Kevin Beirne vs. Charlie Smith — Career Comparison

Kevin Beirne
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Charlie Smith
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Charlie Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Kevin Beirne as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Charlie Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.81 and WHIP 1.232 compared to 6.09 and 1.588 for Kevin Beirne. By the career numbers, Charlie Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kevin Beirne and Charlie Smith

Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
4.83
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
212
1.41
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.42
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
0.99
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.32
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.44
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.32
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.58
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.14
43.14
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.7
8.7
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.81
69.81
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.58
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
6.09
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
422
2.81
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.09
6.09
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.22
3.22
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
257
27
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
27
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.2
9
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1349.1
9
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
9.35
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1309
8.73
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.35
9.35
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.73
8.73
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
1.47
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.15
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
4.52
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
353
2.35
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.42
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.62
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
570
3.8
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.62
6.62
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.237
1.237
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.684
0.684
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.53
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.21
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.63
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.19
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
40.66
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5479
36.54
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.58
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.33
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
6.51
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
587
3.92
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.51
6.51
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.32
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.63
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.53
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.541
1.541
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.232
1.232
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
34.56
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5097
34
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.77
2.77
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.66
40.66
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.54
36.54

Fielding Stats for Kevin Beirne and Charlie Smith

Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
4.83
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213
1.86
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.42
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.99
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
257
27
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3087
27
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.2
9
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1029
9
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.42
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.31
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.05
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
3.48
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.21
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.58
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
4.01
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.47
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.8
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
93.33
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.76
94.76
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.038
2.038
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.7
8.7
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.05
53.05
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kevin Beirne and Charlie Smith

Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
4600
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
218
266.94
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
490
600
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
447
547.35
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.398
0.398
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
82.04
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
73.47
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.12
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.22
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.22
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.57
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.74
73.95
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.19
17.37
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
94.29
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
83
101.63
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.352
0.352
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
26.94
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
26.94
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
52.65
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.98
97.53
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.56
10.49
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.12
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
13.47
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
85
104.08
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.76
5.76
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
33.06
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Beirne
Career
Per 600 PA
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA