Ford Smith vs. Anthony Telford — Career Comparison

Ford Smith
Greatest GenerationArizonaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Anthony Telford
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ford Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Anthony Telford 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 4.17 and 1.458 for Anthony Telford. 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 Anthony Telford

Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.38
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
6.58
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.89
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.69
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.43
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.3
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.49
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.81
46.81
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.29
64.29
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.64
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.37
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
211
4.17
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
546
27
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1366
27
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
9
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455.1
9
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
7.42
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
475
9.39
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.42
7.42
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.39
9.39
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.95
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.62
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
3.48
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.26
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
5.39
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
6.54
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.54
6.54
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.114
1.114
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.49
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.35
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.47
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
737
36.45
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1995
39.43
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.49
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
1.78
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
3.07
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
4.76
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.74
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.42
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.38
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.04
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.75
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.115
1.115
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.43
1.43
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
662
32.74
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1755
34.69
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.21
2.21
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.45
36.45
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.43
39.43

Fielding Stats for Ford Smith and Anthony Telford

Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.29
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
6.58
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.93
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1128
27
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1366
27
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
376
9
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455.1
9
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.84
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.75
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.34
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1.54
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.17
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.14
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
2.35
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
2.43
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
2.18
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.31
94.31
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.685
1.685
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.22
72.22
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ford Smith and Anthony Telford

Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
63
219.77
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
333
7135.71
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
172
600
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
28
600
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
547.67
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
23
492.86
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.634
0.634
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.518
0.518
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
129.07
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
4
85.71
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
90.7
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
3
64.29
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
31.4
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
21.43
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
38.37
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
21.43
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.54
54.21
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
1.07
22.92
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
177.91
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
5
107.14
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
170.93
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
5
107.14
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.426
0.426
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
80.23
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
101.16
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
3
64.29
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
177.91
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
3
64.29
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.85
58.77
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
1.03
21.99
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
38.37
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
21.43
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
4
85.71
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
172
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.47
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
85.71
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA