Fred Smith vs. Zack Weiss — Career Comparison

Fred Smith
Pre-GenerationalWisconsinThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Zack Weiss
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Zack Weiss as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.85 and WHIP 1.336 compared to 4.61 and 1.280 for Zack Weiss. By the career numbers, Fred Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Smith and Zack Weiss

Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.9
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
8.23
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.95
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.21
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.74
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.53
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.85
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
4.61
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.26
6.26
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.184
0.184
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
256
27
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85.1
9
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
9.49
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
5.93
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.49
9.49
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.93
5.93
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.32
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.63
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.53
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.94
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
10.87
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.87
10.87
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.504
0.504
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.756
1.756
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.42
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
37.55
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
38.85
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.95
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.3
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
4.64
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
5.27
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.336
1.336
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
34.59
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
32.27
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.44
2.44
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.175
0.175
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.55
37.55
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Fred Smith and Zack Weiss

Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.91
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
8.23
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.95
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
255
27
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
27
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
9
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.1
9
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.64
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.65
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.49
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.99
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.28
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.66
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.94
93.94
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.722
1.722
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Smith and Zack Weiss

Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
372.41
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
600
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
579.31
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
62.07
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
62.07
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
7.87
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
62.07
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
62.07
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.67
-13.91
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
165.52
Zack Weiss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.63
3.63
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Zack Weiss
Career
Per 600 PA