Oscar Purner vs. Willie Smith — Career Comparison

Oscar Purner
Pre-GenerationalDistrict of ColumbiaNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Willie Smith
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHomestead GraysNegro National League IIRelief Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Willie Smith posted a stronger line than Oscar Purner. Willie Smith posted stronger numbers in ERA (6.31 vs 9) and WHIP (2.026 vs 3.500). By the career numbers, Willie Smith had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Oscar Purner and Willie Smith

Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Willie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
4.5
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
3.16
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.7
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Oscar Purner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.22
22.22
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Purner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
9
Willie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
6.31
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.31
6.31
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.26
20.26
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.71
6.71
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.321
0.321
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
27
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
27
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
9
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25.2
9
Oscar Purner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
18
Willie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
12.62
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.62
12.62
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
4.5
Willie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Oscar Purner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
13.5
Willie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
5.26
Oscar Purner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.26
5.26
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.45
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Oscar Purner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Willie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.857
0.857
Oscar Purner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Oscar Purner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
58.5
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
44.88
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
4.5
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.7
Oscar Purner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
9
Willie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
8.77
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.77
8.77
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.987
1.987
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
45
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
39.27
Oscar Purner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Willie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Oscar Purner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.333
0.333
Willie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.337
0.337
Oscar Purner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.5
58.5
Willie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.88
44.88

Fielding Stats for Oscar Purner and Willie Smith

Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Willie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
4.5
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
3.16
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.7
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
27
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
27
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
9
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25.2
9
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.4
Oscar Purner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.75
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.4
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.444
0.444
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.22
22.22
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Oscar Purner and Willie Smith

Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Willie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
540
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
600
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
600
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
5.34
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Purner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Willie Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.32
-19.17
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Oscar Purner
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA