Rudy Schwenck vs. Bryan Ward — Career Comparison

Rudy Schwenck
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bryan Ward
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rudy Schwenck built a career as a starting pitcher and Bryan Ward as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rudy Schwenck posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.86 and WHIP 1.357 compared to 5.09 and 1.537 for Bryan Ward. By the career numbers, Rudy Schwenck had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rudy Schwenck and Bryan Ward

Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bryan Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.93
Bryan Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
9.13
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.29
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.86
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
5.09
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Bryan Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Bryan Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281
27
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Bryan Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.2
9
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
10.29
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
11.05
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.29
10.29
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.05
11.05
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.63
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.63
1.63
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.93
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
2.69
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.93
Bryan Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
6.34
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Bryan Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.34
6.34
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.429
0.429
Bryan Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.004
1.004
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.48
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Bryan Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
36
Bryan Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
414
39.78
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Bryan Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.59
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
4.5
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
5.77
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.77
5.77
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.38
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.06
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.357
1.357
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.527
1.527
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
33.43
Bryan Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
381
36.61
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Bryan Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.327
0.327
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Bryan Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.78
39.78

Fielding Stats for Rudy Schwenck and Bryan Ward

Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bryan Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
6.75
Bryan Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
9.13
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Bryan Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281
27
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Bryan Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.2
9
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Bryan Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.29
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
11.25
Bryan Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.86
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
15.75
Bryan Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
1.25
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
15.75
Bryan Ward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
1.15
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.31
92.31
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.333
2.333
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.126
0.126
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rudy Schwenck and Bryan Ward

Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bryan Ward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
3
360
Bryan Ward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
57000
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
600
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
480
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.7
0.7
Bryan Ward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
59.55
Bryan Ward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
240
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Bryan Ward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.65
0.65
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.62
74.51
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
205.73
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
2
240
Bryan Ward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
Bryan Ward
Career
Per 600 PA