Sean Lowe vs. Herb Smith — Career Comparison

Sean Lowe
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Herb Smith
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaNorth AmericaBaltimore Black SoxNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Herb 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. Herb Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.06 and WHIP 1.330 compared to 4.95 and 1.582 for Sean Lowe. By the career numbers, Herb Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sean Lowe and Herb Smith

Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
5.07
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.46
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.45
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.06
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.47
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.73
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.31
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.53
60.53
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.33
73.33
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.6
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
242
4.95
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.06
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1320
27
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
406
27
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
440
9
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
135.1
9
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
485
9.92
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
7.58
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.92
9.92
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.58
7.58
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
1.04
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.33
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
3.97
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
4.39
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.35
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
5.89
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
3.26
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.89
5.89
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.23
2.23
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.096
1.096
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.33
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.55
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.33
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1967
40.23
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
591
39.3
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.96
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
261
5.34
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
3.86
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.34
5.34
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.37
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.26
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.47
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.8
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.543
1.543
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1705
34.88
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
501
33.32
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.23
40.23
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.3
39.3

Fielding Stats for Sean Lowe and Herb Smith

Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
5.07
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.47
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.45
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.1
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1320
27
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
442
27
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
440
9
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
147.1
9
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.55
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.31
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
1.37
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
2.69
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.31
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
2
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
3.3
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
1.92
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
2.99
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.92
95.92
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.74
90.74
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.379
0.379
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.042
2.042
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.87
8.87
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sean Lowe and Herb Smith

Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
248
6200
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
26
251.61
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
24
600
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
600
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
550
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
425.81
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.637
0.637
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
77.42
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
67.74
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.68
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.68
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
9.15
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.57
34.55
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
87.1
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
164.52
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
58.06
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
48.39
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
106.45
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.16
-4.04
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.66
45.1
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.68
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
77.42
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
8
200
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sean Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
87.1
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA