Cy Swaim vs. Zack Wheeler — Career Comparison

Cy Swaim
Pre-GenerationalOhioNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Zack Wheeler
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveAll-Star

Zack Wheeler built a career as a starting pitcher and Cy Swaim as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Zack Wheeler posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.28 and WHIP 1.145 compared to 4.48 and 1.489 for Cy Swaim. By the career numbers, Zack Wheeler had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cy Swaim and Zack Wheeler

Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
1.32
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.01
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.38
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.59
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.69
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.29
35.29
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.11
60.11
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.19
76.19
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.73
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
4.48
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
3.28
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.229
0.229
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
856
27
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5185
27
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
285.1
9
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1728.1
9
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
338
10.66
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1475
7.68
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.66
10.66
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.68
7.68
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.28
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
0.86
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
2.74
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
2.55
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.07
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
2.59
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1820
9.48
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.59
2.59
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.48
9.48
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.592
0.592
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.25
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.44
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.4
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1258
39.68
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7086
36.9
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.28
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
206
6.5
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
683
3.56
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.17
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.19
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.66
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.137
1.137
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1157
36.49
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6451
33.59
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.68
39.68
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.9
36.9

Fielding Stats for Cy Swaim and Zack Wheeler

Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
1.29
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
882
27
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5185
27
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
294
9
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1728.1
9
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.49
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
0.61
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.29
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
0.89
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.28
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
2.05
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.56
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.78
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.5
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.57
86.57
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.66
96.66
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.381
1.381
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.021
1.021
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.09
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Swaim and Zack Wheeler

Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
42
233.33
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
288
534.98
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
108
600
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
323
600
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PAverified
106
588.89
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
534.98
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.445
0.445
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
116.67
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
81.73
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
111.11
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
63.16
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.56
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
16.72
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.56
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.58
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.7
26.12
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.82
18.24
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
122.22
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
104.02
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
122.22
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
94.74
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.413
0.413
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.367
0.367
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
50
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
24.15
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
72.22
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
33.44
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
122.22
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
55.73
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.72
26.24
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
4.48
8.33
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.72
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.56
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.29
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
88.89
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
128
237.77
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.75
6.75
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
2.52
2.52
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.56
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
50.15
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.72
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.67
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Swaim
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.67
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Swaim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA