Benn Karr vs. Dave Smith — Career Comparison

Benn Karr
Lost GenerationMississippiThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dave Smith
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Benn Karr built a career as a starting pitcher and Dave Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dave Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.67 and WHIP 1.294 compared to 4.6 and 1.513 for Benn Karr. By the career numbers, Dave Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Benn Karr and Dave Smith

Benn Karr
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Benn Karr
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
2.04
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
609
6.77
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.67
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Benn Karr
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.4
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.59
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.55
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.59
Benn Karr
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.17
42.17
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.77
32.77
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.33
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Benn Karr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
2.4
Benn Karr
Career
Per 9 Innings
399
4.6
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
2.67
Benn Karr
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Benn Karr
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Benn Karr
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Benn Karr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Benn Karr
Career
Per 9 Innings
2341
27
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2428
27
Benn Karr
Career
Per 9 Innings
780.1
9
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
809.1
9
Benn Karr
Career
Per 9 Innings
921
10.62
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
700
7.78
Benn Karr
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.62
10.62
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.78
7.78
Benn Karr
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.5
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.38
Benn Karr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Benn Karr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
3
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
283
3.15
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.71
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Benn Karr
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
2.08
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
548
6.09
Benn Karr
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.08
2.08
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.09
6.09
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Benn Karr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.564
0.564
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.027
1.027
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.13
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.31
Benn Karr
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.23
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.24
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3447
39.76
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3357
37.33
Benn Karr
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
1.01
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
4.8
Benn Karr
Career
Per 9 Innings
471
5.43
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
3.11
Benn Karr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.61
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.21
Benn Karr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.63
Benn Karr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.514
1.514
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.215
1.215
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3167
36.53
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2987
33.22
Benn Karr
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Benn Karr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.76
39.76
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.33
37.33

Fielding Stats for Benn Karr and Dave Smith

Benn Karr
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Benn Karr
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
609
6.77
Benn Karr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Benn Karr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2428
27
Benn Karr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
809.1
9
Benn Karr
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.47
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
213
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.97
Benn Karr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.12
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
270
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
1.56
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
253
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
1.43
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.7
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.14
92.14
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.429
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.212
0.212
Benn Karr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Benn Karr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Benn Karr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Benn Karr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Benn Karr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Benn Karr and Dave Smith

Benn Karr
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Benn Karr
Career
Per 600 PA
265
367.21
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
609
6894.34
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
433
600
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
53
600
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
392
543.19
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
44
498.11
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.634
0.634
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96
133.03
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
102.54
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
27.71
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benn Karr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.77
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
30.48
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.38
51.79
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
3.76
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
122
169.05
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
122
169.05
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
79.25
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.311
0.311
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.603
0.603
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.066
0.066
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.51
0.51
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
59.58
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
65.13
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
121.94
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41.42
57.39
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.48
-16.72
Benn Karr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
36.03
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
45.28
Benn Karr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benn Karr
Career
Per 600 PAverified
58
80.37
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
237.74
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.47
7.47
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2.52
2.52
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
20.79
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
56.6
Benn Karr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.16
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benn Karr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.16
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Benn Karr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA