Chris Peters vs. Rex Smith — Career Comparison

Chris Peters
Gen XKentuckyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rex Smith
Pre-GenerationalKentuckyThrows RightNorth AmericaCincinnati Red StockingsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Chris Peters built a career as a starting pitcher and Rex Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Chris Peters posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.81 and WHIP 1.549 compared to 5.5 and 2.111 for Rex Smith. By the career numbers, Chris Peters had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chris Peters and Rex Smith

Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.22
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.16
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.45
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Peters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.59
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.18
43.18
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.03
36.03
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Chris Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1
Chris Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Peters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
4.81
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
5.5
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.16
5.16
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.72
6.72
Chris Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Chris Peters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
420
9.96
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
11.5
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.96
9.96
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Chris Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.28
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Peters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
3.72
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
7.5
Chris Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.26
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
5.31
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.5
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.31
5.31
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Chris Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.65
1.65
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Chris Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.004
1.004
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.111
1.111
Chris Peters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.5
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
3
Chris Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.33
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1693
40.13
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
44.5
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.45
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Peters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
5.29
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
10.5
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.29
5.29
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.5
10.5
Chris Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.47
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.36
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.09
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.52
1.52
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.111
2.111
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1487
35.25
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
37
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.64
1.64
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.5
10.5
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Chris Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.13
40.13
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.5
44.5

Fielding Stats for Chris Peters and Rex Smith

Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.22
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.16
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
27
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
9
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.33
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.5
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.35
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1
Chris Peters
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.5
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
1.78
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.68
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.5
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.67
94.67
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Chris Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.522
0.522
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.03
36.03
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.12
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Peters
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chris Peters and Rex Smith

Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
136
741.82
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
110
600
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
550.91
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
120
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
114.55
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.45
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Peters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Peters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.45
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Peters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Peters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.43
29.64
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
8.38
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
125.45
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
136.36
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.468
0.468
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
60
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
38.18
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
98.18
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.15
33.57
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.12
-8.7
Chris Peters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
16.36
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Peters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Peters
Career
Per 600 PA
32
174.55
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.44
3.44
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
32.73
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Peters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Peters
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.45
Rex Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.91
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Peters
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.91
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Peters
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Rex Smith
Career
Per 600 PA