Harry Kane vs. Rex Smith — Career Comparison

Harry Kane
Lost GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rex Smith
Pre-GenerationalKentuckyThrows RightNorth AmericaCincinnati Red StockingsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Harry Kane built a career as a starting pitcher and Rex Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Kane posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.81 and WHIP 1.744 compared to 5.5 and 2.111 for Rex Smith. By the career numbers, Harry Kane had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Kane and Rex Smith

Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.57
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.94
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Kane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.73
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.22
22.22
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Kane
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
60
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.73
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Kane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Kane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
4.81
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
5.5
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.37
5.37
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.72
6.72
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
27
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
9
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Harry Kane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
10.47
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
11.5
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.47
10.47
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Harry Kane
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.21
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Kane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Kane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Kane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
5.23
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
7.5
Harry Kane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
4.5
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.5
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Harry Kane
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.081
1.081
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.111
1.111
Harry Kane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.63
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
3
Harry Kane
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.42
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Kane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
399
41.76
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
44.5
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.52
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Kane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
6.8
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
10.5
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.8
6.8
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.5
10.5
Harry Kane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Kane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Kane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.744
1.744
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.111
2.111
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
345
36.1
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
37
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.5
10.5
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.327
0.327
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Harry Kane
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.76
41.76
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.5
44.5

Fielding Stats for Harry Kane and Rex Smith

Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.57
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.52
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
27
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
9
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.42
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.09
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Harry Kane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.62
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.51
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
96
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Kane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Kane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Kane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Kane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Kane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Kane and Rex Smith

Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
264.71
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
600
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
529.41
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Harry Kane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
52.94
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
52.94
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Harry Kane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.48
8.45
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
8.38
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
52.94
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
88.24
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Harry Kane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Harry Kane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Harry Kane
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Harry Kane
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Harry Kane
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.3
-5.25
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.12
-8.7
Harry Kane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kane
Career
Per 600 PA
6
105.88
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.67
5.67
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Harry Kane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kane
Career
Per 600 PA
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA