Jose de Jesus vs. Lee Smith — Career Comparison

Jose de Jesus
Gen XNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Lee Smith
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star

Jose de Jesus built a career as a starting pitcher and Lee Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lee Smith led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 104 vs 55), strikeout rate (K%+ 128 vs 103), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 112 vs 90). Jose de Jesus held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 166 vs 131). Role difference aside, Lee Smith holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jose de Jesus and Lee Smith

Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.62
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.47
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.52
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.5
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.49
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.64
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.28
51.28
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.56
43.56
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.48
90.48
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
478
3.34
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
3.84
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.03
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.226
0.226
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.237
0.237
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
1047
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
349
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
7.32
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1133
7.91
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.32
7.32
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.91
7.91
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.52
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.62
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
5.85
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
3.39
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.21
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.7
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.85
5.85
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
221
5.7
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1251
8.73
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.73
8.73
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.284
1.284
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.44
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.33
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.15
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1513
39.02
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5388
37.61
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
802
5.6
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
165
4.26
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
3.32
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.44
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.27
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.98
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
0.54
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.464
1.464
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
1257
32.42
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4791
33.44
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.02
39.02
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Jose de Jesus and Lee Smith

Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.62
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.47
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
1047
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
349
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.39
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.36
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.88
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
0.77
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.34
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
1.17
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.26
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
1.14
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.23
94.23
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.6
97.6
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.778
0.778
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.48
90.48
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose de Jesus and Lee Smith

Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
63
331.58
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1023
8645.07
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
114
600
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
71
600
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
526.32
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
64
540.85
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.351
0.351
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
57.89
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
52.63
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.26
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.26
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
10.54
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.33
11.23
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
63.16
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
89.47
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.102
0.102
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
21.05
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.58
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
52.63
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.79
-4.14
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.06
-25.86
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
31.58
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PAverified
60
315.79
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
354.93
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.9
1.9
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.69
1.69
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Jose de Jesus
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
42.11
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
4
33.8
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose de Jesus
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA