Rick Langford vs. Bill Swift — Career Comparison

Rick Langford
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Swift
Baby BoomersMaineThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Rick Langford a clear advantage over Bill Swift across the core pitching metrics. Rick Langford led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 134 vs 99), run prevention (ERA+ 112 vs 86), and strikeout rate (K%+ 86 vs 69). Bill Swift held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 135 vs 96). Rick Langford was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Rick Langford and Bill Swift

Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
1.57
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
2.27
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
1.18
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
1.24
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.44
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.53
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.64
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.44
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.78
40.78
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.65
54.65
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.38
75.38
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.59
54.59
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.51
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.06
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.06
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.15
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
664
4.01
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
702
3.95
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4473
27
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4799
27
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1491
9
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1599.2
9
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1570
9.48
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
1688
9.5
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.48
9.48
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.5
9.5
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
0.97
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.65
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
2.51
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
507
2.85
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.18
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.24
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.85
2.85
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
671
4.05
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
767
4.32
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.729
0.729
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.796
0.796
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.23
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.21
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.11
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.3
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.09
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
6329
38.2
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6817
38.35
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.14
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.38
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
745
4.5
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
801
4.51
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.28
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.31
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.32
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.17
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.67
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
1.32
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.332
1.332
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.372
1.372
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5796
34.99
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6172
34.72
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.2
38.2
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.35
38.35

Fielding Stats for Rick Langford and Bill Swift

Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
261
1.57
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
2.27
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
1.18
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
1.24
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4482
27
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4799
27
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1494
9
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1599.2
9
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
0.88
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
0.85
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
211
1.27
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
1.86
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.16
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
363
2.19
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
509
2.86
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
357
2.15
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
2.71
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.35
98.35
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.5
94.5
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.368
1.368
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.194
1.194
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.1
75.1
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.59
54.59
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.1
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.16
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rick Langford and Bill Swift

Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
265
26500
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
410
894.55
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
275
600
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
229
499.64
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.592
0.592
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
104.73
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
82.91
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
19.64
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
21.82
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
32.61
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.68
34.21
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
130.91
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
139.64
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0.052
0.052
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.416
0.416
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
58.91
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
32.73
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
89.45
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
19.25
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.99
37.06
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
32.73
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
117.82
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.09
5.09
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
63.27
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.73
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100