Ian Desmond vs. Ed Swartwood — Career Comparison

Ian Desmond
MillenialFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueShortstopSilver SluggerAll-Star
Ed Swartwood
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn BridegroomsAmerican AssociationRight Fielder

Looking at the career totals, Ian Desmond and Ed Swartwood are closely matched on the surface stats. Ed Swartwood posted stronger numbers in OPS (.779 vs .744) and on-base percentage (.379 vs .317). Ian Desmond had the advantage in slugging (.427 vs .400). By the career numbers, Ed Swartwood had the stronger overall case — though those totals don't account for the eras and run environments each player worked in.

Hitting Stats for Ian Desmond and Ed Swartwood

Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1478
149.19
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 600 PA
725
133.93
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5944
600
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 600 PA
3248
600
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5442
549.33
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 600 PA
2880
532.02
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Ed Swartwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.768
0.768
Ed Swartwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.817
0.817
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1432
144.55
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
863
159.42
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
937
94.58
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
666
123.03
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
277
27.96
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 600 PA
120
22.17
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PA
37
3.73
Ed Swartwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
11.64
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
18.27
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 600 PA
14
2.59
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
495
49.97
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 600 PA
197
36.39
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.126
0.126
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
739.84
74.68
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
494.53
91.35
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2326
234.79
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 600 PA
1151
212.62
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1862
187.95
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1231
227.4
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.315
0.315
Ed Swartwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.379
0.379
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.427
0.427
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.742
0.742
Ed Swartwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.779
0.779
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Ed Swartwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.7
0.7
Ed Swartwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.813
0.813
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0.302
0.302
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
724
73.08
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
608
112.32
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
711
71.77
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 600 PA
229
42.3
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1254
126.58
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
823
152.03
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
742.93
74.99
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
530.62
98.02
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PA
43
4.34
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
7.94
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
387
39.06
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
325
60.04
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
1.31
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PA
1402
141.52
Ed Swartwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
9.61
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PA
4.24
4.24
Ed Swartwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62.46
62.46
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
0.28
Ed Swartwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.25
6.25
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
3.33
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
3.94
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PA
132
13.32
Ed Swartwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
181
18.27
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 600 PAverified
120
22.17
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
5.65
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
237
23.92
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 600 PA
120
22.17
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 600 PA
76.37
76.37
Ed Swartwood
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100

Fielding Stats for Ian Desmond and Ed Swartwood

Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1451
1.06
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
737
1.01
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1389
1.01
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37065
27
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
19758
27
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12355
9
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
6586
9
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3292
2.4
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1932
2.64
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2568
1.87
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
0.24
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
0.13
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
257
0.35
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6036
4.4
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
2361
3.23
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5860
4.27
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
2104
2.88
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.08
97.08
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.11
89.11
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.039
4.039
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.855
2.855
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.73
95.73
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
653
0.48
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.09
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.01
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Pitching Stats for Ian Desmond and Ed Swartwood

Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ed Swartwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
9
Ed Swartwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
6.75
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
27
Ed Swartwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Ed Swartwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
9
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
13.5
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Swartwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Swartwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Swartwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Swartwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.375
0.375
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
36
Ed Swartwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
45.56
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
9
Ed Swartwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
10.13
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.688
1.688
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
36
Ed Swartwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
43.88
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ian Desmond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Ed Swartwood
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Ian Desmond
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Ed Swartwood
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.56
45.56