Rick Langford vs. Josh Smith — Career Comparison

Rick Langford
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Josh Smith
MillenialFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rick Langford built a career as a starting pitcher and Josh Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rick Langford led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 134 vs 91), run prevention (ERA+ 112 vs 86), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 101 vs 87). Josh Smith held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 108 vs 96). Role difference aside, Rick Langford holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Rick Langford and Josh Smith

Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260
1.57
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
4.92
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
1.18
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.44
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.64
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.58
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.78
40.78
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.38
75.38
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.88
11.88
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
0.51
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.06
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
664
4.01
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
5.6
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4473
27
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
554
27
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1491
9
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
184.2
9
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1570
9.48
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
203
9.89
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.48
9.48
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.89
9.89
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
0.97
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
1.56
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
2.51
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
3.95
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.18
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
671
4.05
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
7.31
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.729
0.729
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.251
1.251
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.23
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.11
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.49
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6329
38.2
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
40.55
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.14
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.85
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
745
4.5
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
5.95
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.95
5.95
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.28
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.32
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.34
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.67
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.34
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.332
1.332
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.538
1.538
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5796
34.99
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
732
35.68
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.2
38.2
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.55
40.55

Fielding Stats for Rick Langford and Josh Smith

Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
1.57
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
4.92
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
1.18
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4482
27
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
554
27
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1494
9
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
184.2
9
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
0.88
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
1.27
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
2.19
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.78
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
357
2.15
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.68
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.35
98.35
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
87.5
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.368
1.368
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.139
0.139
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.1
75.1
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.88
11.88
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.1
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rick Langford and Josh Smith

Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
265
26500
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
103
2942.86
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
600
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
571.43
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
32.61
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.35
38.54
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
200
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
0.55
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.438
0.438
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
19.25
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.36
38.8
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
228.57
Rick Langford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2.63
2.63
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Langford
Career
Per 600 PA
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA