Ray Herbert vs. Mike Smithson — Career Comparison

Ray Herbert
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Mike Smithson
Baby BoomersTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Ray Herbert a clear advantage over Mike Smithson across the core pitching metrics. Ray Herbert led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 157 vs 133), home run suppression (HR9+ 85 vs 71), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 96 vs 87). Mike Smithson held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 86 vs 78). Ray Herbert was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Ray Herbert and Mike Smithson

Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
1.95
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
240
1.59
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
1.13
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
1.35
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
0.5
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.5
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
0.51
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
0.57
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.29
49.29
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.91
46.91
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.99
57.99
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
85
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.33
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.27
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
839
4.01
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
690
4.58
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5644
27
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4069
27
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1881.1
9
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1356.1
9
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2000
9.57
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1473
9.77
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.57
9.57
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.77
9.77
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
0.8
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
168
1.11
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
571
2.73
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
2.54
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.19
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.17
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.54
2.54
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
864
4.13
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
731
4.85
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.85
4.85
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.12
2.12
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.763
0.763
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.821
0.821
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.18
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.29
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.11
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.48
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.09
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8010
38.32
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5861
38.89
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.35
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.13
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
927
4.43
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
745
4.94
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.25
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.29
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.7
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.367
1.367
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.368
1.368
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7415
35.47
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5324
35.33
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.28
2.28
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.32
38.32
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.89
38.89

Fielding Stats for Ray Herbert and Mike Smithson

Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
407
2.08
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
240
1.59
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
230
1.18
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
1.35
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5280
27
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4069
27
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1760
9
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1356.1
9
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.64
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.57
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
1.99
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
168
1.11
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.07
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
528
2.7
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
266
1.77
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
515
2.63
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
254
1.69
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.54
97.54
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.49
95.49
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.058
1.058
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.51
56.51
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
85
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.11
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ray Herbert and Mike Smithson

Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
408
374.31
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
240
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
654
600
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
569
522.02
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.564
0.564
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
100
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
73.39
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
19.27
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.92
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
6.42
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
26.61
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38.96
35.74
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
153
140.37
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
153
140.37
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
42.2
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
46.79
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
82.57
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.1
34.04
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.83
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
38.53
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
133
122.02
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.92
4.92
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
33.94
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.67
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
13
11.93
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA