Jon Lester vs. Rudy Schwenck — Career Comparison

Jon Lester
MillenialWashingtonThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Rudy Schwenck
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Jon Lester and Rudy Schwenck are fairly close on the surface numbers. Jon Lester posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.66 vs 3.86) and WHIP (1.283 vs 1.357). Rudy Schwenck had the advantage in home runs allowed (0 per nine innings vs 0.97). By the career numbers, Jon Lester had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Jon Lester and Rudy Schwenck

Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
452
1.48
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.93
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
1.48
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.66
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.38
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.09
63.09
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.78
99.78
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.05
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.01
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1114
3.66
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
3.86
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8220
27
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2740
9
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2610
8.57
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
10.29
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.57
8.57
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.29
10.29
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
294
0.97
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
892
2.93
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.93
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.04
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2488
8.17
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.93
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.17
8.17
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.234
1.234
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.429
0.429
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.21
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.3
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11487
37.73
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
36
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1215
3.99
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
4.5
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.2
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.22
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
0.82
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.278
1.278
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.357
1.357
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10377
34.09
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
33.43
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.305
0.305
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.73
37.73
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36

Fielding Stats for Jon Lester and Rudy Schwenck

Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
452
1.48
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
6.75
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
451
1.48
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8220
27
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2740
9
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
0.48
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
0.87
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
11.25
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.07
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
433
1.42
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
15.75
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
413
1.36
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
15.75
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.38
95.38
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.914
0.914
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.333
2.333
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.78
99.78
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.06
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jon Lester and Rudy Schwenck

Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
458
649.65
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
3
360
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
423
600
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
366
519.15
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.412
0.412
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
59.57
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
39.72
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
14.18
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.67
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
19.86
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.43
17.63
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
59.55
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
90.78
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
89.36
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.337
0.337
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.65
0.65
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
38.3
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
43.97
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
76.6
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.54
0.76
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
74.51
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
29.79
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PAverified
162
229.79
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
240
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.61
2.61
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
48.23
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.84
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
6
8.51
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA