Mike Saipe vs. Dave Smith — Career Comparison

Mike Saipe
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dave Smith
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Mike Saipe built a career as a starting pitcher and Dave Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dave Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.67 and WHIP 1.294 compared to 10.8 and 2.200 for Mike Saipe. By the career numbers, Dave Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Saipe and Dave Smith

Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.8
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
609
6.77
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.8
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.59
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.9
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.59
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
2.4
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
10.8
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
2.67
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.8
10.8
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.6
14.6
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.7
9.7
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.431
0.431
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
27
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2428
27
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
9
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
809.1
9
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
19.8
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
700
7.78
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.8
19.8
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.78
7.78
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
4.5
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.38
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
283
3.15
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.71
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.8
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
548
6.09
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.09
6.09
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.027
1.027
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.31
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.8
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.24
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
48.6
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3357
37.33
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
4.8
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
10.8
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
3.11
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.8
10.8
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.9
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.61
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.21
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.63
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.215
1.215
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
45.9
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2987
33.22
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.386
0.386
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.6
48.6
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.33
37.33

Fielding Stats for Mike Saipe and Dave Smith

Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.8
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
609
6.77
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.8
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
27
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2428
27
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
9
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
809.1
9
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.8
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.47
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.8
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
0.97
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.12
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.6
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
1.56
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.6
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
1.43
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.14
92.14
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.212
0.212
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Saipe and Dave Smith

Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
609
6894.34
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
498.11
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
29.73
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.33
3.76
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
79.25
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
68.03
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.48
-16.72
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
45.28
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
21
237.74
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.52
2.52
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
56.6
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Saipe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Saipe
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA