R. Smith vs. David West — Career Comparison

R. Smith
UnknownChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueRelief Pitcher
David West
Baby BoomersTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

David West 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. David West posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.66 and WHIP 1.486 compared to 9 and 1.800 for R. Smith. By the career numbers, David West had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for R. Smith and David West

R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
David West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
David West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
3.22
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
David West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1.23
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
David West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.49
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
David West
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.6
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
David West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.93
44.93
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
David West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.24
38.24
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
David West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
David West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
David West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9
David West
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
295
4.66
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
David West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
David West
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
David West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
David West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.244
0.244
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
David West
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1708
27
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
David West
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
569.1
9
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
7.2
David West
Career
Per 9 Innings
525
8.3
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.2
7.2
David West
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.3
8.3
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
David West
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.03
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
David West
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
David West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9
David West
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
311
4.92
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
David West
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.16
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
David West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.92
4.92
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
David West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
437
6.91
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
David West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.91
6.91
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
David West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
David West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.314
1.314
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
David West
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.41
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
David West
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.25
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
David West
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
45
David West
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2522
39.87
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
David West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.62
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9
David West
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
5.07
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
David West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.07
5.07
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
David West
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.4
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
David West
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.25
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
David West
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.71
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
David West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.468
1.468
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
34.2
David West
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2154
34.05
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
David West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
David West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45
David West
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.87
39.87

Fielding Stats for R. Smith and David West

R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
David West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
David West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
3.22
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
David West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1.23
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
David West
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1708
27
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
David West
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
569.1
9
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
David West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.21
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
David West
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.79
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
David West
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.14
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
David West
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
1.14
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
David West
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
1
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
David West
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
87.5
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
David West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
David West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.24
38.24
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
David West
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
David West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
David West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
David West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
David West
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for R. Smith and David West

R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
David West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
David West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
204
1826.87
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
David West
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
600
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
David West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
492.54
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
David West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.575
0.575
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
89.55
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
62.69
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.91
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.96
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.87
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
David West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
David West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.37
30.15
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
134.33
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
116.42
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.497
0.497
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.383
0.383
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.87
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
44.78
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
62.69
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.07
-20.64
David West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.74
24.57
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.87
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
David West
Career
Per 600 PA
22
197.01
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
David West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.05
3.05
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
David West
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
David West
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
80.6
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
David West
Career
Per 600 PA
2
17.91
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
David West
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
David West
Career
Per 600 PA