R. Smith vs. Dick Starr — Career Comparison

R. Smith
UnknownChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Starr
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Starr built a career as a starting pitcher and R. Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Starr posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.25 and WHIP 1.706 compared to 9 and 1.800 for R. Smith. By the career numbers, Dick Starr had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for R. Smith and Dick Starr

R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
2.43
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.18
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.31
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.63
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.39
48.39
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.18
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
5.25
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.85
5.85
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.62
5.62
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1034
27
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
344.2
9
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
7.2
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
390
10.18
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.2
7.2
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.18
10.18
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.04
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
5.17
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.17
5.17
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.13
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.923
0.923
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.18
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.26
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.13
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
45
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1582
41.31
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.6
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
6.01
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.706
1.706
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
34.2
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1374
35.88
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.31
41.31

Fielding Stats for R. Smith and Dick Starr

R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
27
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
9
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.92
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.602
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for R. Smith and Dick Starr

R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
499.12
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
600
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
515.04
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
0.483
0.483
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
79.65
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
58.41
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.24
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.24
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.27
22.65
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
100.88
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
132.74
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.341
0.341
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
58.41
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.62
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
69.03
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.07
-20.64
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
17.09
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
53.1
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
36
191.15
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.14
3.14
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
31.86
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.62
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.31
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Starr
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.31
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Starr
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0