Harry Kirsch vs. Steve Smyth — Career Comparison

Harry Kirsch
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Steve Smyth
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Steve Smyth built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Kirsch as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Kirsch posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 6 and WHIP 2.000 compared to 9.35 and 1.692 for Steve Smyth. By the career numbers, Harry Kirsch had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Kirsch and Steve Smyth

Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
2.77
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.42
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Harry Kirsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.04
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Kirsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
9.35
Harry Kirsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.35
9.35
Harry Kirsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.34
7.34
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.88
7.88
Harry Kirsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.54
7.54
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.385
0.385
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.321
0.321
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
27
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
27
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
9
Harry Kirsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
15
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
11.77
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.77
11.77
Harry Kirsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
3.12
Harry Kirsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Harry Kirsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Harry Kirsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
3.46
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Kirsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
15
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
5.54
Harry Kirsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.54
5.54
Harry Kirsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Kirsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Kirsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.69
Harry Kirsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
42
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
42.23
Harry Kirsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Kirsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9.69
Harry Kirsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.69
9.69
Harry Kirsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Harry Kirsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.38
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.69
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.692
1.692
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
39
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
36.69
Harry Kirsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.625
0.625
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.309
0.309
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
42
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.23
42.23

Fielding Stats for Harry Kirsch and Steve Smyth

Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
2.77
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.42
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
27
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
27
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
9
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Harry Kirsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.04
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.69
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Kirsch and Steve Smyth

Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
480
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
600
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
540
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
10.54
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
9.2
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kirsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kirsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Kirsch
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA