Greg Harris vs. Ford Smith — Career Comparison

Greg Harris
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican 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 Greg Harris 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 3.69 and 1.409 for Greg Harris. By the career numbers, Ford Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Greg Harris and Ford Smith

Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
4.31
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.38
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.6
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.89
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.45
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.69
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.55
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.3
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.12
45.12
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.94
13.94
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.29
64.29
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.64
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.33
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
601
3.69
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.37
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.243
0.243
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4401
27
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
546
27
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1467
9
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
9
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
1329
8.15
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
7.42
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.15
8.15
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.42
7.42
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
0.79
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
652
4
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.62
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.53
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1141
7
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
5.39
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.62
1.62
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.222
1.222
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.44
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.33
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.35
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6293
38.61
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
737
36.45
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
1.63
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.49
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
689
4.23
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
3.07
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.44
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.74
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.31
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
0.81
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.04
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.115
1.115
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5464
33.52
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
662
32.74
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.61
38.61
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.45
36.45

Fielding Stats for Greg Harris and Ford Smith

Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
4.31
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.29
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.6
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.93
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4401
27
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1128
27
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1467
9
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
376
9
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
0.62
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.84
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
1.4
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.34
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.2
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.17
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
361
2.21
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
2.35
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
2.02
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.18
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.14
91.14
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.468
0.468
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.685
1.685
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.94
13.94
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.22
72.22
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.09
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Greg Harris and Ford Smith

Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
705
5957.75
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
63
219.77
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
71
600
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
172
600
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
68
574.65
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
157
547.67
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.57
0.57
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.634
0.634
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
15
126.76
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
129.07
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
10
84.51
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
90.7
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
31.4
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.49
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
42.25
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
38.37
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
5
42.25
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.54
54.21
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
185.92
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
177.91
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
16
135.21
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
170.93
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.324
0.324
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.555
0.555
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.434
0.434
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
7
59.15
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
80.23
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
4
33.8
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
101.16
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
11
92.96
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
177.91
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
5.15
43.55
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.85
58.77
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.45
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
38.37
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
29
245.07
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
2.45
2.45
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
172
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
10.47
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA