Hank Johnson vs. Fred Smith — Career Comparison

Hank Johnson
Greatest GenerationFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Fred Smith
Pre-GenerationalMarylandThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaToledo MaumeesAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Hank Johnson 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. Fred Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.27 and WHIP 1.269 compared to 4.75 and 1.570 for Hank Johnson. By the career numbers, Fred Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Hank Johnson and Fred Smith

Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
2.1
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.1
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
0.98
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.07
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
0.53
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.6
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.47
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.41
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.94
52.94
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.38
59.38
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.59
46.59
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.14
97.14
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.38
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.98
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
563
4.75
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
3.27
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3199
27
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
858
27
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1066.1
9
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
9
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1107
9.34
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
8.59
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.34
9.34
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.59
8.59
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.75
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.41
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
567
4.79
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
2.83
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
568
4.79
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
3.65
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.28
2.28
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.064
1.064
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.28
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.31
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.27
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.41
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4889
41.26
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1223
38.49
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.68
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
665
5.61
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
4.88
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.61
5.61
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.269
1.269
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4290
36.21
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1120
35.24
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.26
41.26
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Hank Johnson and Fred Smith

Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.07
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
960
27
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
320
9
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.53
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.97
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.17
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
2.67
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
2.5
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.82
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.68
93.68
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.855
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.342
2.342
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Hank Johnson and Fred Smith

Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
259
374.46
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
38
168.89
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
415
600
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
135
600
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
376
543.61
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
126
560
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.586
0.586
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
117.11
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
21
93.33
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
83.86
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
13
57.78
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
23.13
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
31.11
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
7.23
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.44
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.89
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
33.25
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
35.56
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.284
0.284
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29.97
43.33
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
7.86
34.94
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
163.37
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
30
133.33
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
146.02
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
30
133.33
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.085
0.085
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.451
0.451
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
69.4
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
11
48.89
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
46.27
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
10
44.44
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
112.77
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
21
93.33
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31.9
46.12
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6.9
30.64
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.44
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
28.92
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
35.56
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
49
70.84
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.47
8.47
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Hank Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
27.47
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.78
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.78
Hank Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100