Blaine Beatty vs. Theolic Smith — Career Comparison

Blaine Beatty
Baby BoomersTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Theolic Smith
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh CrawfordsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star

Theolic Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Blaine Beatty as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Blaine Beatty posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.3 and WHIP 1.340 compared to 4.95 and 1.511 for Theolic Smith. By the career numbers, Blaine Beatty had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Blaine Beatty and Theolic Smith

Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
4.02
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1.6
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.57
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.14
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.43
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.69
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.64
38.64
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.71
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.13
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.3
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
4.95
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
27
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1064
27
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.2
9
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354.2
9
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
8.04
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
409
10.38
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.04
8.04
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.38
10.38
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.57
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.51
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
3.45
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
3.2
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.57
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
5.74
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.93
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.74
5.74
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.43
1.43
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.46
2.46
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.021
1.021
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.792
0.792
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.57
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.25
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
38.49
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1588
40.3
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.57
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.23
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.3
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
245
6.22
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.57
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.04
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.57
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.48
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.277
1.277
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.509
1.509
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
33.89
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1409
35.75
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.3
40.3

Fielding Stats for Blaine Beatty and Theolic Smith

Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
4.02
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
1.59
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.57
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.05
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
27
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1564
27
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.2
9
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
521.1
9
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.72
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.79
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.57
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.4
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.16
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.3
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
3.35
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.3
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
3.19
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.36
95.36
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.571
0.571
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.011
2.011
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.3
66.3
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Blaine Beatty and Theolic Smith

Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
2100
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
234.89
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
235
600
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
197
502.98
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.254
0.254
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.717
0.717
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
127.66
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
102.13
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
15.32
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.55
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
25.53
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25.45
64.98
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
165.96
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
199.15
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.347
0.347
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.677
0.677
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.649
0.649
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.251
0.251
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
91.91
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
40.85
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
130.21
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28.66
73.17
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
71.49
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blaine Beatty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.55
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
235
235
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
28
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
25.53
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.55
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.21
Blaine Beatty
Career
Per 600 PA
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
75