Dick Lines vs. Art Smith — Career Comparison

Dick Lines
Silent GenerationCANThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Art Smith
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Art Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Lines as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Lines posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.83 and WHIP 1.227 compared to 11.57 and 3.000 for Art Smith. By the career numbers, Dick Lines had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Lines and Art Smith

Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.71
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3.86
Dick Lines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.57
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.37
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Lines
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.37
Art Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.29
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Lines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Dick Lines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Lines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.32
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Lines
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.83
Art Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
11.57
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.57
11.57
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.54
2.54
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.83
15.83
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.29
6.29
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.226
0.226
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.486
0.486
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
506
27
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
27
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
168.2
9
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
9
Dick Lines
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
7.79
Art Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
21.86
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.79
7.79
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.86
21.86
Dick Lines
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.53
Art Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.29
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Dick Lines
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.56
Art Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
5.14
Dick Lines
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.69
Art Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
5.5
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.29
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.895
0.895
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.714
0.714
Dick Lines
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.32
Art Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Lines
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Art Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Lines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
696
37.14
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
50.14
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.19
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Lines
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
3.52
Art Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
16.71
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.71
16.71
Dick Lines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Lines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Lines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
647
34.52
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
45
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.485
0.485
Dick Lines
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.14
37.14
Art Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.14
50.14

Fielding Stats for Dick Lines and Art Smith

Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
5.71
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Dick Lines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
506
27
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
168.2
9
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.48
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.08
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Dick Lines
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.21
Art Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
2.77
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.56
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Dick Lines
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.31
92.31
Art Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Dick Lines
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.449
0.449
Art Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.667
Dick Lines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.27
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Lines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Lines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Lines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Lines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Lines and Art Smith

Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
2675
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1800
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
600
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
475
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.354
0.354
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lines
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lines
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lines
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lines
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lines
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Lines
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lines
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
6.3
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
100
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lines
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lines
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lines
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.28
-7.1
Art Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Dick Lines
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lines
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lines
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
225
Art Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lines
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lines
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lines
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lines
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lines
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Lines
Career
Per 600 PA
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA