Joe Horlen vs. Roy Smith — Career Comparison

Joe Horlen
Silent GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Roy Smith
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Joe Horlen built a career as a starting pitcher and Roy Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Horlen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.11 and WHIP 1.223 compared to 5.24 and 1.970 for Roy Smith. By the career numbers, Joe Horlen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Horlen and Roy Smith

Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
361
1.62
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.24
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
1.3
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.4
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.52
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.53
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.79
49.79
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.33
80.33
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.69
7.69
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.27
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.08
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
691
3.11
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
5.24
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.32
7.32
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6006
27
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
27
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2002
9
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.1
9
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1829
8.22
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
10.07
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.07
10.07
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
0.65
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.61
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
554
2.49
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
7.25
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.29
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.4
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.25
7.25
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1065
4.79
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
7.66
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.66
7.66
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.809
0.809
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.657
1.657
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.31
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.24
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.21
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8234
37.02
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
46.34
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.14
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.21
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
783
3.52
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
7.25
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.25
7.25
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.06
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.03
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.81
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.925
1.925
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7606
34.19
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
37.88
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.17
2.17
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.02
37.02
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.34
46.34

Fielding Stats for Joe Horlen and Roy Smith

Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
361
1.62
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.24
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
1.3
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.4
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6001
27
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
27
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2000.1
9
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.1
9
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.72
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.4
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
1.89
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.61
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.4
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
596
2.68
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.42
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
2.61
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.01
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.32
97.32
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.607
1.607
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.385
0.385
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.33
80.33
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.69
7.69
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.08
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.4
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Horlen and Roy Smith

Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
412
356.2
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
13
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
694
600
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
618
534.29
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.372
0.372
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
71.76
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
67.44
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.46
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.86
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.32
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.24
10.58
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
76.95
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
88.18
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.108
0.108
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
25.07
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
22.48
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
47.55
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.75
-0.65
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.86
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
15.56
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
127
109.8
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.46
5.46
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
46.69
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.59
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Horlen
Career
Per 600 PA
10
8.65
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.86
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.86
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.73
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Horlen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA