Josh Osich vs. Fred Smith — Career Comparison

Josh Osich
MillenialIdahoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Smith
Pre-GenerationalWisconsinThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Josh Osich as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.85 and WHIP 1.336 compared to 5.02 and 1.405 for Josh Osich. By the career numbers, Fred Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Josh Osich and Fred Smith

Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
10.24
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.9
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.95
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.53
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.21
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.24
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.74
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.42
68.42
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.53
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
5.02
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.85
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662
27
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
256
27
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220.2
9
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.1
9
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
9.01
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
9.49
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.01
9.01
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.49
9.49
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.84
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.32
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.84
1.84
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
3.51
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.53
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
8.12
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.12
8.12
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.06
1.06
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.292
1.292
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.504
0.504
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.61
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.33
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.42
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
960
39.15
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
356
37.55
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
2
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.95
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
5.63
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
4.64
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.82
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.391
1.391
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.336
1.336
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
35.12
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
328
34.59
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.44
2.44
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.15
39.15
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55

Fielding Stats for Josh Osich and Fred Smith

Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
10.24
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.91
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.95
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662
27
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
255
27
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220.2
9
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
9
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.77
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.64
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
1.02
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.65
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.21
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
1.88
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.49
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
1.79
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.28
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.65
95.65
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.94
93.94
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.175
0.175
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.722
1.722
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Josh Osich and Fred Smith

Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
251
37650
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
18
372.41
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
600
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
579.31
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
62.07
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
62.07
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
7.87
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
62.07
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
62.07
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.02
-2.56
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.67
-13.91
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
165.52
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3.63
3.63
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Osich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
450
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Josh Osich
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100