Eric Hillman vs. R. Smith — Career Comparison

Eric Hillman
Gen XIndianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
R. Smith
UnknownChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueRelief Pitcher

Eric Hillman built a career as a starting pitcher and R. Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Eric Hillman posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.85 and WHIP 1.453 compared to 9 and 1.800 for R. Smith. By the career numbers, Eric Hillman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Eric Hillman and R. Smith

Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.9
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.4
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.16
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.54
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.22
22.22
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.47
73.47
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
4.85
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.85
4.85
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
696
27
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
9
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
11.06
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
7.2
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.06
11.06
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.2
7.2
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.16
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.75
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.27
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
3.72
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.608
0.608
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.31
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1010
39.18
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
45
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
5.59
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.59
5.59
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.58
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.47
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.89
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.422
1.422
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
930
36.08
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
34.2
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.18
39.18
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45

Fielding Stats for Eric Hillman and R. Smith

Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.9
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.4
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
696
27
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
9
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.54
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
1.24
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.16
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.94
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
1.78
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
92
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.939
0.939
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.47
73.47
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Eric Hillman and R. Smith

Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
376.92
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
600
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
500
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.391
0.391
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
61.54
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
53.85
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.69
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.69
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.19
9.16
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
69.23
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
69.23
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15.38
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
15.38
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.43
-3.31
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.07
-20.64
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.69
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PA
25
192.31
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.12
3.12
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Hillman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
92.31
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Hillman
Career
Per 600 PA
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA