Kolby Allard vs. Clay Smith — Career Comparison

Kolby Allard
Gen ZCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Clay Smith
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kolby Allard built a career as a starting pitcher and Clay Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kolby Allard posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.34 and WHIP 1.409 compared to 5.49 and 1.653 for Clay Smith. By the career numbers, Kolby Allard had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kolby Allard and Clay Smith

Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
2.91
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
4.12
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.18
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.35
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.69
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.37
40.37
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.56
5.56
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
5.34
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
5.49
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.34
5.34
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.84
4.84
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.68
4.68
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1011
27
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
27
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
337
9
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.1
9
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
9.75
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
11.44
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.75
9.75
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.44
11.44
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.6
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.92
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
2.83
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
3.43
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.11
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
7.18
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
3.89
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.18
7.18
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.113
1.113
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.814
0.814
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.19
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.46
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.27
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1467
39.18
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
40.96
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.69
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.06
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
5.61
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.41
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.41
6.41
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.11
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.21
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.69
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.398
1.398
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.653
1.653
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1339
35.76
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
37.3
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.324
0.324
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.18
39.18
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.96
40.96

Fielding Stats for Kolby Allard and Clay Smith

Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
2.91
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.18
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1011
27
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
337
9
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.27
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.48
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.8
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.75
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.33
93.33
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.778
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.37
40.37
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Kolby Allard and Clay Smith

Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
9342.86
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
18
900
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
600
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
5
428.57
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
550
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
15.46
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.5
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
21.71
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.85
-42.64
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
300
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Kolby Allard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kolby Allard
Career
Per 600 PA
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA