Rigo Beltran vs. Lee Smith — Career Comparison

Rigo Beltran
Gen XMexicoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lee Smith
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Rigo Beltran a clear advantage over Lee Smith across the core pitching metrics. Rigo Beltran led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 123 vs 104), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 128 vs 112), and run prevention (ERA+ 113 vs 109). Rigo Beltran was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Rigo Beltran and Lee Smith

Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
6.6
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.42
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.5
Rigo Beltran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.25
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.64
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.56
43.56
Rigo Beltran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.41
6.41
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
478
3.34
Rigo Beltran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
4.4
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.03
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Innings
319
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Innings
106.1
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Rigo Beltran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
9.31
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1133
7.91
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.31
9.31
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Rigo Beltran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
1.1
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.62
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Rigo Beltran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
3.64
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
3.39
Rigo Beltran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.25
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.7
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
8.97
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1251
8.73
Rigo Beltran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.97
8.97
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.73
8.73
Rigo Beltran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.36
1.36
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Rigo Beltran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.401
1.401
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.347
1.347
Rigo Beltran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.68
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.33
Rigo Beltran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Rigo Beltran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
468
39.61
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5388
37.61
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
2.37
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
802
5.6
Rigo Beltran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
4.99
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
3.32
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Rigo Beltran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.76
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.44
Rigo Beltran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.34
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.27
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.25
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.54
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.439
1.439
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
34.79
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4791
33.44
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.332
0.332
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Rigo Beltran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Rigo Beltran and Lee Smith

Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
6.6
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.42
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Innings
319
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Innings
106.1
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.59
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.36
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.52
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
0.77
Rigo Beltran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.2
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
1.17
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.12
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
1.14
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.15
96.15
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.6
97.6
Rigo Beltran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.321
0.321
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Rigo Beltran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.41
6.41
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rigo Beltran and Lee Smith

Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 600 PA
78
4254.55
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1023
8645.07
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
600
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
600
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
540.85
Rigo Beltran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Rigo Beltran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.455
0.455
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Rigo Beltran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.45
Rigo Beltran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
20.47
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.33
11.23
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Rigo Beltran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Rigo Beltran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Rigo Beltran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.455
0.455
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Rigo Beltran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Rigo Beltran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Rigo Beltran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Rigo Beltran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Rigo Beltran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
1.96
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.06
-25.86
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rigo Beltran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
42
354.93
Rigo Beltran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.69
1.69
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
33.8
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rigo Beltran
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA