Dan Jennings vs. Eugene Smith — Career Comparison

Dan Jennings
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Eugene Smith
Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaHomestead GraysNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star

Eugene Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Dan Jennings as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dan Jennings posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.1 and WHIP 1.486 compared to 4.15 and 1.446 for Eugene Smith. By the career numbers, Dan Jennings had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dan Jennings and Eugene Smith

Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
10.07
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
1.46
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.21
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.44
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.46
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.52
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.63
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.95
45.95
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.31
42.31
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.86
82.86
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.71
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.1
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
199
4.15
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1046
27
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1295
27
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
348.2
9
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
431.2
9
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
341
8.8
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
8.07
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.8
8.8
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.07
8.07
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.65
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.35
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
4.05
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
4.94
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
7.25
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
293
6.11
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.25
7.25
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.11
6.11
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.228
1.228
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.49
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.35
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.21
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.69
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1512
39.03
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1956
40.78
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.99
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
3.64
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
5.5
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.31
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.77
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.41
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.19
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.71
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.428
1.428
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.446
1.446
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1319
34.05
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1649
34.38
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.78
40.78

Fielding Stats for Dan Jennings and Eugene Smith

Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
10.07
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
1.46
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.18
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1046
27
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1446
27
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
348.2
9
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
9
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.46
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.56
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.39
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
2.13
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.34
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
1.96
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
3.02
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
1.86
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
2.69
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.74
94.74
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.185
0.185
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.846
1.846
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.77
80.77
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dan Jennings and Eugene Smith

Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
390
58500
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
93
249.11
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
224
600
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
204
546.43
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.551
0.551
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
101.79
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
75
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
13.39
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.68
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.71
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
26.79
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
186.79
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.05
43
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
450
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
152.68
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
147.32
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.279
0.279
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.528
0.528
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.093
0.093
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.413
0.413
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.446
0.446
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
72.32
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
53.57
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
115.18
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.2
180.17
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.85
42.46
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
45.54
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.68
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
224
224
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eugene Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.04
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
Eugene Smith
Career
Per 600 PA