Billy Ott vs. Jimmy Smith — Career Comparison

Billy Ott
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRight Fielder
Jimmy Smith
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightNorth AmericaChicago Leland GiantsWestern League (Independent)Third Baseman

Looking at the career totals, Billy Ott and Jimmy Smith are closely matched on the surface stats. Jimmy Smith posted stronger numbers in OPS (.514 vs .476) and on-base percentage (.276 vs .222). Billy Ott had the advantage in slugging (.254 vs .239). By the career numbers, Jimmy Smith had the stronger overall case — though those totals don't account for the eras and run environments each player worked in.

Hitting Stats for Billy Ott and Jimmy Smith

Billy Ott
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jimmy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Billy Ott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
263.01
Jimmy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
25
147.06
Billy Ott
Career
Per 600 PA
73
600
Jimmy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
600
Billy Ott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
67
550.68
Jimmy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
88
517.65
Billy Ott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Jimmy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Billy Ott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.493
0.493
Jimmy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.559
0.559
Billy Ott
Career
Per 600 PA
11
90.41
Jimmy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
100
Billy Ott
Career
Per 600 PA
7
57.53
Jimmy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
82.35
Billy Ott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.66
Jimmy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.76
Billy Ott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.88
Billy Ott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.22
Jimmy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Ott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.88
Jimmy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
17.65
Billy Ott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Jimmy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Billy Ott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Jimmy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Ott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Jimmy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Ott
Career
Per 600 PA
3.95
32.45
Jimmy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.44
37.86
Billy Ott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
139.73
Jimmy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
123.53
Billy Ott
Career
Per 600 PA
16
131.51
Jimmy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
158.82
Billy Ott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Jimmy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Billy Ott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Jimmy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Billy Ott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.476
0.476
Jimmy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.514
0.514
Billy Ott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Jimmy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Billy Ott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Jimmy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Billy Ott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.379
0.379
Jimmy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.437
0.437
Billy Ott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Jimmy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Billy Ott
Career
Per 600 PA
7
57.53
Jimmy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
94.12
Billy Ott
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.66
Jimmy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
41.18
Billy Ott
Career
Per 600 PA
9
73.97
Jimmy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
135.29
Billy Ott
Career
Per 600 PA
2.75
22.6
Jimmy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.32
43.04
Billy Ott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Ott
Career
Per 600 PA
5
41.1
Jimmy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
58.82
Billy Ott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Ott
Career
Per 600 PA
20
164.38
Jimmy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Billy Ott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.65
3.65
Jimmy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Ott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jimmy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Ott
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.22
Jimmy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
23.53
Billy Ott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Ott
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.22
Jimmy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Billy Ott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Ott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.22
Jimmy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Ott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.22
Jimmy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Ott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA

Fielding Stats for Billy Ott and Jimmy Smith

Billy Ott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jimmy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Billy Ott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.29
Jimmy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.99
Billy Ott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.99
Jimmy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.91
Billy Ott
Career
Per 9 Innings
356
27
Jimmy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
682
27
Billy Ott
Career
Per 9 Innings
118.2
9
Jimmy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227.1
9
Billy Ott
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.59
Jimmy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.66
Billy Ott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Jimmy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
2.06
Billy Ott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.32
Billy Ott
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.67
Jimmy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
4.04
Billy Ott
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.67
Jimmy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
3.72
Billy Ott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jimmy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.16
92.16
Billy Ott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.294
1.294
Jimmy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Billy Ott
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.47
76.47
Jimmy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
92
Billy Ott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.28
Billy Ott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Ott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Ott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Ott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0