Harry Fanok vs. Bob Smith — Career Comparison

Harry Fanok
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bob Smith
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bob Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Fanok as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bob Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.94 and WHIP 1.399 compared to 5.4 and 1.620 for Harry Fanok. By the career numbers, Bob Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Fanok and Bob Smith

Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
4.32
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
435
1.74
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
0.92
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.54
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
0.42
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
0.56
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.27
43.27
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.64
52.64
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.51
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.06
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.16
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
5.4
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
983
3.94
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
27
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6739
27
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.1
9
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2246.1
9
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
7.83
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2472
9.9
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.83
7.83
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.81
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.53
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.81
0.81
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
6.48
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
2.68
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
9.45
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
618
2.48
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.45
9.45
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.77
1.77
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.573
0.573
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.81
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.04
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.07
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.54
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
41.58
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9652
38.67
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.35
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
0.63
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
5.94
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1139
4.56
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.94
5.94
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.56
4.56
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.399
1.399
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
34.83
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8964
35.91
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.58
41.58
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.67
38.67

Fielding Stats for Harry Fanok and Bob Smith

Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
4.32
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
692
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
27
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.1
9
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.54
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
659
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.08
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1391
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.54
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.16
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2139
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.62
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2050
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.84
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.375
0.375
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.962
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Fanok and Bob Smith

Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
1600
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
742
248.3
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1793
600
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1689
565.2
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.595
0.595
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
409
136.87
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
323
108.09
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
21.42
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
5.69
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
1.67
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
28.78
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.9
90.41
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
135.95
45.49
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
522
174.68
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
462
154.6
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.574
0.574
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.455
0.455
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
154
51.53
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
55.55
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
315
105.41
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.94
93.53
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
152.81
51.14
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.33
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
17.4
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
110
36.81
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.3
16.3
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
0.47
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
17.07
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Fanok
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5
1.67
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
5.35
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
4.35
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
9.7
Harry Fanok
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.17
55.17