Dan Jennings vs. Ford Smith — Career Comparison

Dan Jennings
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ford Smith
Greatest GenerationArizonaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ford 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. Ford Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.37 and WHIP 1.115 compared to 3.1 and 1.486 for Dan Jennings. By the career numbers, Ford Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dan Jennings and Ford Smith

Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
10.07
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.38
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.89
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.44
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.69
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.3
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.95
45.95
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.29
64.29
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.64
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
3.1
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.37
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1046
27
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
546
27
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348.2
9
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
9
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
341
8.8
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
7.42
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.8
8.8
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.42
7.42
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.65
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
4.05
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.62
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
7.25
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
5.39
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.25
7.25
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.49
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.21
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.35
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1512
39.03
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
737
36.45
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.99
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.49
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
3.64
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
3.07
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.31
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.74
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.41
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.19
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.04
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.428
1.428
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.115
1.115
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1319
34.05
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
662
32.74
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.03
39.03
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.45
36.45

Fielding Stats for Dan Jennings and Ford Smith

Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
10.07
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.29
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.93
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1046
27
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1128
27
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
348.2
9
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
376
9
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.46
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.84
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.39
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
1.34
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.17
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
1.96
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
2.35
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
1.86
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.18
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.74
94.74
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.185
0.185
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.685
1.685
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.22
72.22
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dan Jennings and Ford Smith

Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
390
58500
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
63
219.77
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
172
600
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
157
547.67
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.634
0.634
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
129.07
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
90.7
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
31.4
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
38.37
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
186.79
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.54
54.21
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
450
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
177.91
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
170.93
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.325
0.325
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.615
0.615
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.413
0.413
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.525
0.525
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
80.23
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
101.16
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
177.91
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.2
180.17
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16.85
58.77
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
38.37
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
172
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.47
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA