Albert Overton vs. Roy Smith — Career Comparison

Albert Overton
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightNorth AmericaLittle Rock GraysNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher
Roy Smith
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Albert Overton built a career as a starting pitcher and Roy Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Albert Overton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.68 and WHIP 1.592 compared to 5.24 and 1.970 for Roy Smith. By the career numbers, Albert Overton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Albert Overton and Roy Smith

Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.48
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.24
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.1
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.4
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.83
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.44
44.44
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.69
7.69
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.55
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
4.68
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
5.24
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.68
4.68
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.32
7.32
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
27
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
27
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32.2
9
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.1
9
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
11.02
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
10.07
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.02
11.02
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.07
10.07
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.55
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.61
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
3.31
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
7.25
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.4
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.25
7.25
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.48
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
7.66
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.66
7.66
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.46
1.46
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
0.643
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.657
1.657
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.28
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.55
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.21
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
42.7
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
46.34
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.83
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.21
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
7.16
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
7.25
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.16
7.16
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.25
7.25
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.83
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.81
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.592
1.592
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.925
1.925
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
38.02
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
37.88
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.7
42.7
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.34
46.34

Fielding Stats for Albert Overton and Roy Smith

Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.32
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.24
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.05
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.4
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
27
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
27
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42.2
9
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.1
9
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.63
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.4
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.32
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.61
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.63
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.4
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.59
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.42
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.95
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.01
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.35
82.35
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.273
1.273
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.385
0.385
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.45
45.45
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.69
7.69
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.4
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Albert Overton and Roy Smith

Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
378.95
Roy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
600
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
568.42
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
19.57
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
94.74
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
126.32
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
63.16
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
63.16
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.61
19.11
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Overton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Albert Overton
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA