Blaine Beatty vs. Bill Swift — Career Comparison

Blaine Beatty
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Swift
Baby BoomersMaineThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Swift built a career as a starting pitcher and Blaine Beatty as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Blaine Beatty posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.3 and WHIP 1.340 compared to 3.95 and 1.398 for Bill Swift. By the career numbers, Blaine Beatty had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Blaine Beatty and Bill Swift

Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
4.02
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
2.27
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.57
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
1.24
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.53
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.44
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.65
54.65
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.59
54.59
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.06
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.15
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.3
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
702
3.95
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
27
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4799
27
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.2
9
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1599.2
9
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
8.04
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
1688
9.5
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.04
8.04
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.5
9.5
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.57
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
0.65
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
3.45
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
507
2.85
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.57
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.24
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
5.74
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
767
4.32
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.74
5.74
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.43
1.43
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.9
1.9
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.021
1.021
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.796
0.796
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.57
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.21
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.3
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.09
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
38.49
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6817
38.35
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.57
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.38
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.3
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
801
4.51
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.57
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.31
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.57
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.17
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
1.32
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.277
1.277
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.372
1.372
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
33.89
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6172
34.72
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.99
1.99
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.35
38.35

Fielding Stats for Blaine Beatty and Bill Swift

Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
4.02
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
2.27
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.57
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
1.24
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
27
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4799
27
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.2
9
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1599.2
9
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.72
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
0.85
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.57
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
1.86
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.16
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.3
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
509
2.86
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.3
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
2.71
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.5
94.5
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.571
0.571
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.194
1.194
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.59
54.59
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.16
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Blaine Beatty and Bill Swift

Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
2100
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
410
894.55
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
275
600
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
229
499.64
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0.592
0.592
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
104.73
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
82.91
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.64
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
21.82
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.68
34.21
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
130.91
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
139.64
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0.522
0.522
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0.416
0.416
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
58.91
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
32.73
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
89.45
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.99
37.06
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
32.73
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
54
117.82
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.09
5.09
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
63.27
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.73
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100