Jim Faulkner vs. Matt Swarmer — Career Comparison

Jim Faulkner
Lost GenerationNebraskaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Matt Swarmer
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Matt Swarmer built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Faulkner as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Faulkner posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.75 and WHIP 1.516 compared to 5.03 and 1.588 for Matt Swarmer. By the career numbers, Jim Faulkner had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Faulkner and Matt Swarmer

Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
3.04
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.91
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.71
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.32
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.71
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.53
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.57
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.79
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.56
55.56
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.26
23.26
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.45
45.45
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
3.75
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
5.03
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.24
7.24
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382
27
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
27
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127.1
9
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
9
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
10.32
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
8.74
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.32
10.32
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.74
8.74
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.42
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
3.18
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
3.32
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
5.29
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
2.4
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
9.53
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.53
9.53
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.636
0.636
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.647
1.647
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
567
40.08
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
40.5
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.41
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.53
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
4.81
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
6.88
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.88
6.88
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.516
1.516
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.559
1.559
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
516
36.47
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
34.94
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.58
1.58
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.08
40.08
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Jim Faulkner and Matt Swarmer

Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.91
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.32
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
27
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
9
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.53
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.53
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.37
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.861
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.182
0.182
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.45
45.45
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Faulkner and Matt Swarmer

Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
560.87
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
11
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
600
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
534.78
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.598
0.598
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
130.43
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.33
43.42
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
143.48
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
169.57
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.296
0.296
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.564
0.564
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.452
0.452
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
52.17
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.04
52.64
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
39.13
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Matt Swarmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Faulkner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jim Faulkner
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Swarmer
Career
Per 600 PA