Bill Blair vs. Lee Smith — Career Comparison

Bill Blair
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Lee Smith
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Bill Blair posted a stronger line than Lee Smith. Bill Blair posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.61 vs 3.03) and WHIP (1.194 vs 1.333). By the career numbers, Bill Blair 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 Bill Blair and Lee Smith

Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.16
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.16
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.5
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.87
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.64
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.56
43.56
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.87
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
478
3.34
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.61
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
434
3.03
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.04
3.04
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.238
0.238
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
8.42
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1133
7.91
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.42
8.42
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.62
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.32
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
3.39
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.7
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
4.65
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1251
8.73
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.73
8.73
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.774
0.774
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.29
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.33
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
38.03
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5388
37.61
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
802
5.6
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
6.1
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
3.32
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
6.1
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.44
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.27
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.54
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.194
1.194
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.256
1.256
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
35.42
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4791
33.44
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.03
38.03
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Bill Blair and Lee Smith

Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.36
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.55
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.36
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
3.27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
0.77
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.82
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
4.64
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
1.17
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.82
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
1.14
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.35
82.35
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.6
97.6
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Blair and Lee Smith

Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
4
171.43
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1023
8645.07
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
600
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
557.14
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
540.85
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
171.43
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
128.57
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.45
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.82
78.18
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
11.23
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
214.29
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
214.29
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.742
0.742
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.97
84.56
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.06
-25.86
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
171.43
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
42
354.93
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
3.5
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.69
1.69
Bill Blair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
33.8
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Blair
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA