Billy Beane vs. Ernie Smith — Career Comparison

Billy Beane
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueLeft Fielder
Ernie Smith
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueLeft Fielder

On the career numbers, Ernie Smith posted the stronger offensive profile against Billy Beane. Ernie Smith posted stronger numbers in OPS (.618 vs .542) and on-base percentage (.306 vs .246). Billy Beane had the advantage in home run production (3 career HR at a higher rate). By the career numbers, Ernie Smith had the stronger overall case — though those totals don't account for the eras and run environments each player worked in.

Hitting Stats for Billy Beane and Ernie Smith

Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ernie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
148
281.9
Ernie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
83
166
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
315
600
Ernie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
300
600
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
301
573.33
Ernie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
276
552
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Ernie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.558
0.558
Ernie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
66
125.71
Ernie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
146
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
49
93.33
Ernie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
126
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
26.67
Ernie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
14
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.71
Ernie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
32.38
Ernie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
10
20
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Ernie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Ernie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Ernie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
20.51
39.07
Ernie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29.1
58.21
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
89
169.52
Ernie Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
86
172
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
77
146.67
Ernie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
180
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Ernie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.306
0.306
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Ernie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.312
0.312
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.542
0.542
Ernie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.618
0.618
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Ernie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Ernie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.423
0.423
Ernie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.562
0.562
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Ernie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
30
57.14
Ernie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
62
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
29
55.24
Ernie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
64
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
56
106.67
Ernie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
126
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
18.77
35.74
Ernie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34.03
68.06
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
8
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
11
20.95
Ernie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
26
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ernie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
80
152.38
Ernie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.94
3.94
Ernie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Ernie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.81
Ernie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
12
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.9
Ernie Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.24
Ernie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
5
9.52
Ernie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
22
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.52
Ernie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
10
19.05
Ernie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
22
Billy Beane
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50
Ernie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100

Fielding Stats for Billy Beane and Ernie Smith

Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ernie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
1.6
Ernie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
1.21
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.99
Ernie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.08
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1991
27
Ernie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1832
27
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
663.2
9
Ernie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
610.2
9
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
192
2.6
Ernie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
2.86
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Ernie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.28
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ernie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.21
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
2.66
Ernie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
3.35
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
2.64
Ernie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
3.14
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.49
99.49
Ernie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.83
93.83
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.653
1.653
Ernie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.598
2.598
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.86
61.86
Ernie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.02
89.02
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ernie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ernie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Beane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ernie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.63
Billy Beane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ernie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0