Craig Lefferts vs. Rudy Schwenck — Career Comparison

Craig Lefferts
Baby BoomersWest GermanyThrows LeftBats LeftEuropeSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rudy Schwenck
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rudy Schwenck built a career as a starting pitcher and Craig Lefferts as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Craig Lefferts posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.43 and WHIP 1.296 compared to 3.86 and 1.357 for Rudy Schwenck. By the career numbers, Craig Lefferts had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Craig Lefferts and Rudy Schwenck

Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
696
5.47
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.93
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.35
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.46
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.57
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.62
44.62
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.47
6.47
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.79
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
3.43
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
3.86
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3437
27
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1145.2
9
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1108
8.7
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
10.29
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.7
8.7
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.29
10.29
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
0.94
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
322
2.53
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.93
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.43
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
719
5.65
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.93
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.65
5.65
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.909
0.909
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.429
0.429
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.24
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.08
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4754
37.35
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
36
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
2.25
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
3.85
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
4.5
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.61
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.31
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.69
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.357
1.357
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4304
33.81
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
33.43
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.35
37.35
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36

Fielding Stats for Craig Lefferts and Rudy Schwenck

Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
696
5.47
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
6.75
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.35
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3437
27
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1145.2
9
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.44
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
154
1.21
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
11.25
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
1.71
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
15.75
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
210
1.65
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
15.75
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.33
96.33
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.333
2.333
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.47
6.47
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.09
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Craig Lefferts and Rudy Schwenck

Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
697
2844.9
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
3
360
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
147
600
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
538.78
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.357
0.357
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
65.31
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
53.06
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.16
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.08
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.24
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.21
13.1
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
59.55
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
85.71
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
69.39
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.65
0.65
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
16.33
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.24
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
24.49
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-4.95
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
74.51
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.08
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
64
261.22
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
2.3
2.3
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.14
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA