Carl Mays vs. Josh Smith — Career Comparison

Carl Mays
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Josh Smith
MillenialFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Carl Mays built a career as a starting pitcher and Josh Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Carl Mays posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.92 and WHIP 1.207 compared to 5.6 and 1.581 for Josh Smith. By the career numbers, Carl Mays had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Carl Mays and Josh Smith

Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
490
1.46
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
4.92
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
0.97
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
0.62
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.29
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.38
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.58
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.16
62.16
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.33
66.33
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.88
11.88
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
0.69
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.09
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.09
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
979
2.92
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
5.6
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9064
27
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
554
27
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3021.1
9
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
184.2
9
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2912
8.67
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
203
9.89
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.67
8.67
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.89
9.89
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.22
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
1.56
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
734
2.19
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
3.95
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
862
2.57
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
7.31
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.76
1.76
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.528
0.528
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.251
1.251
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.1
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.27
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.49
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12385
36.89
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
832
40.55
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
0.37
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.85
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1211
3.61
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
5.95
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.95
5.95
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.34
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.34
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.538
1.538
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11562
34.44
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
732
35.68
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.89
36.89
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.55
40.55

Fielding Stats for Carl Mays and Josh Smith

Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
490
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
4.92
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.58
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
554
27
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184.2
9
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.39
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1138
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.29
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1356
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.78
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1312
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.68
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.76
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.678
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.139
0.139
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.88
11.88
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Josh Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Carl Mays and Josh Smith

Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
502
251.21
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
103
2942.86
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1199
600
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1085
542.95
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
571.43
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.684
0.684
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.571
0.571
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
145.62
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
233
116.6
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
16.01
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
10.51
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.5
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
29.02
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121.02
60.56
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.35
38.54
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
380
190.16
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
200
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
361
180.65
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
4
114.29
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.55
0.55
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.082
0.082
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.567
0.567
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.438
0.438
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.55
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
55.05
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
218
109.09
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139.67
69.89
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.36
38.8
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
33.03
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PAverified
116
58.05
Josh Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
228.57
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.34
10.34
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2.63
2.63
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
22.02
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Josh Smith
Career
Per 600 PA