Spoon Carter vs. Josh Smith — Career Comparison

Spoon Carter
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaHomestead GraysNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star
Josh Smith
MillenialFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Spoon Carter built a career as a starting pitcher and Josh Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Spoon Carter posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.86 and WHIP 1.483 compared to 5.6 and 1.581 for Josh Smith. By the career numbers, Spoon Carter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Spoon Carter and Josh Smith

Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
1.69
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
4.92
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.98
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.63
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.37
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.1
63.1
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.75
57.75
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.88
11.88
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.54
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
4.86
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
5.6
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2263
27
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
554
27
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
754.1
9
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
184.2
9
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
853
10.18
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
9.89
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.18
10.18
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.89
9.89
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.51
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
1.56
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
265
3.16
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
3.95
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
3.88
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
7.31
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.29
2.29
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.782
0.782
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.251
1.251
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.23
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.49
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3348
39.95
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
40.55
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.42
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.85
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
474
5.66
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
5.95
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.66
5.66
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.95
5.95
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.92
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.34
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.57
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.34
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.482
1.482
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.538
1.538
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2986
35.63
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
732
35.68
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.309
0.309
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.95
39.95
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.55
40.55

Fielding Stats for Spoon Carter and Josh Smith

Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
1.68
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
4.92
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2360
27
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
554
27
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
786.2
9
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
184.2
9
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.34
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.39
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
1.88
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.17
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
2.39
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.78
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
2.22
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.68
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.82
92.82
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
87.5
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.139
0.139
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.18
59.18
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.88
11.88
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Spoon Carter and Josh Smith

Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
147
262.5
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
103
2942.86
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
336
600
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
302
539.29
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
571.43
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.522
0.522
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
107.14
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
89.29
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
14.29
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.79
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
17.86
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.31
32.7
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.35
38.54
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
130.36
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
200
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
137.5
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.483
0.483
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
0.55
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.043
0.043
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.438
0.438
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
57.14
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
41.07
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
96.43
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20.12
35.93
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.36
38.8
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
28.57
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.79
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
228.57
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
336
336
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2.63
2.63
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
30.36
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spoon Carter
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA