Jack Flater vs. Roy Smith — Career Comparison

Jack Flater
Lost GenerationMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Roy Smith
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jack Flater built a career as a starting pitcher and Roy 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 5.24 and 1.970 for Roy 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 Roy Smith

Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.14
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.24
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.69
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.4
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.69
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.69
7.69
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.69
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.06
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
5.24
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.32
7.32
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
27
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
27
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39.1
9
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.1
9
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
8.01
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
10.07
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.01
8.01
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.07
10.07
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.61
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.75
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
7.25
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.4
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.25
7.25
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.83
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
7.66
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.83
1.83
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.66
7.66
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.509
0.509
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.657
1.657
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.46
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.21
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
35.01
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
46.34
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.46
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.21
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.43
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
7.25
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.25
7.25
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.81
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.195
1.195
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.925
1.925
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
31.81
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
37.88
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.01
35.01
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.34
46.34

Fielding Stats for Jack Flater and Roy Smith

Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.15
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.24
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.69
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.4
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
27
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
27
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
9
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.1
9
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.38
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.4
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
4.38
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.61
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.69
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.4
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
6.46
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.42
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
5.77
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.01
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.29
89.29
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.385
0.385
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.69
7.69
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.46
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.4
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Flater and Roy Smith

Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
187.5
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
600
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
562.5
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.438
0.438
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
20.35
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
12.15
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
7
262.5
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.29
2.29
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flater
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Jack Flater
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA