Bob Smith vs. Zack Wheeler — Career Comparison

Bob Smith
Silent GenerationNew HampshireThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Zack Wheeler
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveAll-Star

Zack Wheeler built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Zack Wheeler posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.28 and WHIP 1.145 compared to 4.05 and 1.614 for Bob Smith. By the career numbers, Zack Wheeler had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Smith and Zack Wheeler

Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
4.91
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
1.47
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.43
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.59
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.49
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.77
30.77
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.11
60.11
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.79
8.79
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
4.05
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
3.28
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.229
0.229
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
500
27
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5185
27
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
166.2
9
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1728.1
9
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
9.4
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1475
7.68
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.4
9.4
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.68
7.68
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.76
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
0.86
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
4.48
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
2.55
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.65
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.07
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
5.02
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1820
9.48
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.48
9.48
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.056
1.056
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.27
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.22
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.4
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
753
40.66
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7086
36.9
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.51
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
5.51
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
683
3.56
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.51
5.51
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.17
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.19
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.66
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.542
1.542
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.137
1.137
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
666
35.96
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6451
33.59
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.66
40.66
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.9
36.9

Fielding Stats for Bob Smith and Zack Wheeler

Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
4.91
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
1.47
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.43
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
500
27
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5185
27
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
166.2
9
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1728.1
9
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.49
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
0.61
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.46
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
0.89
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
2.16
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
299
1.56
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.94
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
1.5
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.66
96.66
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.396
0.396
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.021
1.021
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.79
8.79
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.05
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.09
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Smith and Zack Wheeler

Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
91
1761.29
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
534.98
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
31
600
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
323
600
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
561.29
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
534.98
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
38.71
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
81.73
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
38.71
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
63.16
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
16.72
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.86
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
18.58
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
2.37
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.82
18.24
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
38.71
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
104.02
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
38.71
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
94.74
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.042
0.042
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.126
0.126
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
24.15
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
19.35
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
33.44
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
19.35
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
55.73
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.65
-32.02
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.48
8.33
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.72
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.29
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
309.68
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
128
237.77
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.94
1.94
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.52
2.52
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
19.35
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
50.15
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
19.35
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.86
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.72
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA