Ed Gerner vs. Lefty Smart — Career Comparison

Ed Gerner
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lefty Smart
UnknownThrows LeftIndianapolis ABCsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lefty Smart built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Gerner as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lefty Smart posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.78 and WHIP 1.191 compared to 3.18 and 1.471 for Ed Gerner. By the career numbers, Lefty Smart had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Gerner and Lefty Smart

Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.65
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
1.67
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.53
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.84
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.53
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.56
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.84
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.84
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
3.18
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.78
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
27
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
27
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
9
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64.2
9
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
11.65
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
7.93
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.65
11.65
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.93
7.93
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.59
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
2.78
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.06
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.18
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.773
0.773
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.06
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.56
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
39.18
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281
39.11
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.12
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.7
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
5.29
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
3.76
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.84
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.7
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.471
1.471
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.191
1.191
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
36.53
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251
34.93
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.18
39.18
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.11
39.11

Fielding Stats for Ed Gerner and Lefty Smart

Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.73
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.81
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
27
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
9
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.32
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.52
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.52
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.6
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.882
0.882
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Gerner and Lefty Smart

Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
285
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
600
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
540
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.632
0.632
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
75
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
60
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
40.55
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.16
17.41
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
90
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
105
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.351
0.351
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.028
0.028
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
2
30
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
400
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
3
45
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
33.28
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.69
10.42
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
30
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
30
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA