Bobby Mathews vs. Lefty Smart — Career Comparison

Bobby Mathews
Pre-GenerationalMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MutualsUnknownRelief Pitcher
Lefty Smart
UnknownThrows LeftIndianapolis ABCsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lefty Smart built a career as a starting pitcher and Bobby Mathews as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lefty Smart posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.78 and WHIP 1.191 compared to 2.86 and 1.237 for Bobby Mathews. By the career numbers, Lefty Smart had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bobby Mathews and Lefty Smart

Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
578
1.05
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.67
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
568
1.03
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.84
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
0.54
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.56
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
0.45
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.84
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.5
54.5
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.27
98.27
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
525
0.95
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.84
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.04
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1573
2.86
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.78
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14868
27
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
27
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4956
9
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.2
9
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
5601
10.17
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
7.93
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.17
10.17
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.93
7.93
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.13
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
532
0.97
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
2.78
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1528
2.77
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.18
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.77
2.77
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.416
0.416
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.773
0.773
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
253
0.46
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.09
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.56
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21997
39.95
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
281
39.11
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.02
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.7
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3497
6.35
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
3.76
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.84
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.7
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.238
1.238
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.191
1.191
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21417
38.89
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
251
34.93
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.05
6.05
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.11
39.11

Fielding Stats for Bobby Mathews and Lefty Smart

Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
669
1.1
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.73
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
0.22
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.81
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16419
27
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
266
27
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5473
9
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.2
9
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
0.49
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
806
1.33
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.32
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
255
0.42
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1357
2.23
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.52
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1102
1.81
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.52
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.21
81.21
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.647
1.647
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.882
0.882
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.88
19.88
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.04
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bobby Mathews and Lefty Smart

Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
623
146.07
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
285
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2559
600
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
40
600
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2486
582.88
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
36
540
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
504
118.17
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
5
75
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
446
104.57
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
4
60
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
11.25
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
15
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
2.11
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.23
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
13.6
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
15
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125.53
29.43
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
1.16
17.41
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
573
134.35
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
6
90
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
577
135.29
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
7
105
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.456
0.456
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.351
0.351
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.028
0.028
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.028
0.028
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.329
0.329
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
318
74.56
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
164
38.45
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
2
30
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
481
112.78
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
3
45
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133.55
31.31
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.69
10.42
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
17.12
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
30
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
62
14.54
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41.27
41.27
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.18
1.18
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
30
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
9
2.11
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
2.34
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
1.17
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
3.52
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA