Pete Appleton vs. Lee Smith — Career Comparison

Pete Appleton
Greatest GenerationConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lee Smith
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Lee Smith posted a stronger line than Pete Appleton. Lee Smith posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.03 vs 4.3) and WHIP (1.333 vs 1.466). By the career numbers, Lee 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 Pete Appleton and Lee Smith

Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
341
2.69
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.56
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.45
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.5
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.52
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.64
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.34
46.34
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.56
43.56
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20.82
20.82
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.27
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.21
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
478
3.34
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
545
4.3
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.03
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3423
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1141
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1187
9.36
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1133
7.91
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.36
9.36
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.6
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.62
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
3.83
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
3.39
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.7
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
420
3.31
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1251
8.73
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.73
8.73
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.794
0.794
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.25
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.33
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.21
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5044
39.79
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5388
37.61
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
1.47
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
802
5.6
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
667
5.26
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
3.32
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.44
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.27
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.54
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.466
1.466
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4532
35.75
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4791
33.44
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.96
1.96
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.79
39.79
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Pete Appleton and Lee Smith

Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
342
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3868
27
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1289.1
9
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.36
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.77
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
324
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
1.14
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.43
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.6
97.6
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.947
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pete Appleton and Lee Smith

Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
343
522.34
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1023
8645.07
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
394
600
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
71
600
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
374
569.54
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
64
540.85
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.557
0.557
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
132.49
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
109.64
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
12.18
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
10.66
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
22.84
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.45
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.84
39.35
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
11.23
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
165.99
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
144.67
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.291
0.291
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
0.54
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.403
0.403
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
45.69
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
51.78
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
97.46
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29.38
44.74
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.06
-25.86
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
12.18
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
66
100.51
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
354.93
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.97
5.97
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.69
1.69
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
18.27
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
33.8
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.05
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.52
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Appleton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.52
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Appleton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA