Hub Pruett vs. Jack Smith — Career Comparison

Hub Pruett
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jack Smith
Silent GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Hub Pruett built a career as a starting pitcher and Jack Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jack Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.56 and WHIP 1.439 compared to 4.63 and 1.627 for Hub Pruett. By the career numbers, Jack Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Hub Pruett and Jack Smith

Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jack Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
2.55
Jack Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
6.2
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.83
Jack Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.35
Jack Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.36
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.58
Jack Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.36
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.66
37.66
Jack Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.7
32.7
Jack Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.34
Jack Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jack Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.16
Jack Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
383
4.63
Jack Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
4.56
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Jack Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.56
4.56
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Jack Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Jack Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Jack Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2235
27
Jack Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
27
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
745
9
Jack Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.1
9
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
816
9.86
Jack Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
8.76
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.86
9.86
Jack Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.76
8.76
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.34
Jack Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.91
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Jack Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Jack Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
396
4.78
Jack Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.1
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.09
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Jack Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
357
4.31
Jack Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
5.66
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Jack Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.66
5.66
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Jack Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.011
1.011
Jack Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.973
0.973
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.12
Jack Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.09
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.45
Jack Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.36
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3395
41.01
Jack Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
214
39.04
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
0.95
Jack Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.19
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
468
5.65
Jack Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
5.11
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Jack Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.627
1.627
Jack Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.318
1.318
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2962
35.78
Jack Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
35.57
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Jack Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Jack Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.01
41.01
Jack Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.04
39.04

Fielding Stats for Hub Pruett and Jack Smith

Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Jack Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
Jack Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
6.2
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
27
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.1
9
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
Jack Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
Jack Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.55
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
Jack Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
Jack Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.92
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
246
Jack Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.74
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.25
Jack Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.75
93.75
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.166
Jack Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.441
0.441
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Jack Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Hub Pruett and Jack Smith

Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Jack Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
506.4
Jack Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
3400
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
250
600
Jack Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
212
508.8
Jack Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Jack Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.508
0.508
Jack Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
86.4
Jack Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
72
Jack Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
12
Jack Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.4
Jack Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
14.4
Jack Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jack Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.3
27.13
Jack Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
14.97
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
103.2
Jack Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
136.8
Jack Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Jack Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Jack Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.447
0.447
Jack Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Jack Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Jack Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.362
0.362
Jack Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Jack Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
21.6
Jack Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
28.8
Jack Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
50.4
Jack Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.55
27.72
Jack Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
4.42
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
50.4
Jack Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
124.8
Jack Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
400
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.81
4.81
Jack Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jack Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
40.8
Jack Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.4
Jack Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.4
Jack Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hub Pruett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Smith
Career
Per 600 PA