Walter Ball vs. Matt Swarmer — Career Comparison

Walter Ball
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Matt Swarmer
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Walter Ball posted a stronger line than Matt Swarmer. Walter Ball posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.65 vs 5.03) and WHIP (1.220 vs 1.588). By the career numbers, Walter Ball had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Walter Ball and Matt Swarmer

Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
1.32
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.91
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.97
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.32
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.54
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.53
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.46
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.79
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.24
54.24
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.08
73.08
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.45
45.45
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.83
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
2.65
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
5.03
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.24
7.24
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1591
27
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
27
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
530.1
9
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
9
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
525
8.91
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
8.74
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.91
8.91
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.74
8.74
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
3.18
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
2.07
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
5.29
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.07
2.07
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
248
4.21
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
9.53
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.53
9.53
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.647
1.647
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.25
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2211
37.52
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
40.5
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.1
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.53
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
3.92
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
6.88
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.88
6.88
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.02
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.71
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.559
1.559
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2014
34.18
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
34.94
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.52
37.52
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Walter Ball and Matt Swarmer

Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
1.32
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.91
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.37
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.32
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2364
27
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
27
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
788
9
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
9
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.57
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.68
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.13
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
2.38
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.53
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
2.25
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.53
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.71
94.71
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.698
1.698
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.182
0.182
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.59
27.59
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.45
45.45
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Walter Ball and Matt Swarmer

Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
201.16
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
11
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
346
600
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
321
556.65
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
143.93
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
124.86
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.4
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.94
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
19.08
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29.41
50.99
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
173.41
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
169.94
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.312
0.312
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.603
0.603
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.487
0.487
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
60.69
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
60.69
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
119.65
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.55
61.64
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.47
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
22.54
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
17.34
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA