Bryan Shaw vs. Fred Smith — Career Comparison

Bryan Shaw
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Smith
Pre-GenerationalWisconsinThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Bryan Shaw as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.85 and WHIP 1.336 compared to 3.96 and 1.365 for Bryan Shaw. By the career numbers, Fred Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bryan Shaw and Fred Smith

Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
9.37
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.9
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.95
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.51
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.21
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.54
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.74
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.31
48.31
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.53
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.22
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
3.96
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.85
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2293
27
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
256
27
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
764.1
9
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.1
9
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
723
8.51
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
9.49
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.51
8.51
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.49
9.49
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.97
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.32
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
3.52
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.53
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.25
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
681
8.02
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.02
8.02
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.06
1.06
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.282
1.282
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.504
0.504
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.48
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.38
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.42
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3270
38.5
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
356
37.55
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.03
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.95
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
377
4.44
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
4.64
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.24
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.18
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.02
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.337
1.337
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.336
1.336
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2904
34.19
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
34.59
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.44
2.44
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.5
38.5
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55

Fielding Stats for Bryan Shaw and Fred Smith

Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
796
9.37
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.91
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.95
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2293
27
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
255
27
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
764.1
9
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
9
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.66
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.64
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.92
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.65
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.13
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.21
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
1.71
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.49
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
1.58
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.28
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.41
92.41
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.94
93.94
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.168
0.168
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.722
1.722
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bryan Shaw and Fred Smith

Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
796
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
372.41
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
600
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
579.31
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
62.07
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
62.07
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
7.87
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
62.07
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
62.07
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.67
-13.91
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
165.52
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.63
3.63
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Bryan Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100