Dick Hughes vs. R. Smith — Career Comparison

Dick Hughes
Silent GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
R. Smith
UnknownChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dick Hughes 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. Dick Hughes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.78 and WHIP 1.005 compared to 9 and 1.800 for R. Smith. By the career numbers, Dick Hughes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Hughes and R. Smith

Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.99
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.59
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.26
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.97
68.97
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.38
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.12
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.23
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
2.78
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.197
0.197
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.211
0.211
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
922
27
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
307.1
9
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
6.47
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.2
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.47
6.47
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.85
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
2.23
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.35
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.23
2.23
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
6.74
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.74
6.74
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.996
0.996
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.23
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.2
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1205
35.29
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
45
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.5
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
2.96
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.96
2.96
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.966
0.966
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1122
32.86
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
34.2
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.49
1.49
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.223
0.223
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.29
35.29
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45

Fielding Stats for Dick Hughes and R. Smith

Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.99
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
921
27
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
307
9
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.53
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
1.23
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
1.79
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
1.76
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.36
98.36
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.882
0.882
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.12
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Hughes and R. Smith

Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
398.13
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
600
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
549.53
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.322
0.322
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
67.29
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
67.29
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.53
8.59
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
67.29
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
84.11
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.82
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
22.43
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
39.25
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.22
-6.86
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.07
-20.64
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.82
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
43
241.12
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.49
2.49
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Hughes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
33.64
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.61
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hughes
Career
Per 600 PA
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA