Harry Shuman vs. Steve Smyth — Career Comparison

Harry Shuman
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Steve Smyth
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Steve Smyth built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Shuman as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Shuman posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.44 and WHIP 1.500 compared to 9.35 and 1.692 for Steve Smyth. By the career numbers, Harry Shuman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Shuman and Steve Smyth

Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
5.33
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.77
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.42
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.04
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
4.44
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
9.35
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.35
9.35
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.88
7.88
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.54
7.54
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
27
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
27
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50.2
9
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
9
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
9.95
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
11.77
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.95
9.95
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.77
11.77
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
3.12
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.03
0.03
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
3.55
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.46
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.78
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
5.54
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.78
1.78
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.54
5.54
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.592
0.592
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.69
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.36
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
40.32
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
42.23
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.38
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
6.22
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
9.69
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.22
6.22
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.69
9.69
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.38
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.69
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.692
1.692
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
36.41
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
36.69
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.32
40.32
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.23
42.23

Fielding Stats for Harry Shuman and Steve Smyth

Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.77
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.42
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
27
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
9
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.04
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.69
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.5
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Shuman and Steve Smyth

Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
6000
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
8
480
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
600
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
540
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
10.54
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-64.27
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
9.2
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shuman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Shuman
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Smyth
Career
Per 600 PA