Herb Cobb vs. Ford Smith — Career Comparison

Herb Cobb
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ford Smith
Greatest GenerationArizonaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ford Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Herb Cobb as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ford Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.37 and WHIP 1.115 compared to 36 and 4.000 for Herb Cobb. By the career numbers, Ford Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Herb Cobb and Ford Smith

Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
9
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
1.38
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.89
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.69
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.3
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.29
64.29
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.64
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
36
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.37
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.12
32.12
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
19
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
27
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
546
27
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
9
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
27
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
7.42
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.42
7.42
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.62
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.39
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.15
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.35
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
18
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
63
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
737
36.45
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.49
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
36
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
3.07
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.74
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.04
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.115
1.115
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
54
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662
32.74
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
63
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.45
36.45

Fielding Stats for Herb Cobb and Ford Smith

Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.29
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.93
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1128
27
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
376
9
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.84
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.34
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.17
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
2.35
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.18
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.685
1.685
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.22
72.22
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Herb Cobb and Ford Smith

Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
219.77
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
600
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
547.67
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.634
0.634
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
129.07
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
90.7
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
31.4
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
38.37
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.54
54.21
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
177.91
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
170.93
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
80.23
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
101.16
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
177.91
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.85
58.77
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
38.37
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.49
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
172
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.47
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA