Bill Swift vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Bill Swift
Baby BoomersMaineThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

When held to the same standard, Bill Swift comes out ahead of Tim Wakefield in this starter comparison. Bill Swift led in home run suppression (HR9+ 135 vs 78), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 96 vs 84), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 99 vs 92). Tim Wakefield held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 87 vs 69). The edge goes to Bill Swift.

Pitching Stats for Bill Swift and Tim Wakefield

Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
2.27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
1.24
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.53
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.56
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.44
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
0.5
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.65
54.65
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.63
52.63
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.59
54.59
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.06
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.15
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.06
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
702
3.95
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1582
4.41
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
4799
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
1599.2
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1688
9.5
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3152
8.79
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.5
9.5
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.65
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
507
2.85
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
3.36
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.24
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
767
4.32
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2156
6.01
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.796
0.796
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.042
1.042
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.21
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
0.37
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.3
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.09
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.02
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
6817
38.35
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13939
38.88
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.38
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.22
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
801
4.51
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1791
5
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.31
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.14
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.17
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.3
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
1.32
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
232
0.65
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.372
1.372
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6172
34.72
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12388
34.56
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.35
38.35
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Bill Swift and Tim Wakefield

Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
2.27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
220
1.24
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
4799
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
1599.2
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
0.85
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
0.63
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
1.86
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
329
0.92
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.16
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.08
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
509
2.86
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.63
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
2.71
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
1.55
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.5
94.5
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.88
94.88
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.194
1.194
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.59
54.59
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.16
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.08
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Swift and Tim Wakefield

Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
410
894.55
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
630
2907.69
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
275
600
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
130
600
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
229
499.64
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
111
512.31
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.592
0.592
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
104.73
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
13
60
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
82.91
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
10
46.15
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.64
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.23
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.18
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
21.82
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0.021
0.021
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.68
34.21
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3.28
15.14
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
130.91
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
18
83.08
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
139.64
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
17
78.46
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.416
0.416
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
58.91
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
32.73
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
89.45
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
7
32.31
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.99
37.06
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.25
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.18
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
32.73
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PAverified
54
117.82
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
216.92
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.09
5.09
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2.77
2.77
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
63.27
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.73
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA