Brad Brach vs. Lee Smith — Career Comparison

Brad Brach
MillenialNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Lee Smith
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Lee Smith a clear advantage over Brad Brach across the core pitching metrics. Lee Smith led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 104 vs 85), strikeout rate (K%+ 128 vs 109), and home run suppression (HR9+ 131 vs 114). Brad Brach held the edge in run prevention (ERA+ 121 vs 109). Lee Smith was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Brad Brach and Lee Smith

Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
531
8.65
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1022
7.13
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.62
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.5
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.47
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.64
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.72
56.72
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.56
43.56
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.55
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
478
3.34
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
3.55
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.03
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.237
0.237
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1658
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
552.2
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
7.74
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1133
7.91
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.74
7.74
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.91
7.91
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.93
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.62
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264
4.3
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
3.39
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.37
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.7
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
589
9.59
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1251
8.73
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.59
9.59
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.73
8.73
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.543
1.543
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.347
1.347
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.49
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.33
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.13
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2351
38.29
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5388
37.61
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
2.33
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
802
5.6
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
246
4.01
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
3.32
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.44
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.39
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.27
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.68
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
0.54
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.337
1.337
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
2045
33.3
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4791
33.44
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.29
38.29
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Brad Brach and Lee Smith

Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
531
8.65
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1022
7.13
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1658
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
552.2
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.49
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.36
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.91
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
0.77
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
1.55
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
1.17
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.4
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
1.14
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.53
90.53
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.6
97.6
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.162
0.162
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.15
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brad Brach and Lee Smith

Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
532
45600
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1023
8645.07
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
600
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
5
428.57
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
540.85
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
15.46
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.33
11.23
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
21.71
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.06
-25.86
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
42
354.93
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.69
1.69
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
33.8
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA