Chad Billingsley vs. Lee Smith — Career Comparison

Chad Billingsley
MillenialOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Lee Smith
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star

Chad Billingsley built a career as a starting pitcher and Lee Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Chad Billingsley led in home run suppression (HR9+ 142 vs 131), run prevention (ERA+ 117 vs 109), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 116 vs 112). Lee Smith held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 104 vs 86). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Chad Billingsley.

Pitching Stats for Chad Billingsley and Lee Smith

Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
1.68
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
1.46
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.62
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.5
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.48
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.64
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.46
56.46
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.56
43.56
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.17
87.17
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
478
3.34
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
501
3.72
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.03
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3637
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1212.1
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1162
8.63
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1133
7.91
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.63
8.63
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.68
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.62
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
499
3.7
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
3.39
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.24
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.7
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1052
7.81
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1251
8.73
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.81
7.81
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.73
8.73
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.279
1.279
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.37
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.33
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.33
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5202
38.62
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5388
37.61
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
802
5.6
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
545
4.05
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
3.32
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.45
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.44
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.31
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.27
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.8
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.54
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4557
33.83
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4791
33.44
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.62
38.62
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Chad Billingsley and Lee Smith

Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
1.68
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
1.46
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3637
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1212.1
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.45
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.36
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
1.08
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.77
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.62
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
1.17
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
1.54
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
1.14
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.95
94.95
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.6
97.6
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.916
0.916
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.17
87.17
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chad Billingsley and Lee Smith

Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 600 PA
226
329.13
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1023
8645.07
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
412
600
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
71
600
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
355
516.99
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
64
540.85
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
71.36
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
55.34
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
11.65
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
4.37
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
16.02
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.45
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.061
0.061
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.35
19.44
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
11.23
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
96.12
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
100.49
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.369
0.369
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.129
0.129
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
20.39
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
30.58
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
46.6
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.88
8.56
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.06
-25.86
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.46
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
27.67
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
170
247.57
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
354.93
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.42
2.42
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.69
1.69
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
52.43
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
4
33.8
Chad Billingsley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.46
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
5.83
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Billingsley
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA