Bill Swift vs. Dale Williams — Career Comparison

Bill Swift
Baby BoomersMaineThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dale Williams
Pre-GenerationalKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bill Swift built a career as a starting pitcher and Dale Williams 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 3.95 and WHIP 1.398 compared to 4.23 and 1.530 for Dale Williams. 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 Dale Williams

Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
2.27
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.98
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
1.24
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.98
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.53
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.44
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.87
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.65
54.65
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.59
54.59
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.06
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.98
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.15
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
702
3.95
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
4.23
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.339
0.339
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4799
27
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
27
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1599.2
9
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
9
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1688
9.5
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
13.34
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.5
9.5
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.34
13.34
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
0.65
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
507
2.85
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.43
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.24
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.85
2.85
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
767
4.32
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.98
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.9
1.9
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.796
0.796
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.157
0.157
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.21
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.54
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.3
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.09
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6817
38.35
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
367
39.8
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.38
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
801
4.51
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
8.13
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.13
8.13
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.31
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.17
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
1.32
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.372
1.372
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.53
1.53
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6172
34.72
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
39.36
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.33
8.33
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.346
0.346
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.35
38.35
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.8
39.8

Fielding Stats for Bill Swift and Dale Williams

Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
2.27
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.98
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
1.24
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4799
27
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
27
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1599.2
9
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
9
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
0.85
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.08
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
1.86
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.87
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.16
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
509
2.86
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.95
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
2.71
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.95
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.5
94.5
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.194
1.194
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.59
54.59
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.16
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Swift and Dale Williams

Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
410
894.55
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
9
154.29
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
275
600
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
35
600
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
229
499.64
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
600
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.592
0.592
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
104.73
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
120
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
82.91
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
120
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
19.64
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
21.82
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.68
34.21
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1.26
21.64
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
130.91
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
7
120
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
139.64
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
7
120
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.416
0.416
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
58.91
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.14
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
32.73
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.14
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
89.45
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
34.29
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.99
37.06
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1.31
22.54
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
32.73
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
54
117.82
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
68.57
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
5.09
5.09
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.75
8.75
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
63.27
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.73
Dale Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.18
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swift
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Dale Williams
Career
Per 600 PA