Duke Shirey vs. Steve Smyth — Career Comparison

Duke Shirey
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Steve Smyth
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Duke Shirey and Steve Smyth are fairly close on the surface numbers. Duke Shirey posted stronger numbers in ERA (6.75 vs 9.35) and home runs allowed (0 per nine innings vs 3.12). Steve Smyth had the advantage in WHIP (1.692 vs 1.750). By the career numbers, Duke Shirey had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Duke Shirey and Steve Smyth

Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
2.77
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.25
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.42
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Duke Shirey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.25
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.04
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duke Shirey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
6.75
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
9.35
Duke Shirey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.35
9.35
Duke Shirey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.32
6.32
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.88
7.88
Duke Shirey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.54
7.54
Duke Shirey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.313
0.313
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
27
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
9
Duke Shirey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
11.25
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
11.77
Duke Shirey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.25
11.25
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.77
11.77
Duke Shirey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
3.12
Duke Shirey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Duke Shirey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Duke Shirey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
4.5
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.46
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
5.54
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.54
5.54
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Duke Shirey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.25
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.69
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.25
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
42.75
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
42.23
Duke Shirey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duke Shirey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
9
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
9.69
Duke Shirey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.69
9.69
Duke Shirey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Duke Shirey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.38
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.69
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.692
1.692
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
36
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
36.69
Duke Shirey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.309
0.309
Duke Shirey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.75
42.75
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.23
42.23

Fielding Stats for Duke Shirey and Steve Smyth

Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.77
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.42
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
27
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
9
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Duke Shirey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.04
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.69
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Innings
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Duke Shirey and Steve Smyth

Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
1200
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
480
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
600
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
540
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
10.54
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
9.2
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duke Shirey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duke Shirey
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA