Lefty Smart vs. Gary Wayne — Career Comparison

Lefty Smart
UnknownThrows LeftIndianapolis ABCsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gary Wayne
Baby BoomersMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Lefty Smart built a career as a starting pitcher and Gary Wayne as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lefty Smart posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.78 and WHIP 1.191 compared to 3.93 and 1.442 for Gary Wayne. By the career numbers, Lefty Smart had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lefty Smart and Gary Wayne

Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.67
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.84
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.56
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.5
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.84
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.5
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.84
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.78
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
3.93
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
27
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749
27
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.2
9
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249.2
9
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
7.93
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
8.54
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.93
7.93
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.54
8.54
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.78
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
3.75
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.68
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
4.18
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
5.91
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.91
5.91
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.773
0.773
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.073
1.073
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.56
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.36
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
281
39.11
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1092
39.36
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.7
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.63
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
3.76
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
4.51
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.84
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.65
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.58
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.7
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.83
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.191
1.191
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.366
1.366
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
34.93
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
944
34.03
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.11
39.11
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.36
39.36

Fielding Stats for Lefty Smart and Gary Wayne

Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.73
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.33
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.81
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
266
27
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
749
27
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.2
9
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249.2
9
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.22
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.32
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.48
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.52
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.77
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.52
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.69
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.92
95.92
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.882
0.882
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.204
0.204
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lefty Smart and Gary Wayne

Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
19
285
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
231
69300
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
600
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
540
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
75
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
60
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.16
17.41
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
90
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
105
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.351
0.351
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.028
0.028
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Gary Wayne
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
2
30
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
45
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.69
10.42
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
30
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
30
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
Gary Wayne
Career
Per 600 PA