Dave Smith vs. Karl Spooner — Career Comparison

Dave Smith
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Karl Spooner
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Karl Spooner built a career as a starting pitcher and Dave Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dave Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.67 and WHIP 1.294 compared to 3.09 and 1.149 for Karl Spooner. By the career numbers, Dave Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dave Smith and Karl Spooner

Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
609
6.77
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.39
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.23
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.59
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.77
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.59
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.46
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.61
51.61
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
2.4
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
2.67
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
3.09
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.72
2.72
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.234
0.234
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.197
0.197
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2428
27
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
350
27
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
809.1
9
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
116.2
9
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
700
7.78
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
6.63
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.78
7.78
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.38
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.62
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
3.15
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
3.63
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.71
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
548
6.09
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
8.1
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.09
6.09
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.1
8.1
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.027
1.027
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.303
1.303
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.31
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.39
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.24
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3357
37.33
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
37.65
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
4.8
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.77
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
3.11
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
3.86
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.61
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.21
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.63
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.215
1.215
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2987
33.22
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
33.63
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.33
37.33
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.65
37.65

Fielding Stats for Dave Smith and Karl Spooner

Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
609
6.77
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.39
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.23
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2428
27
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
350
27
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
809.1
9
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
116.2
9
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.47
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.77
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.97
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.85
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.12
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
1.56
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.62
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
1.43
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.62
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.14
92.14
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.212
0.212
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.677
0.677
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.61
51.61
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dave Smith and Karl Spooner

Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
609
6894.34
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
31
476.92
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
39
600
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
498.11
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
523.08
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.782
0.782
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
138.46
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
76.92
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
3.76
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.94
75.99
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
230.77
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
79.25
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
184.62
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.441
0.441
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.766
0.766
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.72
0.72
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
123.08
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.48
-16.72
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.91
75.57
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
45.28
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
46.15
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
237.74
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
246.15
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.52
2.52
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
2.44
2.44
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
56.6
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
30.77
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA