Cy Buker vs. Rudy Schwenck — Career Comparison

Cy Buker
Greatest GenerationWisconsinThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rudy Schwenck
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rudy Schwenck built a career as a starting pitcher and Cy Buker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cy Buker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.3 and WHIP 1.546 compared to 3.86 and 1.357 for Rudy Schwenck. By the career numbers, Cy Buker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cy Buker and Rudy Schwenck

Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
4.33
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.93
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.72
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.78
77.78
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.52
9.52
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.52
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
3.3
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
3.86
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
262
27
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87.1
9
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
9.27
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
10.29
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.27
9.27
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.29
10.29
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.21
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.05
0.05
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
4.64
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.93
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
4.95
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.93
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.065
1.065
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.429
0.429
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.31
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
40.19
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
36
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.27
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
4.23
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
4.5
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.357
1.357
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
344
35.45
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
33.43
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.19
40.19
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36

Fielding Stats for Cy Buker and Rudy Schwenck

Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
6.75
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
27
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
9
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
11.25
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
15.75
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
15.75
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.333
2.333
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Buker and Rudy Schwenck

Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
1260
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
3
360
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
600
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
480
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.525
0.525
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
90
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
90
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
5.86
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
59.55
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
90
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
120
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.423
0.423
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.65
0.65
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
5.63
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
74.51
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
2
240
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA