Roy Face vs. Hal Smith — Career Comparison

Roy Face
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Hal Smith
Greatest GenerationIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Hal Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Roy Face as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Roy Face posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.48 and WHIP 1.320 compared to 3.77 and 1.352 for Hal Smith. By the career numbers, Roy Face had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roy Face and Hal Smith

Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
848
5.55
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
2.19
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.07
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.51
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.62
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.47
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.26
52.26
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.17
52.17
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.02
49.02
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.43
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
1.26
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
531
3.48
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
3.77
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4125
27
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
630
27
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1375
9
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
210
9
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1347
8.82
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
9.94
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.82
8.82
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.94
9.94
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
0.92
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.34
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
362
2.37
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
2.23
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.69
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.23
2.23
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
877
5.74
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
2.53
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.74
5.74
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.16
1.16
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.901
0.901
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.529
0.529
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.21
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.39
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5691
37.25
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
910
39
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
574
3.76
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.6
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
3.87
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
4.8
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.352
1.352
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5315
34.79
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
849
36.39
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.25
37.25
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
39

Fielding Stats for Roy Face and Hal Smith

Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
848
6.07
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.1
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3773
27
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1257.2
9
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.74
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
1.52
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.1
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
2.36
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
2.26
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.76
95.76
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.373
0.373
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.824
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.65
1.65
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Face and Hal Smith

Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
853
2391.59
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
51
425
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
600
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
72
600
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
194
543.93
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
67
558.33
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.402
0.402
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.292
0.292
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
86.92
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
58.33
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
78.5
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
50
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.41
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.33
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.41
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.33
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.93
13.82
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.05
8.75
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
95.33
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
66.67
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
92.52
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
75
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
25.23
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.63
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
44.86
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.04
5.73
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.33
-11.05
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.61
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.67
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
131.78
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
208.33
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.55
4.55
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2.88
2.88
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
50.47
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.41
Hal Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
Hal Smith
Career
Per 600 PA