Jose Alvarado vs. Lee Smith — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarado
MillenialVenezuelaThrows LeftBats LeftSouth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lee Smith
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Jose Alvarado a clear advantage over Lee Smith across the core pitching metrics. Jose Alvarado led in home run suppression (HR9+ 303 vs 131), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 154 vs 112), and run prevention (ERA+ 147 vs 109). Lee Smith held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 104 vs 79). Jose Alvarado was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Jose Alvarado and Lee Smith

Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
9.97
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1022
7.13
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.46
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.5
Jose Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.66
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.64
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.3
41.3
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.56
43.56
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
478
3.34
Jose Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
3.47
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.03
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.22
3.22
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Jose Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Jose Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.237
0.237
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
1105
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
368.1
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Jose Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
7.09
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1133
7.91
Jose Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.09
7.09
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.91
7.91
Jose Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.64
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.62
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Jose Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Jose Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
4.76
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
3.39
Jose Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.46
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.7
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
11.46
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1251
8.73
Jose Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.46
11.46
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.73
8.73
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Jose Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.803
1.803
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.347
1.347
Jose Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.95
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.33
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.32
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Jose Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1586
38.75
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5388
37.61
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
2.52
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
802
5.6
Jose Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
4.06
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
3.32
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Jose Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.27
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.44
Jose Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.22
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.27
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.66
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
0.54
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.317
1.317
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
1358
33.18
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4791
33.44
Jose Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Jose Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.75
38.75
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarado and Lee Smith

Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
9.98
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1022
7.13
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
1106
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
368.2
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.34
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.36
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.66
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.77
Jose Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
1.05
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
1.14
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.35
95.35
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.6
97.6
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarado and Lee Smith

Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PAverified
408
244800
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1023
8645.07
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
600
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
540.85
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.33
11.23
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
50.7
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
50.7
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Jose Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-3.06
-25.86
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarado
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
354.93
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.69
1.69
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
33.8
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarado
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA