Guy Smith vs. Tom Thomas — Career Comparison

Guy Smith
UnknownIndianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black CrackersNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tom Thomas
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Guy Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Thomas as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tom Thomas posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.31 and WHIP 1.355 compared to 6.43 and 1.786 for Guy Smith. By the career numbers, Tom Thomas had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Guy Smith and Tom Thomas

Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.74
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
30
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
6.43
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
3.31
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.11
6.11
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.93
4.93
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
27
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51.2
9
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
10.29
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
10.45
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.29
10.29
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.45
10.45
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.52
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
5.79
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.74
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
7.07
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
2.61
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.429
1.429
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.93
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
46.93
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
37.97
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.22
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
6.45
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.45
6.45
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.786
1.786
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.355
1.355
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
38.57
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
207
36.06
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.93
46.93
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.97
37.97

Fielding Stats for Guy Smith and Tom Thomas

Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.56
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.76
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.04
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
27
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
27
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.1
9
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
9
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.08
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.76
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.08
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.53
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
4.15
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
2.47
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.08
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.94
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.57
78.57
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Guy Smith and Tom Thomas

Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
200
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
230.77
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
600
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
533.33
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
530.77
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.056
1.056
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.38
158.58
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1.3
30.11
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
333.33
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
138.46
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.056
1.056
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.457
0.457
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
2
46.15
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
333.33
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.5
166.93
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1.29
29.81
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
46.15
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
26
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Thomas
Career
Per 600 PA