Hub Pruett vs. Al Smith — Career Comparison

Hub Pruett
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Al Smith
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Hub Pruett built a career as a starting pitcher and Al Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Hub Pruett posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.63 and WHIP 1.627 compared to 9 and 3.000 for Al Smith. By the career numbers, Hub Pruett had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Hub Pruett and Al Smith

Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
2.55
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
4.5
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.83
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.35
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.58
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.66
37.66
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.7
32.7
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.34
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.16
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
4.63
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
9
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.16
13.16
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2235
27
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
27
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
745
9
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
9
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
816
9.86
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
18
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.86
9.86
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.34
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
4.78
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
9
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
357
4.31
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.011
1.011
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.12
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.45
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3395
41.01
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
49.5
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.95
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
468
5.65
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
9
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.65
5.65
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.627
1.627
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2962
35.78
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
40.5
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.01
41.01
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.5
49.5

Fielding Stats for Hub Pruett and Al Smith

Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
246
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.25
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.166
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Hub Pruett and Al Smith

Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
211
506.4
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
250
600
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
212
508.8
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.508
0.508
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
86.4
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
72
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
12
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.4
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
14.4
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.3
27.13
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
103.2
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
136.8
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.447
0.447
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.362
0.362
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
21.6
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
28.8
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
50.4
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.55
27.72
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
50.4
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
52
124.8
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.81
4.81
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
40.8
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.4
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.4
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA