Bill Swift vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Career Comparison

Bill Swift
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Fernando Valenzuela
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardSilver SluggerRookie of the YearAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Bill Swift and Fernando Valenzuela are fairly close on the surface numbers. Bill Swift had the edge in WHIP (1.241 vs 1.343). By the career numbers, Bill Swift had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Bill Swift and Fernando Valenzuela

Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
1.85
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
0.9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.52
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.53
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.45
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
0.47
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.67
53.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.07
53.07
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.51
48.51
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
0.35
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.11
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
651
3.58
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1154
3.54
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
4913
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
1637.2
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1682
9.24
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2718
8.35
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.24
9.24
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.57
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
0.69
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
1.93
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1151
3.54
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.2
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
636
3.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2074
6.37
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.37
6.37
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.89
1.89
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.603
0.603
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.06
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.37
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.2
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
6891
37.87
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12398
38.08
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.65
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
753
4.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.56
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.21
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.64
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.241
1.241
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.321
1.321
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6504
35.74
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10971
33.7
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Bill Swift and Fernando Valenzuela

Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
455
1.4
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8798
27
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2932.2
9
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
0.62
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.8
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.09
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
283
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
818
2.51
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
272
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
2.42
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.11
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.732
1.732
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Swift and Fernando Valenzuela

Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PAverified
336
323.08
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
272.67
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
624
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PAverified
591
568.27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
936
538.45
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.567
0.567
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PAverified
134
128.85
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
187
107.57
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PAverified
101
97.12
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
86.29
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
25.96
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
26
14.96
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.88
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.58
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.88
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
31.73
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
21.28
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40.32
38.77
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49.61
28.54
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PAverified
176
169.23
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
245
140.94
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PAverified
155
149.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
112.18
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.551
0.551
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.062
0.062
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.413
0.413
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
41.35
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
32.21
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
51.92
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
48.32
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
90.38
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
74.78
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40.63
39.06
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46.68
26.85
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.92
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
18.27
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
8
4.6
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
108.65
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
83.41
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
5.52
5.52
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.19
7.19
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
12
11.54
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
53.5
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
20
19.23
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
6.9
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0