Phil Ortega vs. Ford Smith — Career Comparison

Phil Ortega
Silent GenerationArizonaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ford Smith
Greatest GenerationArizonaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Ford Smith posted a stronger line than Phil Ortega. Ford Smith posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.37 vs 4.43) and WHIP (1.115 vs 1.356). By the career numbers, Ford Smith had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Phil Ortega and Ford Smith

Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
1.93
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.38
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.33
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.89
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.44
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.69
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.59
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.3
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.59
42.59
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.12
69.12
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.29
64.29
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.19
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.64
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
468
4.43
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.37
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.242
0.242
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2855
27
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
546
27
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
951.2
9
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
9
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
884
8.36
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
7.42
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.36
8.36
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.42
7.42
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
1.24
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
378
3.57
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.62
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.26
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
549
5.19
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.39
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.974
0.974
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.24
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.28
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.35
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.08
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4064
38.43
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
737
36.45
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.27
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.49
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
498
4.71
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
3.07
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.74
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.04
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.326
1.326
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.115
1.115
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3656
34.58
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
662
32.74
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.44
2.44
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.43
38.43
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.45
36.45

Fielding Stats for Phil Ortega and Ford Smith

Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
1.93
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.29
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.33
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.93
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2855
27
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1128
27
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
951.2
9
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
376
9
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.45
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.84
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
1.28
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.34
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.11
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.17
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
1.84
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
2.35
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
1.73
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.18
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.85
93.85
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.897
0.897
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.685
1.685
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.12
69.12
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.22
72.22
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Phil Ortega and Ford Smith

Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
205
394.23
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
63
219.77
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
312
600
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
172
600
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
253
486.54
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
157
547.67
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
0.426
0.426
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.634
0.634
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
29
55.77
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
129.07
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
26
50
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
90.7
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.77
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
31.4
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.77
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
38.37
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
6
11.54
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.54
54.21
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
32
61.54
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
177.91
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
105.77
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49
170.93
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
0.322
0.322
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
16
30.77
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
80.23
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
11
21.15
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
101.16
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
27
51.92
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
177.91
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
1.58
3.03
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.85
58.77
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
50
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
11
38.37
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
118
226.92
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
2.64
2.64
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
172
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
57.69
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.47
Phil Ortega
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.77
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
5
9.62
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Ortega
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA