Jeff Brantley vs. Lee Smith — Career Comparison

Jeff Brantley
Baby BoomersAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational 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 Jeff Brantley across the core pitching metrics. Lee Smith led in home run suppression (HR9+ 131 vs 65), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 112 vs 85), and strikeout rate (K%+ 128 vs 110). Lee Smith was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Jeff Brantley and Lee Smith

Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Innings
615
6.44
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.19
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.45
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.5
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.48
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.64
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.31
48.31
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.56
43.56
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
1.8
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
478
3.34
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
324
3.39
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.03
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.238
0.238
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2578
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Innings
859.1
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
754
7.9
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1133
7.91
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.9
7.9
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.91
7.91
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
1.1
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.62
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
366
3.83
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
3.39
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.53
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.7
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Innings
728
7.62
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1251
8.73
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.62
7.62
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.73
8.73
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.273
1.273
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.27
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.33
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.28
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.14
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3644
38.16
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5388
37.61
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Innings
379
3.97
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
802
5.6
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348
3.64
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
3.32
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.45
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.44
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.35
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.27
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.61
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
0.54
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.303
1.303
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3175
33.25
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4791
33.44
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.16
38.16
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Jeff Brantley and Lee Smith

Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Innings
615
6.44
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.19
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2578
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Innings
859.1
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.48
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.36
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.86
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
0.77
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
1.37
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
1.17
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
1.34
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
1.14
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.71
97.71
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.6
97.6
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.208
0.208
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jeff Brantley and Lee Smith

Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 600 PA
615
4555.56
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1023
8645.07
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
600
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
71
600
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
503.7
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
64
540.85
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.383
0.383
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
59.26
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
51.85
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.41
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.41
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.99
7.34
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.33
11.23
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
66.67
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
74.07
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
37.04
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
37.04
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
74.07
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.13
-8.35
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.06
-25.86
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.81
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
170.37
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
42
354.93
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.52
3.52
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.69
1.69
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Jeff Brantley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
81.48
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
4
33.8
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.81
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Brantley
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA