Brian McNichol vs. Mark Smith — Career Comparison

Brian McNichol
Gen XVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mark Smith
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Brian McNichol built a career as a starting pitcher and Mark Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brian McNichol posted a career ERA of 6.75 against Mark Smith's 6.75, with WHIP of 2.063 and 2.114 respectively. The raw numbers call this too close to separate — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brian McNichol and Mark Smith

Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mark Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
3.38
Mark Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
4.91
Brian McNichol
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.69
Mark Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.61
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.61
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.69
Mark Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Brian McNichol
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Mark Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian McNichol
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
6.75
Mark Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
6.75
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Mark Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.58
10.58
Mark Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.64
7.64
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.88
7.88
Mark Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Brian McNichol
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.333
0.333
Mark Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.387
0.387
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
27
Mark Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
27
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.2
9
Mark Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14.2
9
Brian McNichol
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
12.66
Mark Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
14.73
Brian McNichol
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.66
12.66
Mark Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.73
14.73
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
3.38
Mark Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Mark Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mark Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
5.91
Mark Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.68
Brian McNichol
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.61
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.91
5.91
Mark Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Brian McNichol
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
10.13
Mark Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
6.14
Brian McNichol
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.13
10.13
Mark Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.14
6.14
Brian McNichol
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Mark Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Brian McNichol
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.781
1.781
Mark Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.091
1.091
Brian McNichol
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.61
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.84
Mark Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.61
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
45.56
Mark Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
42.95
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.84
Mark Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.23
Brian McNichol
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
6.75
Mark Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
6.75
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Mark Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Brian McNichol
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.61
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.84
Mark Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.84
Mark Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.61
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.063
2.063
Mark Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.046
2.046
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
37.97
Mark Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
38.05
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mark Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Brian McNichol
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.379
0.379
Mark Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.462
0.462
Brian McNichol
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.56
45.56
Mark Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.95
42.95

Fielding Stats for Brian McNichol and Mark Smith

Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mark Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
3.38
Mark Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
4.91
Brian McNichol
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.69
Mark Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.61
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
27
Mark Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
27
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.2
9
Mark Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14.2
9
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.61
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.61
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.61
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
Mark Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.125
0.125
Brian McNichol
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Mark Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian McNichol and Mark Smith

Brian McNichol
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mark Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
800
Mark Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
Brian McNichol
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Mark Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian McNichol
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Mark Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian McNichol
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mark Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian McNichol
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.18
-35.89
Mark Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 600 PA
1
200
Mark Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Brian McNichol
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Mark Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian McNichol
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mark Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Brian McNichol
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Smith
Career
Per 600 PA