Bill Swift vs. Oscar Zamora — Career Comparison

Bill Swift
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Oscar Zamora
Silent GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Swift built a career as a starting pitcher and Oscar Zamora as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bill Swift posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.58 and WHIP 1.241 compared to 4.53 and 1.491 for Oscar Zamora. By the career numbers, Bill Swift had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Swift and Oscar Zamora

Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
1.85
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
6.33
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
0.9
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
0.52
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.52
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.45
Oscar Zamora
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.56
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.67
53.67
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.15
48.15
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.51
48.51
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.27
1.27
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.43
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.11
Oscar Zamora
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.92
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
651
3.58
Oscar Zamora
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
4.53
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4913
27
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Innings
674
27
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1637.2
9
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Innings
224.2
9
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1682
9.24
Oscar Zamora
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
256
10.26
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.24
9.24
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.26
10.26
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.57
Oscar Zamora
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
1.32
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Oscar Zamora
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
1.93
Oscar Zamora
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
2.32
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.84
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
636
3.5
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
3.97
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Oscar Zamora
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.89
1.89
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.603
0.603
Oscar Zamora
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.699
0.699
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.06
Oscar Zamora
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.2
Oscar Zamora
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6891
37.87
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
968
38.78
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
0.65
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
3.04
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
753
4.14
Oscar Zamora
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
4.85
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.72
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.64
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Zamora
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.92
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.241
1.241
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.398
1.398
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6504
35.74
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Innings
875
35.05
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.24
2.24
Oscar Zamora
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87
Oscar Zamora
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.78
38.78

Fielding Stats for Bill Swift and Oscar Zamora

Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
6.33
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Oscar Zamora
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Oscar Zamora
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
674
27
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Oscar Zamora
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
224.2
9
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.4
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.28
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
Oscar Zamora
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.16
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.84
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
272
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.68
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.11
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.3
91.3
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.81
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Oscar Zamora
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.27
1.27
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Swift and Oscar Zamora

Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
336
323.08
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 600 PAverified
158
2708.57
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
624
600
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 600 PA
35
600
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
591
568.27
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 600 PA
28
480
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.567
0.567
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 600 PA
0.371
0.371
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
134
128.85
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 600 PA
3
51.43
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
97.12
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 600 PA
3
51.43
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
25.96
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.88
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.88
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
31.73
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.32
38.77
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
3.07
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
176
169.23
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 600 PA
3
51.43
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
149.04
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 600 PA
3
51.43
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.551
0.551
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.413
0.413
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
41.35
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
51.92
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.14
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
90.38
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.14
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.63
39.06
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.92
-15.84
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.92
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
18.27
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
113
108.65
Oscar Zamora
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
85.71
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
5.52
5.52
Oscar Zamora
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
11.54
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
120
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
20
19.23
Oscar Zamora
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
Oscar Zamora
Career
Per 600 PA