Jack Flater vs. Brian Smith — Career Comparison

Lost GenerationMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gen XNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jack Flater built a career as a starting pitcher and Brian Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jack Flater posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.06 and WHIP 1.195 compared to 10.38 and 1.846 for Brian Smith. By the career numbers, Jack Flater had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Flater and Brian Smith

Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.14
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
6.23
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.69
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.69
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.69
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.06
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
10.38
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.38
10.38
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
27
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
27
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39.1
9
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
9
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
8.01
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
12.46
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.01
8.01
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.46
12.46
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.08
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.08
2.08
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.75
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
4.15
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.83
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
6.23
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.83
1.83
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.23
6.23
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.509
0.509
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.154
1.154
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.46
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
35.01
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
41.54
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.46
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.08
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.43
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
10.38
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.38
10.38
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.08
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.08
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.08
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.195
1.195
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.846
1.846
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
31.81
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
33.23
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.417
0.417
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.01
35.01
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.54
41.54

Fielding Stats for Jack Flater and Brian Smith

Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.15
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
6.23
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.69
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
27
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
27
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
9
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
9
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.38
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
4.38
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.08
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.69
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
6.46
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.08
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
5.77
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.08
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.29
89.29
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.46
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Flater and Brian Smith

Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
187.5
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
600
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
562.5
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.438
0.438
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
20.35
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
12.15
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
7
262.5
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.29
2.29
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA