Jim Beckman vs. Matt Swarmer — Career Comparison

Jim Beckman
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Matt Swarmer
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Matt Swarmer built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Beckman as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Matt Swarmer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.03 and WHIP 1.588 compared to 5.86 and 1.880 for Jim Beckman. By the career numbers, Matt Swarmer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Beckman and Matt Swarmer

Jim Beckman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.25
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
2.91
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.32
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.53
Jim Beckman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.65
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.79
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.45
45.45
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Beckman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
5.86
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
5.03
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.59
6.59
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.48
6.48
Jim Beckman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.86
5.86
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.24
7.24
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
27
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
27
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.2
9
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
9
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
12.04
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
8.74
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.04
12.04
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.74
8.74
Jim Beckman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.98
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
3.18
Jim Beckman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Jim Beckman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Jim Beckman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
4.88
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
5.29
Jim Beckman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Jim Beckman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.3
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
9.53
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.53
9.53
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.687
0.687
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.647
1.647
Jim Beckman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
45.22
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
40.5
Jim Beckman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.6
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.53
Jim Beckman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
7.16
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
6.88
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.88
6.88
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Beckman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.88
1.88
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.559
1.559
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
40.01
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
34.94
Jim Beckman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Beckman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.22
45.22
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Jim Beckman and Matt Swarmer

Jim Beckman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.91
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.32
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
27
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
9
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Jim Beckman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Beckman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.53
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.53
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Beckman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.2
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.182
0.182
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.45
45.45
Jim Beckman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Beckman and Matt Swarmer

Jim Beckman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
1200
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
Jim Beckman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Beckman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
480
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Beckman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Beckman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
3.21
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Beckman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Beckman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Beckman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Beckman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Beckman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Beckman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.13
-15.49
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Beckman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jim Beckman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Beckman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Beckman
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA