Clay Smith vs. Rob Tejeda — Career Comparison

Clay Smith
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rob Tejeda
MillenialD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rob Tejeda built a career as a starting pitcher and Clay Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rob Tejeda posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.42 and WHIP 1.477 compared to 5.49 and 1.653 for Clay Smith. By the career numbers, Rob Tejeda had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Clay Smith and Rob Tejeda

Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
4.12
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
186
3.79
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.08
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.47
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.55
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
46
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.56
5.56
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.49
28.49
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
5.49
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
4.42
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
27
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1326
27
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.1
9
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
9
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
11.44
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
8.08
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.44
11.44
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.08
8.08
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.92
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.96
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.43
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 9 Innings
246
5.01
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.2
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
3.89
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
7.55
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.55
7.55
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.814
0.814
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.46
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.63
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.43
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
40.96
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1946
39.62
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.06
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.81
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.41
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
4.89
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.41
6.41
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.89
4.89
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.22
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.43
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.67
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.653
1.653
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.455
1.455
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
37.3
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1647
33.54
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.324
0.324
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.96
40.96
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.62
39.62

Fielding Stats for Clay Smith and Rob Tejeda

Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
3.79
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.08
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1326
27
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
442
9
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.39
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.81
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.12
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.32
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
1.2
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.77
90.77
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.778
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.317
0.317
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.49
28.49
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clay Smith and Rob Tejeda

Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
18
900
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
186
3487.5
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
600
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
550
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
468.75
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.406
0.406
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.5
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
6.52
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
75
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.85
-42.64
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.57
-10.59
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
243.75
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.46
2.46
Clay Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Tejeda
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
131.25
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Rob Tejeda
Career
Per 600 PA