Bert Humphries vs. Fred Smith — Career Comparison

Bert Humphries
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Fred Smith
Pre-GenerationalMarylandThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaToledo MaumeesAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Bert Humphries built a career as a starting pitcher and Fred Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bert Humphries posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.79 and WHIP 1.201 compared to 3.27 and 1.269 for Fred Smith. By the career numbers, Bert Humphries had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bert Humphries and Fred Smith

Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
1.73
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.1
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
1.03
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.07
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.56
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.6
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.48
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.41
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.76
53.76
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.38
59.38
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.48
59.48
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.14
97.14
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.51
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.98
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.11
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
2.79
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
3.27
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2394
27
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
858
27
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
798
9
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
9
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 9 Innings
807
9.1
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
8.59
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.1
9.1
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.59
8.59
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.35
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.41
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
1.7
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
2.83
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.7
1.7
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.83
2.83
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
2.91
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
3.65
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.513
0.513
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.11
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.31
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.34
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.41
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3274
36.92
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1223
38.49
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.58
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
364
4.11
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
4.88
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.201
1.201
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.269
1.269
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3093
34.88
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1120
35.24
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.92
36.92
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Bert Humphries and Fred Smith

Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
137.7
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.07
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
27
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
960
27
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
9
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
320
9
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
28.8
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.53
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
176.4
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
1.97
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
12.6
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.17
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
217.8
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
2.67
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
205.2
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
2.5
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.21
94.21
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.68
93.68
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.342
2.342
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
8.1
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bert Humphries and Fred Smith

Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
154
323.08
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
38
168.89
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
286
600
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
135
600
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
247
518.18
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
126
560
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.528
0.528
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
96.5
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
21
93.33
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
83.92
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
13
57.78
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 600 PA
3
6.29
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
31.11
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.29
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.44
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 600 PA
6
12.59
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
35.56
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.97
31.41
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7.86
34.94
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
115.38
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
133.33
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
142.66
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
30
133.33
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.476
0.476
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 600 PA
0.037
0.037
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 600 PA
0.383
0.383
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
48.25
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
48.89
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
33.57
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
44.44
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
81.82
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
93.33
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.42
34.45
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6.9
30.64
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.29
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.44
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
39.86
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
35.56
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 600 PA
65
136.36
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.4
4.4
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Bert Humphries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
35.66
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.78
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.78
Bert Humphries
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100