Joe Brown vs. Charlie Smith — Career Comparison

Joe Brown
Pre-GenerationalCANNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Charlie Smith
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Charlie Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Brown 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 5.11 and 1.352 for Joe Brown. By the career numbers, Charlie Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Brown and Charlie Smith

Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.13
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
1.41
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.02
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
0.99
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.44
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.61
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.58
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.14
43.14
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.91
90.91
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.81
69.81
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.92
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
0.58
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
5.11
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
422
2.81
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.22
3.22
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
27
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4048
27
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
9
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1349.1
9
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
11.05
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1309
8.73
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.05
11.05
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.73
8.73
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.15
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.13
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
353
2.35
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.35
2.35
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
3.68
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
570
3.8
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.534
0.534
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.684
0.684
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.21
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.19
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
40.7
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5479
36.54
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.33
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
7.06
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
587
3.92
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.06
7.06
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.352
1.352
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.232
1.232
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
39.58
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5097
34
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.7
40.7
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.54
36.54

Fielding Stats for Joe Brown and Charlie Smith

Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.38
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
213
1.86
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.99
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
450
27
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3087
27
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
9
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1029
9
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.96
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.31
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.26
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
3.48
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.21
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
2.46
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
4.01
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
2.22
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.8
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.24
90.24
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.76
94.76
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.609
1.609
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.038
2.038
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.05
53.05
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Brown and Charlie Smith

Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
20
150
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
218
266.94
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
80
600
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
490
600
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
80
600
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
447
547.35
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.413
0.413
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.398
0.398
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
120
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
82.04
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
112.5
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
73.47
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.5
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
6.12
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.22
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.22
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.5
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.57
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.14
23.54
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.19
17.37
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
127.5
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
94.29
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
120
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
83
101.63
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.413
0.413
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.352
0.352
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
60
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
26.94
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
3
22.5
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
26.94
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
82.5
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
52.65
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.06
22.99
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.56
10.49
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.12
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
13.47
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
112.5
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
85
104.08
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
5.33
5.33
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.76
5.76
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
33.06
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Charlie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA