Harry Hardy vs. Chick Smith — Career Comparison

Harry Hardy
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Chick Smith
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Harry Hardy built a career as a starting pitcher and Chick Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Chick Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.57 and WHIP 1.472 compared to 5.11 and 1.659 for Harry Hardy. By the career numbers, Chick Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Hardy and Chick Smith

Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.64
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.55
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.02
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.51
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.82
Chick Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.51
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.82
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
5.11
Chick Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.57
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Chick Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Chick Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Chick Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
27
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
27
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
9
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.2
9
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
11.25
Chick Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
7.64
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.25
11.25
Chick Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.64
7.64
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.51
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.68
Chick Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
5.6
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
2.86
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
5.6
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Chick Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.6
5.6
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Chick Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.727
0.727
Chick Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.51
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.51
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
40.3
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
39.23
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Chick Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.53
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
7.36
Chick Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
4.08
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.36
7.36
Chick Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.659
1.659
Chick Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.472
1.472
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
36.61
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
33.62
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Chick Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Chick Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.3
40.3
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.23
39.23

Fielding Stats for Harry Hardy and Chick Smith

Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.64
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.02
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
27
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
9
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.41
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.45
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.86
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.86
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chick Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Hardy and Chick Smith

Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Chick Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
320
Chick Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
600
Chick Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
600
Chick Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Chick Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Chick Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Chick Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Chick Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chick Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chick Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chick Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chick Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chick Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chick Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chick Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
2.37
Chick Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Chick Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Chick Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Chick Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Chick Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Chick Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chick Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Chick Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Chick Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Chick Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Chick Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chick Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Chick Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.86
-34.28
Chick Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.41
-49.38
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chick Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chick Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chick Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Chick Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Harry Hardy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Chick Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.25
1.25
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chick Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chick Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chick Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chick Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chick Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chick Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chick Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hardy
Career
Per 600 PA
Chick Smith
Career
Per 600 PA