Bob Allen vs. Harry Smith — Career Comparison

Bob Allen
Silent GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Harry Smith
Lost GenerationNebraskaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Harry Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob Allen as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.8 and WHIP 1.200 compared to 4.11 and 1.631 for Bob Allen. By the career numbers, Harry Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Allen and Harry Smith

Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Harry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
6.7
Harry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.23
Harry Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.39
Harry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Harry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.62
Harry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
4.11
Harry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Harry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Harry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Harry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Harry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
822
27
Harry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274
9
Harry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
9.46
Harry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
10.8
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.46
9.46
Harry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.8
10.8
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.76
Harry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Harry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Harry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
4.34
Harry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.89
Harry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Harry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
6.54
Harry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.54
6.54
Harry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Harry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.208
1.208
Harry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.59
Harry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.16
Harry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Harry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1232
40.47
Harry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
32.4
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
2.76
Harry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
4.99
Harry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Harry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.533
1.533
Harry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1095
35.97
Harry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
32.4
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Harry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Harry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.47
40.47
Harry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.4
32.4

Fielding Stats for Bob Allen and Harry Smith

Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Harry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
6.7
Harry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
822
27
Harry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
9
Harry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.53
Harry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.68
Harry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.13
Harry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
2.33
Harry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
2.2
Harry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.37
94.37
Harry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.328
0.328
Harry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Harry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Allen and Harry Smith

Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Harry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
204
3600
Harry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
600
Harry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
547.06
Harry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Harry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Harry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
70.59
Harry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
52.94
Harry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Harry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Harry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
14.18
Harry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
88.24
Harry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
88.24
Harry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Harry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Harry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Harry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Harry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Harry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Harry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Harry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.01
-0.25
Harry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.08
-23.84
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Harry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
282.35
Harry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.13
2.13
Harry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Harry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Harry Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Allen
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA