Alex Hardy vs. Bob Smith — Career Comparison

Alex Hardy
Pre-GenerationalCANThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bob Smith
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bob Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Alex Hardy as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bob Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.94 and WHIP 1.399 compared to 4.34 and 1.448 for Alex Hardy. By the career numbers, Bob Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alex Hardy and Bob Smith

Alex Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.32
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
435
1.74
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.32
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
0.92
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.57
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
0.42
Alex Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.57
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.56
Alex Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.27
43.27
Alex Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.64
52.64
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.94
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
0.51
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.19
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.06
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.16
Alex Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
4.34
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
983
3.94
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Alex Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Alex Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Alex Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
27
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6739
27
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.2
9
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2246.1
9
Alex Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
9.44
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2472
9.9
Alex Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Alex Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
0.53
Alex Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Alex Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Alex Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
3.59
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
2.68
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
3.02
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
618
2.48
Alex Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.02
3.02
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Alex Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.29
2.29
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Alex Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.734
0.734
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.573
0.573
Alex Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.04
Alex Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.07
Alex Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
204
38.52
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9652
38.67
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.63
Alex Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
5.48
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1139
4.56
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.48
5.48
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.56
4.56
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.448
1.448
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.399
1.399
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
34.74
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8964
35.91
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.52
38.52
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.67
38.67

Fielding Stats for Alex Hardy and Bob Smith

Alex Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.31
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
692
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
27
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
9
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.19
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
659
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.25
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1391
Alex Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.63
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2139
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.44
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2050
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.84
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.857
1.857
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.962
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Hardy and Bob Smith

Alex Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
7
182.61
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
742
248.3
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
23
600
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1793
600
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
20
521.74
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1689
565.2
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.587
0.587
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
4
104.35
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
409
136.87
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
78.26
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
323
108.09
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
21.42
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
5.69
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
1.67
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
28.78
Alex Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.76
46.02
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
135.95
45.49
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
5
130.43
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
522
174.68
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
182.61
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
462
154.6
Alex Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.554
0.554
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.574
0.574
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Alex Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Alex Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.455
0.455
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
78.26
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
154
51.53
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
130.43
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
55.55
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
208.7
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
315
105.41
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
1.89
49.39
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
152.81
51.14
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.33
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
17.4
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
78.26
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
110
36.81
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
7.67
7.67
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.3
16.3
Alex Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.47
0.47
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
17.07
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5
1.67
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
5.35
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
4.35
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
9.7
Alex Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.17
55.17