Ed Heusser vs. Jon Switzer — Career Comparison

Greatest GenerationUtahThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gen XKentuckyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ed Heusser built a career as a starting pitcher and Jon Switzer as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ed Heusser posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.69 and WHIP 1.350 compared to 6.2 and 1.852 for Jon Switzer. By the career numbers, Ed Heusser had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Heusser and Jon Switzer

Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
2.2
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
9.3
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.86
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.46
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.55
Jon Switzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.53
45.53
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.1
39.1
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.41
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.15
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
3.69
Jon Switzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
6.2
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.2
6.2
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.76
6.76
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3261
27
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
27
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1087
9
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.2
9
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1167
9.66
Jon Switzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
11.24
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.66
9.66
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.24
11.24
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.55
Jon Switzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.29
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Jon Switzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
2.48
Jon Switzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
4.91
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.52
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
2.48
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
5.94
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Jon Switzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.94
5.94
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.551
0.551
Jon Switzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.206
1.206
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Jon Switzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.65
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.11
Jon Switzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.78
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jon Switzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4644
38.45
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
43.02
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.75
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.29
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
528
4.37
Jon Switzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
6.59
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.59
6.59
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.39
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Switzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.9
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.794
1.794
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4331
35.86
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
36.69
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.99
1.99
Jon Switzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.45
38.45
Jon Switzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.02
43.02

Fielding Stats for Ed Heusser and Jon Switzer

Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
9.3
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Switzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
27
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Switzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.2
9
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.26
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.9
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Jon Switzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.16
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
254
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.16
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.49
Jon Switzer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.955
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.125
0.125
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Heusser and Jon Switzer

Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
266
439.67
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 600 PA
72
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
363
600
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
335
553.72
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.541
0.541
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
114.05
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
90.91
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
13.22
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.96
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.96
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
23.14
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.21
36.71
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
152.07
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
138.84
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.396
0.396
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
52.89
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
39.67
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
87.6
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.28
36.83
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
24.79
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
91
150.41
Jon Switzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.99
3.99
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Heusser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
21.49
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
4
6.61
Jon Switzer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Heusser
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Switzer
Career
Per 600 PA