Dick Donovan vs. Matt Swarmer — Career Comparison

Dick Donovan
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Matt Swarmer
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Dick Donovan posted a stronger line than Matt Swarmer. Dick Donovan posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.67 vs 5.03) and WHIP (1.255 vs 1.588). By the career numbers, Dick Donovan had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Dick Donovan and Matt Swarmer

Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
345
1.54
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.91
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
273
1.22
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.32
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
0.54
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.53
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.44
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.79
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.2
55.2
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79.13
79.13
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.45
45.45
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.45
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.11
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
822
3.67
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
5.03
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.24
7.24
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6052
27
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
27
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2017.1
9
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
9
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1988
8.87
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
8.74
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.74
8.74
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
0.88
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
3.18
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
495
2.21
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
5.29
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.22
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
880
3.93
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
9.53
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.53
9.53
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.682
0.682
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.647
1.647
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.2
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8407
37.51
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
40.5
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.12
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.53
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
909
4.06
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
6.88
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.88
6.88
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.231
1.231
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.559
1.559
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7867
35.1
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
34.94
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.51
37.51
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Dick Donovan and Matt Swarmer

Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
345
1.58
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.91
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
1.22
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.32
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5883
27
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
27
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1961
9
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
9
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
0.66
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
1.54
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.09
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
2.29
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.53
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
2.2
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.53
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
96
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.391
1.391
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.182
0.182
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.1
77.1
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.45
45.45
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.11
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Donovan and Matt Swarmer

Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
371
277.9
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
11
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
801
600
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
694
519.85
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
84.64
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
62.92
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
10.49
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
11.24
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
21.72
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50.06
37.5
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
128.84
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
201
150.56
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.505
0.505
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.085
0.085
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.438
0.438
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
50.19
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
47.94
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
86.89
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.31
32.44
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
7.49
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
58.43
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.75
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
292
218.73
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.74
2.74
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
13.48
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.75
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
13
9.74
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dick Donovan
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA