Jack Kramer vs. Rex Smith — Career Comparison

Greatest GenerationLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Pre-GenerationalKentuckyThrows RightNorth AmericaCincinnati Red StockingsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Jack Kramer 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. Jack Kramer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.24 and WHIP 1.492 compared to 5.5 and 2.111 for Rex Smith. By the career numbers, Jack Kramer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Kramer and Rex Smith

Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
1.77
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
1.18
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.52
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.57
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.98
47.98
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.77
66.77
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
0.48
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
772
4.24
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
5.5
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.72
6.72
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4912
27
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1637.1
9
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1761
9.68
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
11.5
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.68
9.68
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.51
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
682
3.75
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
7.5
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
613
3.37
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.5
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.791
0.791
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.111
1.111
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.19
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
3
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7193
39.54
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
44.5
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.32
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
895
4.92
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
10.5
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.92
4.92
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.5
10.5
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.492
1.492
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.111
2.111
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6501
35.73
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
37
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.5
10.5
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.54
39.54
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.5
44.5

Fielding Stats for Jack Kramer and Rex Smith

Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
322
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
27
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
9
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.5
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.62
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.152
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Kramer and Rex Smith

Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
322
312.62
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
618
600
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
501
486.41
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.528
0.528
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
69.9
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
53.4
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
11.65
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.85
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
16.5
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28.55
27.72
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
8.38
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
96.12
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
144.66
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.455
0.455
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
41.75
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
37.86
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
74.76
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.94
25.19
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.12
-8.7
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
73.79
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 600 PA
162
157.28
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.81
3.81
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
0.47
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
38.83
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 600 PA
10
9.71
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kramer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.97
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Kramer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA