Ken Ray vs. Bill Swift — Career Comparison

Ken Ray
Gen XGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Swift
Baby BoomersMaineThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Swift built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Ray as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Swift posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.95 and WHIP 1.398 compared to 5.13 and 1.734 for Ken Ray. By the career numbers, Bill Swift had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ken Ray and Bill Swift

Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.34
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
2.27
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
1.24
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.53
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.44
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.65
54.65
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.59
54.59
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.06
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.57
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.15
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
5.13
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
702
3.95
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4799
27
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1599.2
9
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
10.14
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1688
9.5
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.14
10.14
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.5
9.5
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.25
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.65
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
5.01
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
507
2.85
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.24
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
5.7
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
767
4.32
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.9
1.9
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.796
0.796
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.21
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.3
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.09
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
40.56
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6817
38.35
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.76
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.38
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
5.47
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
801
4.51
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.31
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.17
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.25
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
1.32
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.684
1.684
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.372
1.372
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
34.75
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6172
34.72
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.99
1.99
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.56
40.56
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.35
38.35

Fielding Stats for Ken Ray and Bill Swift

Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.34
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
403
2.27
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
1.24
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4799
27
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1599.2
9
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.68
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
0.85
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.03
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
1.86
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.16
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.71
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
509
2.86
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.71
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
2.71
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.5
94.5
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.183
0.183
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.194
1.194
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.59
54.59
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.16
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Ray and Bill Swift

Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
82
49200
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
410
894.55
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
275
600
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
229
499.64
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.592
0.592
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
104.73
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
82.91
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.64
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
21.82
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.68
34.21
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
130.91
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
139.64
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.416
0.416
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
58.91
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
32.73
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
89.45
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.99
37.06
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
32.73
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
54
117.82
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.09
5.09
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
63.27
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.73
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100