Bill Smith vs. Jordan Zimmermann — Career Comparison

Bill Smith
Silent GenerationDistrict of ColumbiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jordan Zimmermann
MillenialWisconsinThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jordan Zimmermann built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jordan Zimmermann posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.07 and WHIP 1.258 compared to 4.21 and 1.507 for Bill Smith. By the career numbers, Jordan Zimmermann had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Smith and Jordan Zimmermann

Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
4.21
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
279
1.56
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.79
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
1.53
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.53
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.79
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.51
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.08
51.08
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.75
18.75
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.57
98.57
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
4.21
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
730
4.07
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
205
27
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4842
27
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.1
9
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1614
9
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
10.8
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1673
9.33
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.8
10.8
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.33
9.33
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.05
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
1.09
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.05
1.05
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
2.24
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
346
1.93
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.53
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.07
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.24
2.24
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
4.48
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1271
7.09
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.09
7.09
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.56
4.56
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.002
1.002
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.14
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.33
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
295
38.85
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6766
37.73
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.19
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
5.53
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
789
4.4
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.3
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.23
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.63
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.449
1.449
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.251
1.251
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
36.48
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6266
34.94
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.31
1.31
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.83
2.83
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.308
0.308
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.85
38.85
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.73
37.73

Fielding Stats for Bill Smith and Jordan Zimmermann

Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
4.21
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
279
1.56
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.79
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
1.53
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
205
27
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4842
27
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.1
9
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1614
9
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.92
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
0.58
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.19
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
197
1.1
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.37
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
315
1.76
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.11
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
301
1.68
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.56
95.56
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.079
1.079
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.75
18.75
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.57
98.57
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Smith and Jordan Zimmermann

Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
1200
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
282
432.74
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
391
600
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
525
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
335
514.07
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.466
0.466
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
75
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
85.93
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
75.19
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
9.21
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.53
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
10.74
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.91
34.02
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.27
18.83
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
99.74
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
101.28
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.464
0.464
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.384
0.384
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
27.62
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
23.02
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
49.1
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
26.22
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.71
14.9
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
15.35
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
225
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
105
161.13
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.72
3.72
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
67.52
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jordan Zimmermann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.07
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.07
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jordan Zimmermann
Career
Per 600 PA