Sean Lowe vs. Ford Smith — Career Comparison

Sean Lowe
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ford Smith
Greatest GenerationArizonaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ford Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Sean Lowe as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ford Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.37 and WHIP 1.115 compared to 4.95 and 1.582 for Sean Lowe. By the career numbers, Ford Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sean Lowe and Ford Smith

Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
5.07
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.38
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.45
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.89
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.47
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.69
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.31
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.3
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.53
60.53
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.29
64.29
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.64
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
242
4.95
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.37
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1320
27
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
546
27
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
440
9
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
9
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
485
9.92
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
7.42
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.92
9.92
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.42
7.42
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
1.04
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
3.97
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.62
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.35
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
5.89
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
5.39
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.89
5.89
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.096
1.096
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.33
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.55
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.35
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1967
40.23
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
737
36.45
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.96
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.49
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
261
5.34
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
3.07
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.37
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.74
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.47
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
1
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.04
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.543
1.543
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.115
1.115
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1705
34.88
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
662
32.74
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.23
40.23
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.45
36.45

Fielding Stats for Sean Lowe and Ford Smith

Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
5.07
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.29
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.45
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.93
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1320
27
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1128
27
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
440
9
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
376
9
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.55
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.84
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.37
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.34
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.17
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
2
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
2.35
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
1.92
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.18
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.92
95.92
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.379
0.379
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.685
1.685
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.22
72.22
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sean Lowe and Ford Smith

Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
248
6200
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
63
219.77
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
24
600
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
172
600
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
550
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
157
547.67
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.634
0.634
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
129.07
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
90.7
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
31.4
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
38.37
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
9.15
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.54
54.21
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
177.91
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
170.93
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
80.23
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
101.16
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
177.91
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.16
-4.04
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.85
58.77
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
38.37
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
8
200
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
172
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
10.47
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA