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Oad Swigart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
2.95
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.28
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Oad Swigart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.7
1.7
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.759
0.759
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.707
0.707
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.34
Oad Swigart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.68
Oad Swigart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
465
39.23
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Innings
202
38.96
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.25
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.58
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
4.89
Oad Swigart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
5.4
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.89
4.89
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.434
1.434
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
411
34.68
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
35.87
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Oad Swigart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.23
39.23
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.96
38.96

Fielding Stats for Harvey Bailey and Oad Swigart

Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.35
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
27
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
9
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.25
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.1
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Oad Swigart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.52
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
2.36
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.33
93.33
Oad Swigart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oad Swigart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Harvey Bailey and Oad Swigart

Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
208.7
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
375
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
560.87
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 600 PA
13
487.5
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
0.62
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.612
0.612
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
130.43
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 600 PA
3
112.5
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
39.13
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.12
53.69
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.8
29.96
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
182.61
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 600 PA
3
112.5
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
169.57
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 600 PA
3
112.5
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.326
0.326
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.608
0.608
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.462
0.462
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.093
0.093
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
3
39.13
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.45
58.03
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 600 PA
1.04
39.15
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
5
65.22
Oad Swigart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.2
9.2
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 600 PA
Harvey Bailey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 600 PA
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oad Swigart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oad Swigart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oad Swigart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oad Swigart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Harvey Bailey
Career
Per 600 PA
Oad Swigart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100