Ford Smith vs. Beau Sulser — Career Comparison

Ford Smith
Greatest GenerationArizonaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Beau Sulser
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ford Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Beau Sulser as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ford Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.37 and WHIP 1.115 compared to 3.63 and 1.567 for Beau Sulser. By the career numbers, Ford Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ford Smith and Beau Sulser

Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
1.38
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.03
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.89
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.69
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.3
Beau Sulser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.29
64.29
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.64
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.37
Beau Sulser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
3.63
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
546
27
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
27
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
9
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.1
9
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
7.42
Beau Sulser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
9.67
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.42
7.42
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.67
9.67
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.21
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.62
Beau Sulser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
3.63
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.81
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
5.39
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
7.66
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Beau Sulser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.66
7.66
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Beau Sulser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.254
1.254
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.15
Beau Sulser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.35
Beau Sulser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.4
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
737
36.45
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
39.9
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.49
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.42
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
3.07
Beau Sulser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
5.64
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.64
5.64
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.74
Beau Sulser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.4
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
1.04
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.61
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.115
1.115
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.478
1.478
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662
32.74
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
35.46
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Beau Sulser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.45
36.45
Beau Sulser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.9
39.9

Fielding Stats for Ford Smith and Beau Sulser

Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
1.29
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.03
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.93
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1128
27
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
27
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
376
9
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.1
9
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.84
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.81
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.34
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.4
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.17
Beau Sulser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.4
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
2.35
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.61
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.18
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.21
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.685
1.685
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.22
72.22
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ford Smith and Beau Sulser

Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
219.77
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA
10
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
600
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
547.67
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.634
0.634
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
129.07
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
90.7
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
31.4
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
38.37
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.54
54.21
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
177.91
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
170.93
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
80.23
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
101.16
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
177.91
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.85
58.77
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
38.37
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.49
Beau Sulser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
172
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.47
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Beau Sulser
Career
Per 600 PA