Jamie Arnold vs. John Smiley — Career Comparison

Jamie Arnold
Gen XMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
John Smiley
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

John Smiley built a career as a starting pitcher and Jamie Arnold as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. John Smiley led in strikeout rate (K%+ 98 vs 46), walk avoidance (BB%+ 135 vs 94), and run prevention (ERA+ 94 vs 79). Jamie Arnold held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 320 vs 78). Role difference aside, John Smiley holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jamie Arnold and John Smiley

Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
4.15
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
361
1.7
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.58
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
1.32
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.59
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.58
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.49
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.02
55.02
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.56
77.56
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.13
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
5.73
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
806
3.8
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
27
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5723
27
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
108.1
9
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1907.2
9
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
9.89
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1842
8.69
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.89
9.89
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.58
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
185
0.87
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.82
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
496
2.34
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.15
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.34
2.34
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
3.49
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1284
6.06
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.06
6.06
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.923
0.923
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.933
0.933
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.23
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.83
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.18
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.08
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
494
41.04
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7900
37.27
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.91
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.1
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
6.73
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
888
4.19
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.73
6.73
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.42
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
0.48
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.33
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.25
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.74
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
0.67
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.634
1.634
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.226
1.226
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
34.64
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7212
34.02
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.62
1.62
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.46
2.46
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.04
41.04
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.27
37.27

Fielding Stats for Jamie Arnold and John Smiley

Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
4.15
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
361
1.7
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.58
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
1.32
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
27
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5723
27
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
108.1
9
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1907.2
9
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.42
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.33
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.83
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
1.23
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.05
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.41
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
342
1.61
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.24
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
331
1.56
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.1
93.1
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.78
96.78
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.56
77.56
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.42
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.08
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jamie Arnold and John Smiley

Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
1428.57
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
361
376.04
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
576
600
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
542.86
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
504
525
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
John Smiley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.452
0.452
John Smiley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.435
0.435
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
76.04
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
59.38
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
14.58
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Smiley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.08
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
16.67
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
John Smiley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.85
24.16
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.67
18.41
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
96.88
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
98
102.08
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
John Smiley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
John Smiley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.411
0.411
John Smiley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.369
0.369
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
John Smiley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
John Smiley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
John Smiley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
John Smiley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
21.88
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
36.46
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
56.25
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
17.01
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.74
9.1
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
John Smiley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
26.04
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Smiley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
171.43
John Smiley
Career
Per 600 PA
183
190.63
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
3.5
John Smiley
Career
Per 600 PA
3.15
3.15
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
46.88
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.08
Jamie Arnold
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
John Smiley
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6.25
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Smiley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Smiley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Smiley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jamie Arnold
Career
Per 600 PA
John Smiley
Career
Per 600 PA