Victor Cruz vs. Rudy Schwenck — Career Comparison

Victor Cruz
Baby BoomersD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rudy Schwenck
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rudy Schwenck built a career as a starting pitcher and Victor Cruz as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Victor Cruz posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.09 and WHIP 1.373 compared to 3.86 and 1.357 for Rudy Schwenck. By the career numbers, Victor Cruz had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Victor Cruz and Rudy Schwenck

Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
6.21
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.93
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.6
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.76
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.9
43.9
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.23
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
3.09
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
3.86
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.226
0.226
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
813
27
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
9
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
7.24
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
10.29
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.24
7.24
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.29
10.29
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.93
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
4.35
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.93
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.76
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
8.24
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.93
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.24
8.24
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.399
1.399
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.429
0.429
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.3
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.23
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1144
37.99
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
36
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.25
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
3.45
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
4.5
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.73
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.63
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.6
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.288
1.288
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.357
1.357
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
965
32.05
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
33.43
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.99
37.99
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36

Fielding Stats for Victor Cruz and Rudy Schwenck

Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187
6.21
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
6.75
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
813
27
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
9
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.17
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.7
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
11.25
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.13
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
1
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
15.75
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.86
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
15.75
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.67
86.67
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.139
0.139
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.333
2.333
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Victor Cruz and Rudy Schwenck

Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
22440
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
3
360
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
59.55
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.65
0.65
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-48.1
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
74.51
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
3
360
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
1.67
1.67
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA