Bill Day vs. Sherry Smith — Career Comparison

Bill Day
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Sherry Smith
Lost GenerationGeorgiaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Sherry Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Day as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Sherry Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.32 and WHIP 1.303 compared to 4.66 and 1.802 for Bill Day. By the career numbers, Sherry Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Day and Sherry Smith

Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.36
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
1.64
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.07
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
224
0.98
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.5
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.97
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
0.52
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.09
9.09
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.14
49.14
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.57
78.57
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.05
60.05
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.97
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
0.62
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.09
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
4.66
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
757
3.32
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
278
27
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6158
27
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.2
9
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2052.2
9
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
10.49
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2234
9.8
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.49
10.49
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.25
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
5.73
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
440
1.93
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
3.79
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
1.88
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.88
1.88
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.058
1.058
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.423
0.423
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.19
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.18
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
442
42.93
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8663
37.98
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.29
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.47
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
8.74
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
964
4.23
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.74
8.74
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.802
1.802
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.303
1.303
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
37.1
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8181
35.87
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.93
42.93
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.98
37.98

Fielding Stats for Bill Day and Sherry Smith

Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.35
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
376
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
27
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
9
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.29
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.13
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
686
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.81
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
811
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.42
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
778
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.21
86.21
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.93
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.786
1.786
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.069
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bill Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Day and Sherry Smith

Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
14
195.35
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
381
298.43
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
43
600
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
766
600
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
600
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
709
555.35
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.093
0.093
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.61
0.61
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
165
129.24
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
97.91
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
18.8
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
7.83
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.7
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
31.33
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
1.15
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62.36
48.84
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
227
177.81
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
199
155.87
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.093
0.093
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.588
0.588
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.049
0.049
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.485
0.485
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
46.21
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
47
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
5
69.77
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
88.51
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.02
-42.13
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67.58
52.93
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.13
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
23.5
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
83.72
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
134
104.96
Bill Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.17
7.17
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5.72
5.72
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
18.02
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.13
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.35
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
5.48
Bill Day
Career
Per 600 PA
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57.14
57.14