Roy Sanders vs. R. Smith — Career Comparison

Roy Sanders
Lost GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
R. Smith
UnknownChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueRelief Pitcher

Roy Sanders built a career as a starting pitcher and R. Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Roy Sanders posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.75 and WHIP 1.265 compared to 9 and 1.800 for R. Smith. By the career numbers, Roy Sanders had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roy Sanders and R. Smith

Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
1.59
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.85
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.37
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.53
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.18
41.18
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.37
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
2.75
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
510
27
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
9
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
7.78
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
7.2
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.78
7.78
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.2
7.2
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.05
0.05
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.03
0.03
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
3.6
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
3.07
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.741
0.741
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.26
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.16
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
709
37.54
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
45
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.74
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
3.49
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
638
33.78
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
34.2
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.2
2.2
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45

Fielding Stats for Roy Sanders and R. Smith

Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
27
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
9
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.92
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.1
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Sanders and R. Smith

Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
290.63
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
600
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
553.13
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0.414
0.414
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
75
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
56.25
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.75
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.75
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.31
21.62
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
112.5
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
103.13
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.131
0.131
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
65.63
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
46.88
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
112.5
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
14.65
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.07
-20.64
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
28.13
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
9
84.38
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.11
7.11
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Roy Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
18.75
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA