Guy Smith vs. Mike Strahler — Career Comparison

Guy Smith
UnknownIndianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black CrackersNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Strahler
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Guy Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Strahler as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Strahler posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.57 and WHIP 1.450 compared to 6.43 and 1.786 for Guy Smith. By the career numbers, Mike Strahler had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Guy Smith and Mike Strahler

Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
3.01
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.74
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.34
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.45
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.53
24.53
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
6.43
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
3.57
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.11
6.11
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.93
4.93
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
476
27
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
158.2
9
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
10.29
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
8.45
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.29
10.29
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.79
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
5.79
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
4.48
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
7.07
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
4.54
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.429
1.429
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.002
1.002
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.74
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.93
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
46.93
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
689
39.08
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.74
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
4.54
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.4
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.68
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.786
1.786
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.437
1.437
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
38.57
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
598
33.92
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.93
46.93
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.08
39.08

Fielding Stats for Guy Smith and Mike Strahler

Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.56
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
2.99
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.04
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.73
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
27
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
478
27
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.1
9
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159.1
9
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.56
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.08
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
1.02
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.08
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
4.15
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
1.69
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.08
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
1.58
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.33
93.33
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.528
0.528
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.53
24.53
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Guy Smith and Mike Strahler

Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
200
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
1382.61
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
600
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
533.33
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
521.74
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.056
1.056
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.544
0.544
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
4
104.35
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
4
104.35
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.38
158.58
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
1.36
35.42
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
4
104.35
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
333.33
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
182.61
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.304
0.304
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.056
1.056
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.504
0.504
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.438
0.438
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.364
0.364
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
3
78.26
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
333.33
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
5
130.43
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
166.93
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
1.69
44.06
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
78.26
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
9
234.78
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.56
2.56
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Strahler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Strahler
Career
Per 600 PA