Ford Smith vs. Lon Warneke — Career Comparison

Ford Smith
Greatest GenerationArizonaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Lon Warneke
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Ford Smith posted a stronger line than Lon Warneke. Ford Smith posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.37 vs 3.18) and WHIP (1.115 vs 1.245). 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 Lon Warneke

Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.38
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
445
1.44
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.89
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
1.11
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.69
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
0.62
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.3
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
0.39
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.34
61.34
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.29
64.29
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.08
77.08
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.64
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
192
0.62
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.1
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.04
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.37
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
984
3.18
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
546
27
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8347
27
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
9
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2782.1
9
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
7.42
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2726
8.82
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.42
7.42
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
0.57
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
2.62
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
2.39
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
5.39
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1140
3.69
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.56
2.56
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.675
0.675
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.16
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.35
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.09
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
737
36.45
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11608
37.55
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.49
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.21
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
3.07
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1164
3.77
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.74
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.04
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.115
1.115
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.245
1.245
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
662
32.74
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10842
35.07
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.45
36.45
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.55
37.55

Fielding Stats for Ford Smith and Lon Warneke

Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.29
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.93
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1128
27
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
376
9
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.84
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.34
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
538
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.17
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
2.35
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
672
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
2.18
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
664
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.81
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.685
1.685
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.492
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.22
72.22
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ford Smith and Lon Warneke

Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
63
219.77
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
459
255
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
172
600
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1080
600
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
157
547.67
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
962
534.44
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.634
0.634
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.573
0.573
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
129.07
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
215
119.44
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
26
90.7
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
183
101.67
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
31.4
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
14.44
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.11
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.22
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
38.37
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
17.78
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15.54
54.21
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62.26
34.59
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
51
177.91
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
257
142.78
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49
170.93
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
271
150.56
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.615
0.615
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.533
0.533
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
80.23
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
48.33
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
101.16
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
53.89
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
51
177.91
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
100
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16.85
58.77
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69.6
38.66
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
2.22
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
38.37
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
28.89
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.49
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
148
82.22
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
172
172
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
7.3
7.3
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
0.35
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10.47
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
34.44
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
31
17.22
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.56
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.56
Ford Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Lon Warneke
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100