Rudy Schwenck vs. Tony Watson — Career Comparison

Rudy Schwenck
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tony Watson
MillenialIowaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Rudy Schwenck built a career as a starting pitcher and Tony Watson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tony Watson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.9 and WHIP 1.114 compared to 3.86 and 1.357 for Rudy Schwenck. By the career numbers, Tony Watson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rudy Schwenck and Tony Watson

Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.93
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
689
9.56
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.65
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.4
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.84
61.84
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.44
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
3.86
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
2.9
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.9
2.9
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.223
0.223
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1945
27
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
648.1
9
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
10.29
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
528
7.33
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.29
10.29
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.33
7.33
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.87
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.93
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
2.42
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.28
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.42
2.42
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.93
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
570
7.91
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.429
0.429
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.148
1.148
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.46
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
36
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2620
36.37
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
1.51
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
4.5
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
3.08
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.37
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.25
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.87
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.357
1.357
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.083
1.083
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
33.43
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2368
32.87
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.37
36.37

Fielding Stats for Rudy Schwenck and Tony Watson

Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
6.75
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
689
9.56
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1945
27
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
648.1
9
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.56
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
11.25
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
1.37
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.1
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
15.75
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
2.03
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
15.75
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
1.93
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.21
95.21
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.333
2.333
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.202
0.202
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.12
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rudy Schwenck and Tony Watson

Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
3
360
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
689
37581.82
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
600
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
480
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
436.36
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.455
0.455
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
59.55
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
6.09
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.65
0.65
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
74.51
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.09
-4.89
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
381.82
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
2.5
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.57
1.57
Rudy Schwenck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Schwenck
Career
Per 600 PA
Tony Watson
Career
Per 600 PA