Bud Swartz vs. Zack Wheeler — Career Comparison

Bud Swartz
Silent GenerationOklahomaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Zack Wheeler
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveAll-Star

Zack Wheeler built a career as a starting pitcher and Bud Swartz 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 6.75 and 3.000 for Bud Swartz. By the career numbers, Zack Wheeler had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Swartz and Zack Wheeler

Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
8.44
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
1.47
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.59
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.39
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.11
60.11
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
6.75
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
3.28
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.29
13.29
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.229
0.229
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5185
27
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1728.1
9
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
15.19
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1475
7.68
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.19
15.19
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.68
7.68
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.86
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
11.81
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
2.55
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.07
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.81
11.81
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1820
9.48
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.48
9.48
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.337
1.337
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.21
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.4
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
54
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7086
36.9
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
8.44
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
10.13
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
683
3.56
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.17
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.19
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.66
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.137
1.137
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
42.19
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6451
33.59
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
54
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.9
36.9

Fielding Stats for Bud Swartz and Zack Wheeler

Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5185
27
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1728.1
9
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
0.61
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
0.89
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
1.56
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.5
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.66
96.66
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.021
1.021
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.09
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Swartz and Zack Wheeler

Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
3000
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
534.98
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
323
600
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
534.98
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
81.73
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
63.16
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
16.72
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.58
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.82
18.24
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
104.02
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
94.74
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.367
0.367
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
24.15
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
33.44
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
55.73
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
423.33
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.48
8.33
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.72
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.29
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
128
237.77
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.52
2.52
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
50.15
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Bud Swartz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.72
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Swartz
Career
Per 600 PA
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA