Herb Cobb vs. Fred Smith — Career Comparison

Herb Cobb
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Smith
Pre-GenerationalMarylandThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaToledo MaumeesAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Fred Smith posted a stronger line than Herb Cobb. Fred Smith posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.27 vs 36) and WHIP (1.269 vs 4.000). By the career numbers, Fred Smith had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Herb Cobb and Fred Smith

Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
9
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
1.1
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.07
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.6
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.41
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.38
59.38
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.14
97.14
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.98
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
36
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
3.27
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.12
32.12
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
19
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
27
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
858
27
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
286
9
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
27
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
8.59
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.59
8.59
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.41
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
2.83
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
3.65
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.31
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.41
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
18
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
63
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1223
38.49
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
36
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
4.88
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.269
1.269
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
54
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1120
35.24
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
63
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Herb Cobb and Fred Smith

Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.07
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
960
27
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
320
9
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.53
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.97
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.17
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
2.67
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
2.5
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.68
93.68
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.342
2.342
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Herb Cobb and Fred Smith

Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
168.89
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135
600
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
126
560
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
93.33
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
57.78
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
31.11
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.44
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
35.56
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.86
34.94
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
133.33
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
133.33
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
48.89
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
44.44
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
93.33
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.9
30.64
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.44
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
35.56
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.78
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.78
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100