Curt Davis vs. Joe Smith — Career Comparison

Curt Davis
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Joe Smith
MillenialOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Curt Davis built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.14 and WHIP 1.230 compared to 3.42 and 1.264 for Curt Davis. By the career numbers, Joe Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Curt Davis and Joe Smith

Curt Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Curt Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
429
1.66
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
866
10.22
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
1.09
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158
0.61
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.65
Curt Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
0.51
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.4
Curt Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.67
54.67
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.8
61.8
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.5
65.5
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.55
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.13
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.35
Curt Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
884
3.42
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
3.14
Curt Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Curt Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Curt Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Curt Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6975
27
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2287
27
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2325
9
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
762.1
9
Curt Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2459
9.52
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
653
7.71
Curt Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.52
9.52
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Curt Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
0.55
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.78
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Curt Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Curt Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
1.85
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
254
3
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.37
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.85
1.85
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
684
2.65
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
666
7.86
Curt Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.86
7.86
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Curt Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Curt Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.08
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.22
Curt Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.18
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.47
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9752
37.75
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3150
37.19
Curt Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.43
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
2.08
Curt Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1033
4
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.41
Curt Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.27
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.14
Curt Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.86
Curt Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.264
1.264
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9226
35.71
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2821
33.3
Curt Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.75
37.75
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.19
37.19

Fielding Stats for Curt Davis and Joe Smith

Curt Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Curt Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
429
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
866
10.22
Curt Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curt Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2287
27
Curt Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
762.1
9
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.34
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
616
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
1.91
Curt Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.07
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
783
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
2.33
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
762
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
2.25
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.32
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.95
96.95
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.776
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.221
0.221
Curt Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.14
Curt Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curt Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curt Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curt Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Curt Davis and Joe Smith

Curt Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Curt Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
449
298.01
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
866
259800
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
904
600
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
813
539.6
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.537
0.537
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
165
109.51
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
137
90.93
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
11.28
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
7.3
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
18.58
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48.17
31.97
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
215
142.7
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
128.1
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.494
0.494
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.366
0.366
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
46.46
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
53.76
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
140
92.92
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.41
30.8
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-66.4
Curt Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
18.58
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
176
116.81
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
600
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.14
5.14
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
41.81
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
19
12.61
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.66
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.66
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA