Wayne Franklin vs. Joe Smith — Career Comparison

Wayne Franklin
Gen XDelawareThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Joe Smith
MillenialOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Wayne Franklin built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.14 and WHIP 1.230 compared to 5.54 and 1.573 for Wayne Franklin. By the career numbers, Joe Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Wayne Franklin and Joe Smith

Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
3.98
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
866
10.22
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.39
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.65
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.45
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.4
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.8
61.8
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.97
27.97
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.35
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
5.54
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
3.14
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.54
5.54
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.68
5.68
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
969
27
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2287
27
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
323
9
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
762.1
9
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
332
9.25
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
653
7.71
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.25
9.25
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
1.59
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.78
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
168
4.68
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
3
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.22
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.37
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
6.02
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
666
7.86
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.02
6.02
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.86
7.86
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.189
1.189
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.22
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.5
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.47
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.14
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1455
40.54
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3150
37.19
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.59
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
2.08
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
215
5.99
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.41
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.99
5.99
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.5
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.27
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.28
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.14
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.81
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.86
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.548
1.548
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1241
34.58
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2821
33.3
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.54
40.54
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.19
37.19

Fielding Stats for Wayne Franklin and Joe Smith

Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
3.98
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
866
10.22
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
969
27
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2287
27
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
323
9
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
762.1
9
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.36
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.34
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.03
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
1.91
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.07
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.39
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
2.33
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.39
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
2.25
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.95
96.95
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.221
0.221
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.97
27.97
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.14
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wayne Franklin and Joe Smith

Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
143
997.67
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
866
259800
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
86
600
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
488.37
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.471
0.471
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
76.74
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
69.77
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.98
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.98
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.9
13.25
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
83.72
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
97.67
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.361
0.361
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
20.93
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
34.88
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
55.81
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.21
8.41
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-66.4
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
20.93
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
153.49
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
600
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.91
3.91
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
83.72
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Franklin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.98
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.95
Joe Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wayne Franklin
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Smith
Career
Per 600 PA