Mal Eason vs. Rex Smith — Career Comparison

Mal Eason
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rex Smith
Pre-GenerationalKentuckyThrows RightNorth AmericaCincinnati Red StockingsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Mal Eason built a career as a starting pitcher and Rex Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mal Eason posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.42 and WHIP 1.385 compared to 5.5 and 2.111 for Rex Smith. By the career numbers, Mal Eason had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mal Eason and Rex Smith

Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
1.18
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.08
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.34
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.69
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.03
33.03
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.2
91.2
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.85
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.09
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
3.42
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
5.5
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.72
6.72
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2854
27
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
951.1
9
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1027
9.72
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
11.5
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.72
9.72
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.19
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
2.75
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
7.5
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
2.59
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.5
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.19
2.19
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.594
0.594
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.111
1.111
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.12
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
3
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.4
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4011
37.95
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
44.5
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.1
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
515
4.87
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
10.5
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.5
10.5
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.385
1.385
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.111
2.111
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3678
34.8
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
37
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.5
10.5
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.95
37.95
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.5
44.5

Fielding Stats for Mal Eason and Rex Smith

Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
1.17
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.51
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2976
27
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
992
9
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.44
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
2.51
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.19
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
347
3.15
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
2.96
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.95
93.95
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.527
2.527
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.41
43.41
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mal Eason and Rex Smith

Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
206.35
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
378
600
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
356
565.08
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
68.25
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
63.49
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.76
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.76
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.87
10.91
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
8.38
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
73.02
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
85.71
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.099
0.099
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
26.98
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
23.81
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
50.79
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-2.45
-3.89
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.12
-8.7
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.59
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
15.87
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
81
128.57
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.67
4.67
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
17.46
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.17
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.17
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mal Eason
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA