Harry Eccles vs. Roy Smith — Career Comparison

Harry Eccles
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Roy Smith
Baby BoomersNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Roy Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Eccles as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Roy Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.6 and WHIP 1.496 compared to 4.71 and 1.143 for Harry Eccles. By the career numbers, Roy Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Eccles and Roy Smith

Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.14
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
1.98
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
1.35
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.44
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.45
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.18
49.18
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.38
68.38
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
4.71
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
4.6
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1855
27
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
618.1
9
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
7.71
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
707
10.29
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.29
10.29
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.86
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
1.16
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.57
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
202
2.94
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.23
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.57
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
320
4.66
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.57
5.57
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.35
2.35
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.905
0.905
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.844
0.844
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.33
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.17
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
34.71
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2699
39.28
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.71
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.1
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
6.86
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
344
5.01
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.86
6.86
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.01
5.01
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.16
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.38
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.58
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
32.14
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2448
35.63
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.71
34.71
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.28
39.28

Fielding Stats for Harry Eccles and Roy Smith

Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.98
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
1.35
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1855
27
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
618.1
9
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.6
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.64
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.3
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
1.24
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.51
95.51
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.8
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.625
0.625
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.38
68.38
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Eccles and Roy Smith

Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
500
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
136
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
14.97
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
7.84
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA