Clint Blume vs. Bill Swift — Career Comparison

Clint Blume
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Swift
Baby BoomersMaineThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Swift built a career as a starting pitcher and Clint Blume as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Clint Blume posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3 and WHIP 1.515 compared to 3.95 and 1.398 for Bill Swift. By the career numbers, Clint Blume had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Clint Blume and Bill Swift

Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.55
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
2.27
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
1.24
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.82
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
0.53
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.44
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.65
54.65
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.38
15.38
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.59
54.59
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.06
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.15
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
702
3.95
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
27
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4799
27
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
9
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1599.2
9
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
7.91
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
1688
9.5
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.5
9.5
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
0.65
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
5.73
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
507
2.85
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.24
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.09
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
767
4.32
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.9
1.9
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.758
0.758
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.796
0.796
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.21
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.55
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.3
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.09
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
39.55
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6817
38.35
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.45
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.38
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.82
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
801
4.51
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.31
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.17
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
1.32
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.515
1.515
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.372
1.372
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
33.27
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6172
34.72
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.99
1.99
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.55
39.55
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.35
38.35

Fielding Stats for Clint Blume and Bill Swift

Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
2.27
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
1.24
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4799
27
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1599.2
9
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
0.85
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
1.86
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.16
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
509
2.86
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
2.71
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.5
94.5
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.194
1.194
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.59
54.59
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.16
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clint Blume and Bill Swift

Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
13
866.67
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
410
894.55
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
275
600
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
6
400
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
229
499.64
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.722
0.722
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0.592
0.592
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
104.73
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
82.91
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.64
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
21.82
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.78
51.96
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.68
34.21
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
130.91
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
139.64
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.611
0.611
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0.522
0.522
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0.416
0.416
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
58.91
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
32.73
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
89.45
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.1
73.56
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.99
37.06
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
32.73
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
54
117.82
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.09
5.09
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
63.27
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Clint Blume
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.73
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Clint Blume
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100