Brian Fisher vs. Dan Smith — Career Comparison

Baby BoomersHawaiiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gen XMinnesotaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Brian Fisher built a career as a starting pitcher and Dan Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brian Fisher posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.39 and WHIP 1.423 compared to 4.66 and 1.966 for Dan Smith. By the career numbers, Brian Fisher had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brian Fisher and Dan Smith

Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
3.12
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
5.28
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.91
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.62
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.51
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.48
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.55
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.43
51.43
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.28
29.28
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.76
11.76
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.1
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.32
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
4.39
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.66
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.51
6.51
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1920
27
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
27
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
640
9
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
9
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
638
8.97
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
11.17
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.97
8.97
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.17
11.17
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.98
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.93
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
3.54
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
6.21
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.3
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.21
6.21
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
5.2
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
4.34
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.2
5.2
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.972
0.972
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.172
1.172
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.17
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.62
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.15
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2758
38.78
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
44.38
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
0.86
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.93
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
4.8
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
5.9
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.8
4.8
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.37
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.62
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.3
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.66
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.62
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.391
1.391
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.931
1.931
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2448
34.43
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
37.24
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.78
38.78
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.38
44.38

Fielding Stats for Brian Fisher and Dan Smith

Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
3.12
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
5.28
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.91
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.62
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1920
27
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
27
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
640
9
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
9
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.46
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.62
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.1
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
1.56
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.93
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
1.46
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.93
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.69
93.69
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.469
0.469
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.177
0.177
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29.28
29.28
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.76
11.76
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Fisher and Dan Smith

Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
222
1091.8
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
17
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
122
600
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
516.39
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.452
0.452
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
63.93
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
44.26
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.84
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.84
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
19.67
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.1
25.08
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
103.28
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
113.11
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
34.43
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
49.18
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
73.77
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.31
11.36
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.84
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
39.34
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
54
265.57
Dan Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.26
2.26
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
34.43
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.84
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Fisher
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.84
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian Fisher
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Smith
Career
Per 600 PA