Clarence Currie vs. Rudy Schwenck — Career Comparison

Clarence Currie
Pre-GenerationalCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rudy Schwenck
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rudy Schwenck built a career as a starting pitcher and Clarence Currie as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Clarence Currie posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.39 and WHIP 1.363 compared to 3.86 and 1.357 for Rudy Schwenck. By the career numbers, Clarence Currie had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Clarence Currie and Rudy Schwenck

Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.28
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.93
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.92
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.36
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.56
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.47
39.47
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.7
71.7
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.75
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.39
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
3.86
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1114
27
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371.1
9
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
9.33
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
10.29
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.33
9.33
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.29
10.29
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.22
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
2.93
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.93
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
2.69
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.93
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.625
0.625
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.429
0.429
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.17
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.51
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1567
37.98
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
36
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.29
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
5.07
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
4.5
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.363
1.363
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.357
1.357
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1425
34.54
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
33.43
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.98
37.98
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36

Fielding Stats for Clarence Currie and Rudy Schwenck

Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.29
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
6.75
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1113
27
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371
9
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.41
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
3.35
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
11.25
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.29
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
4.05
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
15.75
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.76
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
15.75
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.81
92.81
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.925
2.925
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.333
2.333
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.15
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clarence Currie and Rudy Schwenck

Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
235.71
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
360
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
140
600
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
552.86
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.424
0.424
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
85.71
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
72.86
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.57
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.29
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.86
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.12
21.95
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
59.55
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
102.86
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
115.71
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.385
0.385
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.65
0.65
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.294
0.294
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
21.43
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
38.57
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
60
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.78
16.18
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
74.51
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.29
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
25.71
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
180
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
240
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.33
3.33
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.14
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.29
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.29
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA