Ken Holloway vs. Dode Smith — Career Comparison

Ken Holloway
Lost GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dode Smith
UnknownThrows LeftCincinnati-Cleveland BuckeyesNegro American LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ken Holloway built a career as a starting pitcher and Dode Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ken Holloway posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.4 and WHIP 1.523 compared to 6 and 1.667 for Dode Smith. By the career numbers, Ken Holloway had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ken Holloway and Dode Smith

Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
285
2.21
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.86
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.5
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.4
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.17
55.17
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.95
38.95
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.33
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.14
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
4.4
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
6
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.48
5.48
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3480
27
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
27
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1160
9
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
1370
10.63
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
9
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.63
10.63
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.39
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
3.08
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
6
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
293
2.27
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.1
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.29
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
3
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5164
40.07
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
45
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.76
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
684
5.31
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.31
5.31
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
3
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.523
1.523
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.667
1.667
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4730
36.7
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
33
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.4
2.4
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.301
0.301
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.07
40.07
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45

Fielding Stats for Ken Holloway and Dode Smith

Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
285
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
27
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
9
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
301
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
362
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.51
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.27
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dode Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Holloway and Dode Smith

Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
285
419.12
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
408
600
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
378
555.88
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
92.65
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
79.41
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
10.29
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.94
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
13.24
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.01
19.14
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
108.82
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
102.94
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
23.53
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
23.53
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
47.06
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.71
14.27
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
10.29
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 600 PA
59
86.76
Dode Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.92
6.92
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
33.82
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dode Smith
Career
Per 600 PA