Joe Haynes vs. Roy Smith — Career Comparison

Joe Haynes
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Roy Smith
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Joe Haynes built a career as a starting pitcher and Roy Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Haynes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.01 and WHIP 1.450 compared to 5.24 and 1.970 for Roy Smith. By the career numbers, Joe Haynes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Haynes and Roy Smith

Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379
2.16
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.24
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
0.84
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.4
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.43
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Haynes
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.47
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.1
48.1
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.79
38.79
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.69
7.69
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.3
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.12
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Haynes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
704
4.01
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
5.24
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.32
7.32
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Joe Haynes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4743
27
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
27
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1581
9
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.1
9
Joe Haynes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1672
9.52
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
10.07
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.52
9.52
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.07
10.07
Joe Haynes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.54
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.61
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Joe Haynes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
620
3.53
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
7.25
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.4
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.25
7.25
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
475
2.7
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
7.66
Joe Haynes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.66
7.66
Joe Haynes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.46
1.46
Joe Haynes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.693
0.693
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.657
1.657
Joe Haynes
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.2
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Haynes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.15
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.21
Joe Haynes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6890
39.22
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
46.34
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
0.91
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.21
Joe Haynes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
823
4.69
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
7.25
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.69
4.69
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.25
7.25
Joe Haynes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Haynes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Haynes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.81
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.925
1.925
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6244
35.54
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
37.88
Joe Haynes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.17
2.17
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Joe Haynes
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.22
39.22
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.34
46.34

Fielding Stats for Joe Haynes and Roy Smith

Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.24
Joe Haynes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.4
Joe Haynes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
27
Joe Haynes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.1
9
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.4
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.61
Joe Haynes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.4
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.42
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
366
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.01
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.57
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.966
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.385
0.385
Joe Haynes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.69
7.69
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.4
Joe Haynes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Haynes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Haynes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Haynes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Haynes and Roy Smith

Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
380
409.34
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
13
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
557
600
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
521
561.22
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.523
0.523
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
111
119.57
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
100.18
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
17.24
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.08
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.08
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
19.39
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30.56
32.92
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
142.19
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
143.27
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.498
0.498
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.371
0.371
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
51.71
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
42.01
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
92.64
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32.2
34.68
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.08
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
22.62
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Haynes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Haynes
Career
Per 600 PA
81
87.25
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.88
6.88
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
15.08
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Haynes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Haynes
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9.69
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.15
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.08
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.23
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Haynes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA