Bill Anderson vs. Pete Smith — Career Comparison

Bill Anderson
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Pete Smith
Silent GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Bill Anderson posted a stronger line than Pete Smith. Bill Anderson posted stronger numbers in ERA (5.07 vs 6.75) and home runs allowed (0.56 per nine innings vs 2.41). By the career numbers, Bill Anderson 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 Bill Anderson and Pete Smith

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.75
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.38
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.96
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.5
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.5
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.48
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.56
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
5.07
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
6.75
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.07
5.07
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.02
7.02
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
27
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.2
9
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
372
10.35
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
8.68
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.35
10.35
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.68
8.68
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.56
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
2.41
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.34
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
3.86
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.96
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
3.15
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.38
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.721
0.721
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.804
0.804
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.36
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1449
40.33
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
38.09
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.42
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.96
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
6.07
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
6.75
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.07
6.07
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.75
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.64
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.522
1.522
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.393
1.393
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1288
35.85
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
34.23
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.33
40.33
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.09
38.09

Fielding Stats for Bill Anderson and Pete Smith

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.75
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.38
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.96
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
27
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.2
9
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.19
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.48
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.98
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.93
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.22
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
2.39
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.41
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
2.17
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.41
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.7
90.7
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.238
1.238
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.714
0.714
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Anderson and Pete Smith

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
273.91
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
1400
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
138
600
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
573.91
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.106
0.106
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
60.87
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
56.52
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.35
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.35
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.95
8.46
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
65.22
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
78.26
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.114
0.114
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.108
0.108
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
34.78
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
43.48
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-2.18
-9.46
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-60
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.39
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.7
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
69
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA