Bull Durham vs. Matt Swarmer — Career Comparison

Bull Durham
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Matt Swarmer
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Matt Swarmer built a career as a starting pitcher and Bull Durham as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Matt Swarmer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.03 and WHIP 1.588 compared to 5.28 and 1.690 for Bull Durham. By the career numbers, Matt Swarmer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bull Durham and Matt Swarmer

Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.79
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.91
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.62
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.32
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.62
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.53
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.79
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.45
45.45
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.31
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.31
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
5.28
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
5.03
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.2
5.2
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.24
7.24
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
27
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
27
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
9
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
9
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
11.48
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
8.74
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.48
11.48
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.74
8.74
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
3.18
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
3.72
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
5.29
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.86
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
9.53
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.53
9.53
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.621
0.621
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.647
1.647
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
40.66
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
40.5
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.93
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.53
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
7.45
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
6.88
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.45
7.45
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.88
6.88
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.559
1.559
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
36.62
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
34.94
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.66
40.66
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Bull Durham and Matt Swarmer

Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.79
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.91
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.62
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.32
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
27
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
27
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
9
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
9
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.86
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.62
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.48
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.53
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.86
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.53
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.667
0.667
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.182
0.182
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.45
45.45
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bull Durham
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bull Durham and Matt Swarmer

Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
771.43
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
10.96
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.02
-2.13
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bull Durham
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bull Durham
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA