Lou Lucier vs. R. Smith — Career Comparison

Lou Lucier
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
R. Smith
UnknownChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueRelief Pitcher

Lou Lucier built a career as a starting pitcher and R. Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lou Lucier posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.81 and WHIP 1.623 compared to 9 and 1.800 for R. Smith. By the career numbers, Lou Lucier had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lou Lucier and R. Smith

Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
2.92
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.8
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.27
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.44
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.5
37.5
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.27
27.27
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.27
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
3.81
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
27
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101.2
9
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
10.45
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
7.2
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.45
10.45
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.2
7.2
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.06
0.06
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
4.16
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.74
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.94
0.94
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.767
0.767
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
454
40.19
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
45
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.42
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
4.43
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.623
1.623
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
405
35.85
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
34.2
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.52
1.52
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.19
40.19
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45

Fielding Stats for Lou Lucier and R. Smith

Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
27
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
9
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.83
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.364
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lou Lucier and R. Smith

Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
761.54
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
600
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
576.92
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.442
0.442
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.1
25.48
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
138.46
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.431
0.431
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.26
29.19
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.07
-20.64
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.5
6.5
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Lou Lucier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lou Lucier
Career
Per 600 PA
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA