Chuck Smith vs. Mike Strahler — Career Comparison

Chuck Smith
Gen XTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Strahler
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Chuck Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Strahler as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Strahler posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.57 and WHIP 1.450 compared to 3.84 and 1.400 for Chuck Smith. By the career numbers, Mike Strahler had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chuck Smith and Mike Strahler

Chuck Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
1.45
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
3.01
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.45
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.74
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.47
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.34
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.47
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.45
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.53
24.53
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
3.84
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
3.57
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
632
27
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
476
27
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
210.2
9
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
158.2
9
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
8.54
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
8.45
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.54
8.54
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.68
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.79
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
3.8
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
4.48
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.26
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
8.07
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
4.54
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.07
8.07
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.002
1.002
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.26
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.74
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.38
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
898
38.36
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
689
39.08
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.74
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
4.27
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
4.54
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.34
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.4
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.38
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.77
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.68
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.372
1.372
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.437
1.437
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
783
33.45
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
598
33.92
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.36
38.36
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.08
39.08

Fielding Stats for Chuck Smith and Mike Strahler

Chuck Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
1.45
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.99
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.45
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.73
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
632
27
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
478
27
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
210.2
9
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
159.1
9
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.9
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.56
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.94
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.02
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.97
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.69
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.84
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.58
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.48
93.48
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
93.33
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.528
0.528
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.53
24.53
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chuck Smith and Mike Strahler

Chuck Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
36
308.57
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
1382.61
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
600
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
23
600
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
565.71
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
20
521.74
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.544
0.544
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
77.14
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
104.35
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
77.14
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
104.35
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.08
9.28
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.36
35.42
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
77.14
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
104.35
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
85.71
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
182.61
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.438
0.438
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.71
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
78.26
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
42.86
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
68.57
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
130.43
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.65
-5.54
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.69
44.06
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.57
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
78.26
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
231.43
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
234.78
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.59
2.59
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
2.56
2.56
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Chuck Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.71
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.57
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chuck Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA