Ford Smith vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Ford Smith
Greatest GenerationArizonaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Ford Smith posted a stronger line than Tim Wakefield. Ford Smith posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.37 vs 4.41) and WHIP (1.115 vs 1.361). 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 Ford Smith and Tim Wakefield

Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.38
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
627
1.75
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.89
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.69
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
0.56
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.3
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
0.5
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.63
52.63
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.29
64.29
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.64
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.09
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.06
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.37
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1582
4.41
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
546
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
7.42
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3152
8.79
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.42
7.42
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.79
8.79
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.62
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
3.36
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.09
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
5.39
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2156
6.01
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.042
1.042
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
0.37
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.35
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
737
36.45
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13939
38.88
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.49
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.22
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
3.07
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1791
5
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.74
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.14
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.3
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.04
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
0.65
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.115
1.115
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
662
32.74
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12388
34.56
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.45
36.45
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Ford Smith and Tim Wakefield

Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
1.29
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
627
1.75
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.93
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1128
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
376
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.84
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
0.63
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.34
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
0.92
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.17
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.08
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
2.35
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.63
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.18
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
1.55
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.88
94.88
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.685
1.685
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
72.22
72.22
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.08
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ford Smith and Tim Wakefield

Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
63
219.77
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
630
2907.69
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
172
600
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
130
600
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
547.67
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
111
512.31
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.634
0.634
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
129.07
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
13
60
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
90.7
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
10
46.15
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
31.4
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.23
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.49
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
38.37
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.54
54.21
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3.28
15.14
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
177.91
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
18
83.08
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
170.93
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
17
78.46
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
80.23
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
101.16
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
177.91
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
7
32.31
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.85
58.77
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.25
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.49
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
38.37
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
47
216.92
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
172
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2.77
2.77
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.47
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA