Fred Green vs. Fred Smith — Career Comparison

Fred Green
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Smith
Pre-GenerationalWisconsinThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Fred Green as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.85 and WHIP 1.336 compared to 3.48 and 1.574 for Fred Green. By the career numbers, Fred Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Green and Fred Smith

Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
5.56
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.9
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.95
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.57
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.21
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.44
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.74
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.25
56.25
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.53
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.25
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
3.48
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.85
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
27
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
256
27
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142.1
9
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.1
9
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
8.98
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
9.49
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.49
9.49
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.76
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.32
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
3.98
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.53
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.2
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
4.87
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.06
1.06
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.984
0.984
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.504
0.504
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.32
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.42
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
624
39.46
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
356
37.55
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.9
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.95
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
4.11
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
4.64
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.336
1.336
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
560
35.41
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
328
34.59
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.44
2.44
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.46
39.46
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55

Fielding Stats for Fred Green and Fred Smith

Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
5.56
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.91
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.95
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
27
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
255
27
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142.1
9
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
9
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.44
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.64
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
1.64
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.65
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.21
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
2.21
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.49
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
2.09
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.28
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.29
94.29
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.94
93.94
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.722
1.722
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Green
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Green and Fred Smith

Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
2933.33
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
18
372.41
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
600
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PA
17
566.67
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
579.31
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
62.07
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
62.07
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.56
85.2
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
7.87
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
300
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
62.07
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
133.33
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
62.07
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.529
0.529
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.752
0.752
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.8
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.67
-13.91
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PA
13
433.33
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
165.52
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PA
1.38
1.38
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.63
3.63
Fred Green
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Fred Green
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100