Harry Ables vs. Roy Smith — Career Comparison

Harry Ables
Lost GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Roy Smith
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Harry Ables built a career as a starting pitcher and Roy Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Ables posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.04 and WHIP 1.528 compared to 5.24 and 1.970 for Roy Smith. By the career numbers, Harry Ables had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Ables and Roy Smith

Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1.77
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.24
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.01
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.4
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16.67
16.67
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.69
7.69
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.5
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
4.04
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
5.24
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.32
7.32
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
214
27
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
27
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71.1
9
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.1
9
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
9.97
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
10.07
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.97
9.97
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.07
10.07
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.61
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.79
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
7.25
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.4
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.25
7.25
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
5.17
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
7.66
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.66
7.66
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.995
0.995
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.657
1.657
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.63
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.21
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
40
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
46.34
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.76
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.21
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
6.43
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
7.25
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.25
7.25
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.81
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.528
1.528
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.925
1.925
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
286
36.08
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
37.88
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.34
46.34

Fielding Stats for Harry Ables and Roy Smith

Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
2.07
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.24
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.89
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.4
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
27
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.1
9
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.4
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.77
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.61
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.3
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.4
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
2.21
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.42
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
1.92
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.01
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.67
86.67
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.929
0.929
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.385
0.385
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.69
7.69
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.4
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Ables and Roy Smith

Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
323.08
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
13
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.038
0.038
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-2.62
-60.42
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
14
323.08
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.86
1.86
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Ables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA