David Cone vs. John Smiley — Career Comparison

David Cone
Baby BoomersMissouriThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star
John Smiley
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give David Cone a clear advantage over John Smiley across the core pitching metrics. David Cone led in strikeout rate (K%+ 126 vs 98), home run suppression (HR9+ 106 vs 78), and run prevention (ERA+ 111 vs 94). John Smiley held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 135 vs 87). David Cone was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for David Cone and John Smiley

David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
450
1.4
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
361
1.7
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
419
1.3
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
1.32
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
0.6
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
0.59
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.39
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
0.49
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.63
60.63
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.02
55.02
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.11
93.11
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.56
77.56
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.17
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.13
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.07
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1115
3.46
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
806
3.8
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8696
27
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5723
27
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2898.2
9
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1907.2
9
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2504
7.77
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1842
8.69
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.77
7.77
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
0.8
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185
0.87
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1137
3.53
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
496
2.34
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.13
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.15
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.34
2.34
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2668
8.28
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1284
6.06
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.28
8.28
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.06
6.06
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.93
5.93
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.313
1.313
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.933
0.933
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
0.46
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.23
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.33
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.18
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.1
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.08
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12184
37.83
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7900
37.27
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.03
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.1
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1222
3.79
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
888
4.19
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.24
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
0.48
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.25
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.25
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
0.43
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
0.67
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.256
1.256
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.226
1.226
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10783
33.48
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7212
34.02
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.72
2.72
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.46
2.46
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.83
37.83
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.27
37.27

Fielding Stats for David Cone and John Smiley

David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
450
1.4
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
361
1.7
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
419
1.3
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
1.32
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8696
27
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5723
27
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2898.2
9
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1907.2
9
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
0.68
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.33
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
0.84
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.23
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.09
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.05
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
1.61
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
342
1.61
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
491
1.52
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.56
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.61
94.61
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.78
96.78
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.091
1.091
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.917
0.917
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.11
93.11
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.56
77.56
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.05
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.08
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
David Cone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Smiley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for David Cone and John Smiley

David Cone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
John Smiley
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
451
575.74
John Smiley
Career
Per 600 PA
361
376.04
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PA
470
600
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
576
600
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
412
525.96
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
504
525
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
John Smiley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.434
0.434
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.435
0.435
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
64
81.7
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
76.04
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
55
70.21
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
59.38
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PA
9
11.49
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14.58
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Smiley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.08
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PA
9
11.49
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16.67
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PA
12.51
15.97
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.67
18.41
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PA
73
93.19
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
96.88
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
83
105.96
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
98
102.08
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
John Smiley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.369
0.369
John Smiley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.369
0.369
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
John Smiley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
35.74
John Smiley
Career
Per 600 PA
21
21.88
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PA
22
28.09
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
36.46
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
63.83
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
56.25
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7.51
9.59
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.74
9.1
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.83
John Smiley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PA
16
20.43
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
26.04
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Smiley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
116.17
John Smiley
Career
Per 600 PA
183
190.63
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.16
5.16
John Smiley
Career
Per 600 PA
3.15
3.15
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
John Smiley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
48.51
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
46.88
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.28
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.08
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PA
8
10.21
John Smiley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.25
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Smiley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.28
John Smiley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David Cone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.28
John Smiley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David Cone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Smiley
Career
Per 600 PA