Mark Rogers vs. Clay Smith — Career Comparison

Mark Rogers
MillenialMaineThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Clay Smith
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mark Rogers built a career as a starting pitcher and Clay Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mark Rogers posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.49 and WHIP 1.122 compared to 5.49 and 1.653 for Clay Smith. By the career numbers, Mark Rogers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mark Rogers and Clay Smith

Mark Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.02
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
4.12
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.65
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.55
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.82
81.82
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.56
5.56
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.49
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
5.49
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
27
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
27
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
9
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.1
9
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
6.98
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
11.44
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.98
6.98
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.44
11.44
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.92
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.92
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.12
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
3.43
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
9.55
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
3.89
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.55
9.55
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.408
1.408
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.814
0.814
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.46
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.37
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
201
36.92
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
40.96
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.06
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.49
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
6.41
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.41
6.41
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.37
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.37
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.55
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.122
1.122
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.653
1.653
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
178
32.69
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
37.3
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.73
1.73
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.324
0.324
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.92
36.92
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.96
40.96

Fielding Stats for Mark Rogers and Clay Smith

Mark Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.02
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.65
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
27
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
9
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.1
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.47
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.57
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.57
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.273
1.273
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.778
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.82
81.82
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Mark Rogers and Clay Smith

Mark Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
12
400
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
900
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
600
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
533.33
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
550
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
133.33
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.42
47.31
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.5
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
200
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
133.33
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
48.78
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.85
-42.64
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
200
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
300
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Mark Rogers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Rogers
Career
Per 600 PA
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA