Ed Smith vs. Ford Smith — Career Comparison

Ed Smith
Pre-GenerationalIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ford Smith
Greatest GenerationArizonaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Ford Smith posted a stronger line than Ed Smith. Ford Smith posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.37 vs 3.72) and WHIP (1.115 vs 1.332). By the career numbers, Ford Smith had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Ed Smith and Ford Smith

Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.11
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.38
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.05
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.89
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.47
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.69
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.64
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.3
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.11
42.11
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.74
94.74
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.29
64.29
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.76
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.64
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
3.72
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.37
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
464
27
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
546
27
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
154.2
9
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
9
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
8.9
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
7.42
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.42
7.42
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
3.08
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.62
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
2.62
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.39
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.634
0.634
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.29
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.47
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.35
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
647
37.65
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
737
36.45
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.49
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
5.24
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
3.07
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.74
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.04
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.332
1.332
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.115
1.115
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
34.1
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662
32.74
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.65
37.65
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.45
36.45

Fielding Stats for Ed Smith and Ford Smith

Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.1
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.29
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.05
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.93
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
465
27
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1128
27
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
9
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
376
9
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.41
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.84
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
3.14
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
1.34
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.35
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.17
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
3.89
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
2.35
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
3.54
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
2.18
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.04
91.04
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.211
3.211
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.685
1.685
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.74
94.74
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.22
72.22
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Smith and Ford Smith

Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
19
180.95
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
219.77
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
63
600
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
172
600
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
54
514.29
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
547.67
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.579
0.579
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.634
0.634
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
11
104.76
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
129.07
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
95.24
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
90.7
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
31.4
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.52
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.49
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.52
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
38.37
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
4.31
41.03
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.54
54.21
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
13
123.81
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
177.91
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
171.43
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
170.93
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.536
0.536
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.037
0.037
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.465
0.465
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.314
0.314
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
57.14
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
80.23
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
66.67
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
101.16
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
13
123.81
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
177.91
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5
47.66
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.85
58.77
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.52
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.49
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
57.14
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
38.37
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
19
180.95
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3.32
3.32
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
172
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
19.05
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
10.47
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA