Charlie Cady vs. Hal Smith — Career Comparison

Charlie Cady
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisNorth AmericaChicago/Pittsburgh (Union League)Union AssociationRelief Pitcher
Hal Smith
Greatest GenerationIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Hal Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Charlie Cady as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Charlie Cady posted a career ERA of 3.77 against Hal Smith's 3.77, with WHIP of 1.558 and 1.352 respectively. The raw numbers call this too close to separate — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Charlie Cady and Hal Smith

Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.05
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
2.19
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.05
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.07
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.63
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.51
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.42
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.47
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.17
52.17
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.02
49.02
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.05
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.43
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
3.77
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
3.77
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
27
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
630
27
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
9
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
210
9
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
10.47
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
9.94
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.47
10.47
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.94
9.94
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.34
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
3.56
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
2.23
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.23
2.23
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
4.19
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
2.53
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.861
0.861
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.529
0.529
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.09
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.39
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
41.65
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
910
39
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.6
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
7.95
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
4.8
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.95
7.95
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.558
1.558
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.352
1.352
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
38.09
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
849
36.39
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.6
7.6
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.65
41.65
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
39

Fielding Stats for Charlie Cady and Hal Smith

Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.32
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
27
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
9
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.96
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.08
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.84
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.88
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.04
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.83
70.83
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.33
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.546
1.546
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.824
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.48
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Charlie Cady and Hal Smith

Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PA
11
183.33
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
425
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PA
36
600
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
600
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
566.67
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
558.33
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PA
0.278
0.278
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PA
2
33.33
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
58.33
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
50
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.33
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
33.33
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.33
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
11.4
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.05
8.75
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
83.33
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
66.67
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PA
4
66.67
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
75
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
66.67
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
66.67
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.85
-14.11
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.33
-11.05
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
33.33
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.67
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
83.33
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
25
208.33
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.2
7.2
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2.88
2.88
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PA
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA