Ken Frailing vs. Clarke Schmidt — Career Comparison

Ken Frailing
Baby BoomersWisconsinThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Clarke Schmidt
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Clarke Schmidt built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Frailing as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Clarke Schmidt posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.82 and WHIP 1.276 compared to 3.96 and 1.585 for Ken Frailing. By the career numbers, Clarke Schmidt had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ken Frailing and Clarke Schmidt

Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
4.78
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
2.22
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.78
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.53
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.53
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.66
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.55
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.94
48.94
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.38
16.38
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.07
69.07
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
3.96
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
3.82
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
655
27
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1180
27
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
218.1
9
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393.1
9
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
252
10.39
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
8.24
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.39
10.39
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.24
8.24
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.78
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.08
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
3.38
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
3.18
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.49
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
5.61
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
384
8.79
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.999
0.999
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.37
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.16
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.59
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
972
40.07
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1670
38.21
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.99
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.25
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
4.78
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
4.28
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.37
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.29
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.34
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.7
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.69
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.53
1.53
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.269
1.269
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
870
35.86
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1485
33.98
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.07
40.07
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.21
38.21

Fielding Stats for Ken Frailing and Clarke Schmidt

Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
4.78
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
2.22
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.78
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.53
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
655
27
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1180
27
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
218.1
9
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393.1
9
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.74
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.8
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.65
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.82
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
2.47
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
1.65
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
2.39
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
1.62
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.67
96.67
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.61
98.61
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.732
0.732
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.38
16.38
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.07
69.07
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Frailing and Clarke Schmidt

Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
119
1457.14
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
97
29100
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
600
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
502.04
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.551
0.551
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.23
27.31
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
29.73
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
134.69
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.475
0.475
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.344
0.344
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
73.47
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
73.47
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
146.94
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.95
36.11
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
64.17
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
134.69
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.45
4.45
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Clarke Schmidt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
73.47
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
Clarke Schmidt
Career
Per 600 PA