Carlos Guevara vs. Ford Smith — Career Comparison

Carlos Guevara
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ford Smith
Greatest GenerationArizonaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ford Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Carlos Guevara as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ford Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.37 and WHIP 1.115 compared to 5.84 and 1.946 for Carlos Guevara. By the career numbers, Ford Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Carlos Guevara and Ford Smith

Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
7.3
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
1.38
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.89
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.73
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.69
Carlos Guevara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.3
Carlos Guevara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
70
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.29
64.29
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.64
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Carlos Guevara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.84
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.37
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.68
5.68
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.51
5.51
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
546
27
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
9
Carlos Guevara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
9.49
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
7.42
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.49
9.49
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.42
7.42
Carlos Guevara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.46
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Carlos Guevara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
6.57
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.62
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.46
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.57
6.57
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
8.03
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
5.39
Carlos Guevara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.03
8.03
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Carlos Guevara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.622
1.622
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.19
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Carlos Guevara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.35
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
43.78
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
737
36.45
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.38
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.49
Carlos Guevara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
6.57
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
3.07
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.57
6.57
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Carlos Guevara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.73
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.74
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.04
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.784
1.784
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.115
1.115
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
35.76
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662
32.74
Carlos Guevara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Carlos Guevara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.78
43.78
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.45
36.45

Fielding Stats for Carlos Guevara and Ford Smith

Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
7.3
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
1.29
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.93
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1128
27
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
376
9
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.84
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.46
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
1.34
Carlos Guevara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.17
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.46
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
2.35
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.46
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.18
Carlos Guevara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.685
1.685
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.22
72.22
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Carlos Guevara and Ford Smith

Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
10
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
219.77
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
600
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
547.67
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.634
0.634
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
129.07
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
90.7
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
31.4
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
38.37
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.54
54.21
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
177.91
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
170.93
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
80.23
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
101.16
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
177.91
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.85
58.77
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
38.37
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Guevara
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.49
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
172
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.47
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carlos Guevara
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA