Joe Sambito vs. Ed Smith — Career Comparison

Joe Sambito
Baby BoomersNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Ed Smith
Pre-GenerationalIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ed Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Sambito as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Sambito posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.03 and WHIP 1.254 compared to 3.72 and 1.332 for Ed Smith. By the career numbers, Joe Sambito had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Sambito and Ed Smith

Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
6.6
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.11
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.05
Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.53
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.47
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.54
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.64
Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.33
49.33
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.11
42.11
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.74
94.74
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.76
Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.2
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
3.03
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
3.72
Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1887
27
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
464
27
Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
629
9
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
154.2
9
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
562
8.04
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
8.9
Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.04
8.04
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.69
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
2.79
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
3.08
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.46
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
489
7
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
2.62
Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.087
1.087
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.634
0.634
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.26
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.29
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.14
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.47
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2588
37.03
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
647
37.65
Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
3.92
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
3.45
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
5.24
Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.5
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.21
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.86
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.204
1.204
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.332
1.332
Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2333
33.38
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
34.1
Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.03
37.03
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.65
37.65

Fielding Stats for Joe Sambito and Ed Smith

Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
6.6
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.1
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.05
Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1887
27
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
465
27
Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
629
9
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
9
Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.5
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.41
Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
1.49
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
3.14
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.13
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.35
Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
2.12
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
3.89
Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
1.99
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
3.54
Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.92
93.92
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.04
91.04
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.211
3.211
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.74
94.74
Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.19
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Sambito and Ed Smith

Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
462
4400
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
19
180.95
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 600 PA
63
600
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
63
600
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 600 PA
52
495.24
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
514.29
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 600 PA
0.492
0.492
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.579
0.579
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 600 PA
7
66.67
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
104.76
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 600 PA
6
57.14
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
95.24
Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.52
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.52
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.52
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.52
Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 600 PA
2.78
26.48
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.31
41.03
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 600 PA
8
76.19
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
123.81
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 600 PA
17
161.9
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
171.43
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 600 PA
0.428
0.428
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.465
0.465
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.314
0.314
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 600 PA
4
38.1
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
57.14
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 600 PA
4
38.1
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
66.67
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 600 PA
8
76.19
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
123.81
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 600 PA
2.87
27.37
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
47.66
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.52
Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
95.24
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
57.14
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 600 PA
19
180.95
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
19
180.95
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 600 PA
3.32
3.32
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3.32
3.32
Joe Sambito
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.53
0.53
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.52
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
19.05
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sambito
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA