Babe Adams vs. Ed Smith — Career Comparison

Babe Adams
Pre-GenerationalIndianaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ed Smith
Pre-GenerationalIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Babe Adams posted a stronger line than Ed Smith. Babe Adams posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.76 vs 3.72) and WHIP (1.092 vs 1.332). By the career numbers, Babe Adams 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 Babe Adams and Ed Smith

Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
1.45
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.11
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
355
1.07
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.05
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.58
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.47
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.42
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.64
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.08
58.08
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.11
42.11
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.65
73.65
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.74
94.74
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
206
0.62
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.76
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.13
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.05
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
917
2.76
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
3.72
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8986
27
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
464
27
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2995.1
9
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
154.2
9
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2841
8.54
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
8.9
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.2
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
430
1.29
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
3.08
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1036
3.11
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
2.62
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.489
0.489
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.634
0.634
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.08
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.29
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.14
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.47
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11947
35.9
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
647
37.65
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.27
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1129
3.39
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
5.24
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.092
1.092
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.332
1.332
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11470
34.46
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
586
34.1
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.34
2.34
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.9
35.9
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.65
37.65

Fielding Stats for Babe Adams and Ed Smith

Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
10.82
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.1
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
1.03
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.05
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1203
27
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
465
27
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
401
9
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
9
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.3
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.41
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
648
14.54
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
3.14
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.35
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
723
16.23
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
3.89
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
706
15.85
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
3.54
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.65
97.65
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.04
91.04
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.465
1.465
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.211
3.211
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.54
9.54
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.74
94.74
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.38
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Babe Adams and Ed Smith

Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
482
261.01
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
19
180.95
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1108
600
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
63
600
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1019
551.81
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
54
514.29
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.558
0.558
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.579
0.579
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
216
116.97
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
11
104.76
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
167
90.43
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
95.24
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
16.79
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
8.12
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.52
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.62
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
26.53
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.52
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74.48
40.33
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.31
41.03
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
286
154.87
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
13
123.81
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
270
146.21
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
171.43
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.252
0.252
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.532
0.532
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.037
0.037
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.424
0.424
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.465
0.465
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.314
0.314
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
42.78
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
57.14
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
40.61
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
66.67
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
151
81.77
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
123.81
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79.66
43.14
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
47.66
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.54
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.52
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
28.7
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
57.14
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
194
105.05
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
180.95
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.71
5.71
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3.32
3.32
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
18.95
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
19.05
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.08
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Babe Adams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA