Mariano Rivera vs. R. Smith — Career Comparison

Mariano Rivera
Gen XPanamaThrows RightBats RightCentral AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star
R. Smith
UnknownChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueRelief Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Mariano Rivera and R. Smith are fairly close on the surface numbers. Mariano Rivera posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.21 vs 9) and WHIP (1.032 vs 1.800). R. Smith had the advantage in home runs allowed (0 per nine innings vs 0.5). By the career numbers, Mariano Rivera 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 Mariano Rivera and R. Smith

Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1115
7.82
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.57
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.42
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.75
57.75
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
652
4.57
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
2.21
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.211
0.211
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.211
0.211
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
998
7
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.2
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
7.2
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.5
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.06
0.06
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
2.01
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.29
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1173
8.22
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.137
1.137
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.09
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.32
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5103
35.78
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
45
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
952
6.67
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
2.38
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.18
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.18
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
0.62
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4720
33.09
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
34.2
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.78
35.78
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45

Fielding Stats for Mariano Rivera and R. Smith

Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1115
7.82
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.77
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.81
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
2.62
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
2.58
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.4
98.4
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mariano Rivera and R. Smith

Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1115
167250
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
600
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
450
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
5.31
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
1.04
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.07
-20.64
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
1
150
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA