Rufus Smith vs. Faustino Valdés — Career Comparison

Rufus Smith
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Faustino Valdés
UnknownCubaCaribbeanCuban Stars WestNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Rufus Smith posted a stronger line than Faustino Valdés. Rufus Smith posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.38 vs 4.62) and WHIP (1.375 vs 1.549). By the career numbers, Rufus Smith had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Rufus Smith and Faustino Valdés

Rufus Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.25
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.1
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.44
Rufus Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.66
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Rufus Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.24
88.24
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.88
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Rufus Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.38
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
4.62
Rufus Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Rufus Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Rufus Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Rufus Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
368
27
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122.2
9
Rufus Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
9
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
9.98
Rufus Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.98
9.98
Rufus Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.37
Rufus Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Rufus Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Rufus Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.38
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
3.96
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.25
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
3.15
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.625
0.625
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.791
0.791
Rufus Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
41.63
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
552
40.5
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.5
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
5.43
Rufus Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Rufus Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.61
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.44
Rufus Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.375
1.375
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.549
1.549
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
37.13
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
475
34.85
Rufus Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Rufus Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Rufus Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.63
41.63
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Rufus Smith and Faustino Valdés

Rufus Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.29
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.11
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
461
27
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153.2
9
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.58
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.4
Rufus Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.23
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
4.22
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
3.98
Rufus Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.44
94.44
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.091
3.091
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.36
86.36
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rufus Smith and Faustino Valdés

Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
183.33
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
600
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
541.67
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.518
0.518
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
108.33
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
100
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.93
32.74
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
116.67
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
150
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.473
0.473
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
58.33
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
83.33
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-64.27
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.58
38.13
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
41.67
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rufus Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.67
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Rufus Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100