Clay Kirby vs. Bill Smith — Career Comparison

Clay Kirby
Baby BoomersDistrict of ColumbiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Smith
Silent GenerationDistrict of ColumbiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Clay Kirby built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Clay Kirby posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.84 and WHIP 1.421 compared to 4.21 and 1.507 for Bill Smith. By the career numbers, Clay Kirby had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Clay Kirby and Bill Smith

Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
1.52
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
4.21
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
1.39
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.79
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.44
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.6
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.79
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.9
41.9
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.57
91.57
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.75
18.75
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.24
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
660
3.84
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
4.21
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4644
27
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
205
27
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1548
9
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.1
9
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1430
8.31
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
10.8
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.8
10.8
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.91
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.05
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
713
4.15
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.24
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.33
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.53
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1061
6.17
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
4.48
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.17
6.17
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.146
1.146
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.48
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.17
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6682
38.85
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
295
38.85
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.19
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
755
4.39
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
5.53
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.39
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.22
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.24
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.384
1.384
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.449
1.449
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5835
33.92
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
36.48
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.31
1.31
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.85
38.85
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Clay Kirby and Bill Smith

Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
1.52
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
4.21
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
1.39
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.79
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4645
27
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
205
27
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1548.1
9
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.1
9
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
0.46
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.92
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
1
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.19
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.17
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
280
1.63
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.37
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251
1.46
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.11
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.64
89.64
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.962
0.962
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.57
91.57
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.75
18.75
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.07
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clay Kirby and Bill Smith

Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
265
285.97
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
1200
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
556
600
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
478
515.83
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
525
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.348
0.348
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
50.72
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
45.32
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
5.4
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
5.4
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.73
8.34
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.91
34.02
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
56.12
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
86.33
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.265
0.265
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.464
0.464
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
23.74
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
16.19
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
39.93
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
-7.3
-7.87
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
26.22
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.08
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
34.53
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
217
234.17
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
225
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
2.56
2.56
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Clay Kirby
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
48.56
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6.47
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Kirby
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA