Frank Smith vs. Luis Tiant — Career Comparison

Frank Smith
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Luis Tiant
Greatest GenerationCubaThrows LeftBats LeftCaribbeanNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Frank Smith posted a stronger line than Luis Tiant. Frank Smith posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.59 vs 3.57) and WHIP (1.166 vs 1.407). By the career numbers, Frank 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 Frank Smith and Luis Tiant

Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
1.4
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.68
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
255
1.01
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.14
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
0.55
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.58
Frank Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.44
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.45
Frank Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.6
55.6
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.06
56.06
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.03
72.03
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.22
68.22
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
0.73
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.61
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.11
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.14
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Frank Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
655
2.59
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
228
3.57
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.82
2.82
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Frank Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6822
27
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
1723
27
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2274
9
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
574.1
9
Frank Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1975
7.82
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
587
9.2
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.82
7.82
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.2
9.2
Frank Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.11
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.24
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Frank Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
676
2.68
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
216
3.38
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1051
4.16
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
435
6.82
Frank Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.82
6.82
Frank Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.97
2.97
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Frank Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.134
1.134
Frank Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.26
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.13
Frank Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.16
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.17
Frank Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8431
33.37
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2481
38.88
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.31
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.2
Frank Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
891
3.53
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
269
4.22
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.72
Frank Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.5
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.166
1.166
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.398
1.398
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7714
30.53
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2208
34.6
Frank Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Frank Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.37
33.37
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Frank Smith and Luis Tiant

Frank Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
355
1.83
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
1.69
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
197
1.02
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.14
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5238
27
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
1723
27
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1746
9
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
574.1
9
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
0.87
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.16
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
782
4.03
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
2.27
Frank Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.19
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
987
5.09
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
2.49
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
950
4.9
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
2.43
Frank Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.25
96.25
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.48
97.48
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.676
2.676
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.435
1.435
Frank Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.49
55.49
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.59
67.59
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.11
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Frank Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Frank Smith and Luis Tiant

Frank Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
369
251.88
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PAverified
109
293.27
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
879
600
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
223
600
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
766
522.87
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
190
511.21
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.604
0.604
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.352
0.352
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
106.48
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
18
48.43
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
104
70.99
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
18
48.43
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
27.99
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
6.14
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.37
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
35.49
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67.66
46.18
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
3.49
9.4
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
221
150.85
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
18
48.43
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
233
159.04
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
37
99.55
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.565
0.565
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.085
0.085
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.493
0.493
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
55.29
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
4
10.76
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
58.02
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
11
29.6
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
164
111.95
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
15
40.36
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68.76
46.94
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.06
-0.17
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
8.87
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.69
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
43.69
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
48.43
Frank Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
217
148.12
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.76
Frank Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
4.05
4.05
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.75
55.75
Frank Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.5
4.5
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
24.57
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
34.98
Frank Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Tiant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.69
Frank Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.05
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.05
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Luis Tiant
Career
Per 600 PA