R. Smith vs. Bill Wight — Career Comparison

R. Smith
UnknownChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bill Wight
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bill Wight 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. Bill Wight posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.95 and WHIP 1.521 compared to 9 and 1.800 for R. Smith. By the career numbers, Bill Wight had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for R. Smith and Bill Wight

R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
347
2
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
1.14
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.44
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
0.57
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.75
43.75
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.06
57.06
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.38
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.09
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
686
3.95
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4689
27
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1563
9
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
7.2
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
1656
9.54
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.2
7.2
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.54
9.54
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.43
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
714
4.11
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
574
3.31
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.65
1.65
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.824
0.824
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.26
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.08
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
45
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6851
39.45
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.34
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
791
4.55
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.516
1.516
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
34.2
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6123
35.26
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.28
2.28
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.45
39.45

Fielding Stats for R. Smith and Bill Wight

R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
6.24
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
1.04
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1505
27
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
501.2
9
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.81
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
355
6.37
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.72
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
440
7.89
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
400
7.18
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
90.91
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.149
1.149
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16.67
16.67
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.29
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wight
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for R. Smith and Bill Wight

R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
347
381.32
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
546
600
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
480
527.47
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bill Wight
Career
Per 600 PA
0.357
0.357
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
60.44
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
53.85
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.59
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.59
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Wight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.1
10
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
67.03
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
89.01
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.104
0.104
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
20.88
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
26.37
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
47.25
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.07
-20.64
Bill Wight
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-3.7
-4.07
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.2
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
26.37
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Wight
Career
Per 600 PA
169
185.71
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.23
3.23
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
43.96
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Wight
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5.49
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.1
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wight
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.1
R. Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Wight
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0