Harry Pyle vs. Sherry Smith — Career Comparison

Harry Pyle
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Sherry Smith
Lost GenerationGeorgiaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Sherry Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Pyle as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Sherry Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.32 and WHIP 1.303 compared to 4.54 and 1.907 for Harry Pyle. By the career numbers, Sherry Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Pyle and Sherry Smith

Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.26
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
1.64
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.26
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
224
0.98
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.5
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.01
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
0.52
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.14
49.14
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.05
60.05
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.01
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
0.62
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.09
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
4.54
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
757
3.32
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.99
5.99
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.3
5.3
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
27
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6158
27
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.2
9
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2052.2
9
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
10.35
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2234
9.8
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.35
10.35
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.8
9.8
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.25
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
6.81
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
440
1.93
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.81
6.81
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.27
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
428
1.88
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.88
1.88
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.009
1.009
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.423
0.423
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.26
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.5
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.18
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
43.91
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8663
37.98
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.47
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
8.83
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
964
4.23
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.83
8.83
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.907
1.907
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.303
1.303
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
36.59
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8181
35.87
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.91
43.91
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.98
37.98

Fielding Stats for Harry Pyle and Sherry Smith

Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.2
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
376
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
27
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
9
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
686
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.4
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
811
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.2
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
778
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.67
91.67
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.93
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.833
1.833
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.069
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Pyle and Sherry Smith

Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
5
150
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
381
298.43
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
766
600
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
600
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
709
555.35
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.541
0.541
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.61
0.61
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
3
90
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
165
129.24
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
97.91
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
18.8
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
7.83
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
4.7
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
31.33
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
1.55
46.58
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62.36
48.84
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
210
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
227
177.81
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
3
90
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
199
155.87
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.588
0.588
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.471
0.471
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.485
0.485
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
46.21
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
47
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
88.51
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
1.03
30.88
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67.58
52.93
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.13
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
23.5
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
134
104.96
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.72
5.72
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
18.02
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
3.13
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.35
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Sherry Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
5.48
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Sherry Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
57.14
57.14