Kenley Jansen vs. Dave Smith — Career Comparison

Kenley Jansen
MillenialCuraçaoThrows RightBats Switch CarribeanLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Dave Smith
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Kenley Jansen a clear advantage over Dave Smith across the core pitching metrics. Kenley Jansen led in strikeout rate (K%+ 118 vs 89), walk avoidance (BB%+ 119 vs 100), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 114 vs 104). Dave Smith held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 198 vs 101). Kenley Jansen was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Kenley Jansen and Dave Smith

Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
933
9.05
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
609
6.77
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.52
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.59
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.39
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.59
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.45
57.45
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
4.62
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
2.4
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
265
2.57
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
240
2.67
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.03
2.03
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.72
2.72
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.183
0.183
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.234
0.234
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2782
27
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2428
27
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
927.1
9
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
809.1
9
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
610
5.92
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
700
7.78
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.92
5.92
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.78
7.78
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
88
0.85
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.38
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
2.74
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
283
3.15
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.19
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.71
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1278
12.4
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
548
6.09
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.4
12.4
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.09
6.09
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.682
1.682
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.027
1.027
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.2
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.31
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.31
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.17
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.24
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3680
35.72
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3357
37.33
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
700
6.79
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
432
4.8
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
2.76
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
280
3.11
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.76
2.76
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.61
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.18
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.21
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.24
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.63
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.962
0.962
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.215
1.215
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3340
32.42
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2987
33.22
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.72
35.72
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.33
37.33

Fielding Stats for Kenley Jansen and Dave Smith

Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
933
9.05
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
609
6.77
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2782
27
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2428
27
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
927.1
9
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
809.1
9
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.36
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.47
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.31
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.97
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.12
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.73
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
1.56
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.67
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
1.43
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
92
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.14
92.14
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.074
0.074
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.212
0.212
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kenley Jansen and Dave Smith

Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
935
56100
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
609
6894.34
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
540
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
498.11
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.85
0.85
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
180
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.28
76.89
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
3.76
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
240
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
79.25
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.844
0.844
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.291
0.291
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.31
78.48
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.48
-16.72
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
45.28
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
180
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
21
237.74
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.33
3.33
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2.52
2.52
Kenley Jansen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
56.6
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kenley Jansen
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA