Harry Hoch vs. Rex Smith — Career Comparison

Harry Hoch
Lost GenerationDelawareThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rex Smith
Pre-GenerationalKentuckyThrows RightNorth AmericaCincinnati Red StockingsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Harry Hoch built a career as a starting pitcher and Rex Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Hoch posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.35 and WHIP 1.608 compared to 5.5 and 2.111 for Rex Smith. By the career numbers, Harry Hoch had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Hoch and Rex Smith

Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.25
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.6
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.53
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.22
22.22
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 9 Innings
26.67
26.67
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.3
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
4.35
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
5.5
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.72
6.72
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
27
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
9
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
9.53
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
11.5
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.53
9.53
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.22
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
4.95
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
7.5
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
1.95
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.5
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.767
0.767
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.111
1.111
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.22
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
3
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.53
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
529
39.68
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
44.5
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.05
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
6.75
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
10.5
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.5
10.5
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.608
1.608
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.111
2.111
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
456
34.2
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
37
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.5
10.5
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.68
39.68
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.5
44.5

Fielding Stats for Harry Hoch and Rex Smith

Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
10.38
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.04
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
27
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
9
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.77
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
14.88
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.69
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
18.35
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
17.65
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.23
96.23
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.7
1.7
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.04
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Hoch and Rex Smith

Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
450
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
600
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
495
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.413
0.413
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
60
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
60
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.82
12.31
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
8.38
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
60
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
105
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
75
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
75
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
6.23
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.12
-8.7
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
45
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 600 PA
14
210
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.86
2.86
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Hoch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
60
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Hoch
Career
Per 600 PA
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA