Ray Herbert vs. Ford Smith — Career Comparison

Ray Herbert
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ford Smith
Greatest GenerationArizonaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Ford Smith posted a stronger line than Ray Herbert. Ford Smith posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.37 vs 4.01) and WHIP (1.115 vs 1.388). By the career numbers, Ford Smith had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Ray Herbert and Ford Smith

Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
1.95
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.38
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
1.13
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.89
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
0.5
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.69
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
0.51
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.3
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.29
49.29
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.99
57.99
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.29
64.29
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
0.33
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.64
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.07
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
839
4.01
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.37
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5644
27
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
546
27
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1881.1
9
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
9
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2000
9.57
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
7.42
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.57
9.57
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.42
7.42
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
0.8
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
571
2.73
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.62
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.19
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
864
4.13
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.39
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.12
2.12
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.763
0.763
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.18
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.11
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.35
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8010
38.32
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
737
36.45
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.35
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.49
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
927
4.43
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
3.07
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.74
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.04
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.367
1.367
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.115
1.115
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7415
35.47
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
662
32.74
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.28
2.28
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.32
38.32
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.45
36.45

Fielding Stats for Ray Herbert and Ford Smith

Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
2.08
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.29
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
1.18
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.93
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5280
27
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1128
27
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1760
9
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
376
9
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
0.64
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.84
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
1.99
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.34
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.07
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.17
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
528
2.7
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
2.35
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
515
2.63
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
2.18
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.54
97.54
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.265
1.265
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.685
1.685
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.51
56.51
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.22
72.22
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ray Herbert and Ford Smith

Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
408
374.31
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
63
219.77
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
654
600
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
172
600
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
569
522.02
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
157
547.67
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.564
0.564
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.634
0.634
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
109
100
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
129.07
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
73.39
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
90.7
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
19.27
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
31.4
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.92
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
6.42
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.49
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
26.61
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
38.37
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38.96
35.74
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15.54
54.21
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
153
140.37
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
51
177.91
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
153
140.37
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49
170.93
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.517
0.517
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
42.2
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
80.23
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
46.79
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
101.16
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
82.57
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
51
177.91
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37.1
34.04
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16.85
58.77
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.83
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
38.53
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
11
38.37
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
133
122.02
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
4.92
4.92
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
172
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
33.94
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.47
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.67
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
13
11.93
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA