Ted Abernathy vs. Lee Smith — Career Comparison

Ted Abernathy
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lee Smith
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Lee Smith a clear advantage over Ted Abernathy across the core pitching metrics. Lee Smith led in strikeout rate (K%+ 128 vs 95), walk avoidance (BB%+ 104 vs 73), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 112 vs 91). Lee Smith was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Ted Abernathy and Lee Smith

Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
681
5.34
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.27
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.49
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.5
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.54
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.64
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.73
47.73
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.56
43.56
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
1.16
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
478
3.34
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
441
3.46
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.03
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.237
0.237
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3443
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1147.2
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1010
7.92
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1133
7.91
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.92
7.92
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.55
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.62
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
592
4.64
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
3.39
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.63
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.7
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
765
6
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1251
8.73
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.73
8.73
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.182
1.182
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.27
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.33
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.35
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4963
38.92
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5388
37.61
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
416
3.26
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
802
5.6
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
513
4.02
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
3.32
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.18
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.44
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.27
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.54
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.396
1.396
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4296
33.69
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4791
33.44
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.92
38.92
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Ted Abernathy and Lee Smith

Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
681
5.35
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.27
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3438
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1146
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.72
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.36
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
2.39
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.77
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.16
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.27
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
1.17
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
3.11
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
1.14
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.96
94.96
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.6
97.6
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.582
0.582
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.13
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ted Abernathy and Lee Smith

Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
681
2002.94
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1023
8645.07
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
204
600
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
71
600
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
181
532.35
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
64
540.85
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.392
0.392
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
73.53
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
64.71
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.82
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.82
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.45
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.23
12.45
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
11.23
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
82.35
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
97.06
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.329
0.329
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
35.29
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
26.47
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
61.76
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
1.09
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.06
-25.86
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.88
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
17.65
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
217.65
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
354.93
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.76
2.76
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.69
1.69
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
44.12
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
4
33.8
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
4
11.76
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA