Brian Smith vs. Ed Summers — Career Comparison

Gen XNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lost GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ed Summers built a career as a starting pitcher and Brian Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ed Summers posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.42 and WHIP 1.152 compared to 10.38 and 1.846 for Brian Smith. By the career numbers, Ed Summers had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brian Smith and Ed Summers

Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
6.23
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
1.24
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
1.01
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.61
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Summers
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.41
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.18
60.18
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.16
81.16
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.71
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
10.38
Ed Summers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
2.42
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.38
10.38
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
27
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2997
27
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
9
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
999
9
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
12.46
Ed Summers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
930
8.38
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.46
12.46
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.38
8.38
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.08
Ed Summers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.17
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.08
2.08
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
4.15
Ed Summers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
1.99
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Summers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
6.23
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
362
3.26
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.23
6.23
Ed Summers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.154
1.154
Ed Summers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.584
0.584
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Summers
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.14
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Summers
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.41
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Summers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
41.54
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4040
36.4
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.08
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.2
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
10.38
Ed Summers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
404
3.64
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.38
10.38
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.08
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.08
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.08
Ed Summers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.846
1.846
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
33.23
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3773
33.99
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Ed Summers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.417
0.417
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.54
41.54
Ed Summers
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.4
36.4

Fielding Stats for Brian Smith and Ed Summers

Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
6.23
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
1.55
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
27
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2409
27
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
9
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
803
9
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.61
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.08
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
3.41
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Summers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.16
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.08
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
4.17
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.08
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
358
4.01
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ed Summers
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.24
96.24
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.594
2.594
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.49
64.49
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.13
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Summers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Summers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Summers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Summers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Smith and Ed Summers

Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
138
221.39
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
374
600
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
352
564.71
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
91.44
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
78.61
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
9.63
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Summers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.21
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
12.83
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.22
21.21
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
110.7
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
104.28
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.377
0.377
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
30.48
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
28.88
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
56.15
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.43
13.53
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Summers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
12.83
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Summers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ed Summers
Career
Per 600 PA
101
162.03
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.7
3.7
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
22.46
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Summers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Summers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.6
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Summers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.6
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Summers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100