John Smiley vs Scott Sanderson

John Smiley Scott Sanderson

John Smiley and Scott Sanderson compared on their MLB careers: John Smiley played 12 seasons, 1986 to 1997, Scott Sanderson 19 seasons, 1978 to 1996. John Smiley has 126 wins to Scott Sanderson's 163.

Who has the better career numbers?

John Smiley and Scott Sanderson career totals

361	GP	472
126	W	163
103	L	143
3.8	ERA	3.8
1907.2	IP	2,561
1,284	K	1,611
496	BB	625
1.2	WHIP	1.3
4	SV	5

How do they compare in the postseason?

John Smiley and Scott Sanderson postseason

5	GP	5
12	R	2
24	H	16

Where each stands all time

John Smiley and Scott Sanderson all-time places

—	Strikeouts (pitching)	193rd (1,611)
—	Wins (pitching)	212th (163)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

John Smiley: 0 championships; none on file
Scott Sanderson: 0 championships; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

John Smiley and Scott Sanderson season by season

1st	1986	1	0	3.86	1978	4	2	2.51
2nd	1987	5	5	5.76	1979	9	8	3.43
3rd	1988	13	11	3.25	1980	16	11	3.11
4th	1989	12	8	2.81	1981	9	7	2.96
5th	1990	9	10	4.64	1982	12	12	3.46
6th	1991	20	8	3.08	1983	6	7	4.65
7th	1992	16	9	3.21	1984	8	5	3.14
8th	1993	3	9	5.62	1985	5	6	3.12
9th	1994	11	10	3.86	1986	9	11	4.19
10th	1995	12	5	3.46	1987	8	9	4.29
11th	1996	13	14	3.64	1988	1	2	5.28
12th	1997	11	14	5.31	1989	11	9	3.94
13th	—	—	—	—	1990	17	11	3.88
14th	—	—	—	—	1991	16	10	3.81
15th	—	—	—	—	1992	12	11	4.93
16th	—	—	—	—	1993	11	13	4.21
17th	—	—	—	—	1994	8	4	5.09
18th	—	—	—	—	1995	1	3	4.12
19th	—	—	—	—	1996	0	2	7.50

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA