Claude Hendrix vs. Dave Smith — Career Comparison

Claude Hendrix
Lost GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dave Smith
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Claude Hendrix built a career as a starting pitcher and Dave Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Claude Hendrix posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.65 and WHIP 1.189 compared to 2.67 and 1.294 for Dave Smith. By the career numbers, Claude Hendrix had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Claude Hendrix and Dave Smith

Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
360
1.37
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
609
6.77
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
0.98
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
0.55
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.59
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.44
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.59
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.38
55.38
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.39
71.39
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
0.7
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.1
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.06
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
2.4
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
698
2.65
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
240
2.67
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.72
2.72
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.238
0.238
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7114
27
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2428
27
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2371.1
9
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
809.1
9
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
2123
8.06
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
700
7.78
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.06
8.06
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.78
7.78
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.16
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.38
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
2.65
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
3.15
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.71
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1092
4.14
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
548
6.09
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.09
6.09
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.754
0.754
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.027
1.027
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.27
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.31
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.19
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.24
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9651
36.63
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3357
37.33
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.31
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
4.8
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
910
3.45
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
3.11
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.61
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.21
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.63
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.189
1.189
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.215
1.215
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8905
33.8
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2987
33.22
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.63
36.63
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.33
37.33

Fielding Stats for Claude Hendrix and Dave Smith

Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
362
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
609
6.77
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2428
27
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
809.1
9
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.47
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.97
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.12
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
833
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
1.56
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
801
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
1.43
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.16
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.14
92.14
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.213
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.212
0.212
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Claude Hendrix and Dave Smith

Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
421
255.15
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
609
6894.34
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
990
600
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
53
600
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
922
558.79
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
44
498.11
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.662
0.662
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
222
134.55
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
152
92.12
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
23.64
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
10.3
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
8.48
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
42.42
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.315
0.315
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96.04
58.21
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
3.76
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
337
204.24
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
265
160.61
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
79.25
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.366
0.366
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
118
71.52
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
58.79
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
201
121.82
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102.55
62.15
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.48
-16.72
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.42
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
23.64
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
45.28
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PAverified
168
101.82
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
237.74
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.89
5.89
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2.52
2.52
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
15.15
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
56.6
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
5.45
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
5.45
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Hendrix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA