Doug Brocail vs. Guy Smith — Career Comparison

Doug Brocail
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Guy Smith
UnknownIndianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black CrackersNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Guy Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Doug Brocail as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Doug Brocail posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4 and WHIP 1.397 compared to 6.43 and 1.786 for Guy Smith. By the career numbers, Doug Brocail had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Doug Brocail and Guy Smith

Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
626
6.4
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.43
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.53
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.49
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
52
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.71
6.71
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
391
4
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
6.43
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.11
6.11
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.93
4.93
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2640
27
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
880
9
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
885
9.05
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
10.29
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.05
9.05
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.29
10.29
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
0.87
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
3.17
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
5.79
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.35
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
642
6.57
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
7.07
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.57
6.57
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.082
1.082
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.429
1.429
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.34
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.36
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.93
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.07
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3793
38.79
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
46.93
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
1.79
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
4.46
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.42
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.35
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.73
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.786
1.786
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3373
34.5
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
38.57
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.79
38.79
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.93
46.93

Fielding Stats for Doug Brocail and Guy Smith

Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
626
6.4
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.56
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.43
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.04
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2640
27
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
27
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
880
9
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.1
9
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.09
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
1.25
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.08
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
2.08
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
2.43
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
4.15
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
2.34
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.08
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.22
96.22
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.366
0.366
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.71
6.71
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Brocail and Guy Smith

Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
637
4496.47
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
200
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
600
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
487.06
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
533.33
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.514
0.514
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.056
1.056
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
84.71
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
77.65
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.06
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.06
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.58
18.22
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.38
158.58
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
98.82
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
84.71
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
333.33
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.377
0.377
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.056
1.056
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
63.53
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.06
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
70.59
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
333.33
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.52
17.8
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
166.93
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
19
134.12
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.47
4.47
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
112.94
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.12
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.12
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Brocail
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA