Buck Miller vs. Erik Swanson — Career Comparison

Buck Miller
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Erik Swanson
MillenialOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Buck Miller built a career as a starting pitcher and Erik Swanson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Buck Miller posted a career ERA of 4.2 against Erik Swanson's 4.2, with WHIP of 1.366 and 1.154 respectively. The raw numbers call this too close to separate — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Buck Miller and Erik Swanson

Buck Miller
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Buck Miller
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
1.56
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
8.32
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.97
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.37
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.51
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.37
Buck Miller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.49
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.54
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.88
50.88
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.74
40.74
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.8
61.8
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.6
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Miller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.34
Buck Miller
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
4.2
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
4.2
Buck Miller
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Buck Miller
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Buck Miller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1537
27
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
798
27
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
512.1
9
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
266
9
Buck Miller
Career
Per 9 Innings
527
9.26
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
7.78
Buck Miller
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.26
9.26
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.78
7.78
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.23
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.66
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.66
1.66
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Buck Miller
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
2.99
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
2.5
Buck Miller
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.1
Buck Miller
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.99
2.99
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Buck Miller
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
2.93
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
9.51
Buck Miller
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.51
9.51
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.88
1.88
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Buck Miller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.658
0.658
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.335
1.335
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.17
Buck Miller
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.28
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.27
Buck Miller
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1733
30.44
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
36.95
Buck Miller
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.26
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.79
Buck Miller
Career
Per 9 Innings
277
4.87
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
4.57
Buck Miller
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Buck Miller
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.91
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.17
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.58
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.54
Buck Miller
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1495
26.26
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1002
33.9
Buck Miller
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Buck Miller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.391
0.391
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Buck Miller
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.44
30.44
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.95
36.95

Fielding Stats for Buck Miller and Erik Swanson

Buck Miller
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Buck Miller
Career
Per 9 Innings
233
1.4
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
8.32
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
1.05
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.37
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4479
27
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
798
27
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1493
9
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
266
9
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
380
2.29
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.44
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
440
2.65
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.41
Buck Miller
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.3
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
870
5.24
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.91
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
820
4.94
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.85
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.25
94.25
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.59
92.59
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.519
3.519
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.102
0.102
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.68
74.68
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.16
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Miller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Miller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Miller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Miller
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Buck Miller and Erik Swanson

Buck Miller
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Buck Miller
Career
Per 600 PA
227
195.97
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
246
73800
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
695
600
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
609
525.76
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.608
0.608
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
134
115.68
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
94.1
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
12.95
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
8.63
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Miller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
21.58
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Miller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Miller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53.35
46.06
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
169
145.9
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
192
165.76
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.565
0.565
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.058
0.058
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
56.98
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
37.12
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
94.1
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61.09
52.74
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.59
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
47.48
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Miller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Miller
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.45
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
173.75
173.75
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.75
13.75
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
24.17
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Miller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Miller
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.86
Erik Swanson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
5.18
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Miller
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
5.18
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Miller
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Erik Swanson
Career
Per 600 PA