Jim Brower vs. Lee Smith — Career Comparison

Jim Brower
Gen XMinnesotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lee Smith
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Lee Smith a clear advantage over Jim Brower across the core pitching metrics. Lee Smith led in strikeout rate (K%+ 128 vs 86), home run suppression (HR9+ 131 vs 96), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 112 vs 91). Lee Smith was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Jim Brower and Lee Smith

Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
5.55
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Jim Brower
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.44
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.52
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.5
Jim Brower
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.5
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.64
Jim Brower
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.77
50.77
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.56
43.56
Jim Brower
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
478
3.34
Jim Brower
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
4.67
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.03
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Innings
1722
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Innings
574
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Jim Brower
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
596
9.34
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1133
7.91
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.34
9.34
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Jim Brower
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
1.1
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.62
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Jim Brower
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
256
4.01
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
3.39
Jim Brower
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.27
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.7
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Innings
397
6.22
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1251
8.73
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.73
8.73
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.138
1.138
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Jim Brower
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.45
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.33
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.44
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Jim Brower
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2530
39.67
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5388
37.61
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
1.38
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
802
5.6
Jim Brower
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
5.06
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
3.32
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Jim Brower
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.49
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.44
Jim Brower
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.24
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.27
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.89
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
0.54
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.484
1.484
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2200
34.49
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4791
33.44
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Jim Brower
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.67
39.67
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Jim Brower and Lee Smith

Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
5.55
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Jim Brower
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.44
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Innings
1722
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Innings
574
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.71
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.36
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
1.55
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
0.77
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
2.34
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
1.17
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
2.26
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
1.14
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.64
96.64
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.6
97.6
Jim Brower
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.407
0.407
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Jim Brower
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Brower
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Brower and Lee Smith

Jim Brower
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Jim Brower
Career
Per 600 PA
356
3286.15
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1023
8645.07
Jim Brower
Career
Per 600 PA
65
600
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
600
Jim Brower
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
544.62
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
540.85
Jim Brower
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Jim Brower
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.492
0.492
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Jim Brower
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
110.77
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Jim Brower
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
101.54
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Jim Brower
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.23
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brower
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brower
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Jim Brower
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.23
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.45
Jim Brower
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Brower
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Jim Brower
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jim Brower
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.91
26.84
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
11.23
Jim Brower
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
120
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Jim Brower
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
129.23
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Jim Brower
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Jim Brower
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Jim Brower
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Jim Brower
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Jim Brower
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Jim Brower
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Jim Brower
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Jim Brower
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
83.08
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Jim Brower
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
36.92
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Jim Brower
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
120
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Jim Brower
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.16
29.18
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.06
-25.86
Jim Brower
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.23
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brower
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.23
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Jim Brower
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brower
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
184.62
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
42
354.93
Jim Brower
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.25
3.25
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.69
1.69
Jim Brower
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Jim Brower
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
36.92
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
4
33.8
Jim Brower
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brower
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brower
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brower
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brower
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Brower
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA