Jake Bird vs. Lee Smith — Career Comparison

Jake Bird
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lee Smith
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Lee Smith a clear advantage over Jake Bird across the core pitching metrics. Lee Smith led in strikeout rate (K%+ 128 vs 89), run prevention (ERA+ 109 vs 85), and home run suppression (HR9+ 131 vs 108). Lee Smith was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Jake Bird and Lee Smith

Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
7.4
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1022
7.13
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.43
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.5
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.43
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.64
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.56
43.56
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
478
3.34
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
4.76
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.03
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
697
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
232.1
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
242
9.37
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1133
7.91
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.37
9.37
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.97
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.62
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
3.87
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
3.39
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.31
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.7
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
8.37
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1251
8.73
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.37
8.37
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.73
8.73
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.36
1.36
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.347
1.347
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.43
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.33
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.7
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1025
39.71
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5388
37.61
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1.16
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
802
5.6
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
5.19
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
3.32
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.44
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.46
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.27
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.89
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
0.54
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.472
1.472
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
893
34.59
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4791
33.44
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.71
39.71
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Jake Bird and Lee Smith

Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
191
7.4
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1022
7.13
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
697
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
232.1
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.5
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.36
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.66
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.77
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.2
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
1.17
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.16
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
1.14
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.77
96.77
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.6
97.6
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.157
0.157
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jake Bird and Lee Smith

Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
191
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1023
8645.07
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
600
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
540.85
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.33
11.23
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
50.7
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
50.7
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-3.06
-25.86
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
42
354.93
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.69
1.69
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
33.8
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Bird
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA