Craig Kimbrel vs. Dave Smith — Career Comparison

Craig Kimbrel
MillenialAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherRookie of the YearAll-Star
Dave Smith
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

When held to the same standard, Dave Smith comes out ahead of Craig Kimbrel in this reliever comparison. Dave Smith led in home run suppression (HR9+ 198 vs 122), walk avoidance (BB%+ 100 vs 77), and run prevention (ERA+ 123 vs 115). Craig Kimbrel held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 144 vs 89). The edge goes to Dave Smith.

Pitching Stats for Craig Kimbrel and Dave Smith

Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
851
9.32
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
609
6.77
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.61
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.59
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.53
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.59
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.85
53.85
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
440
4.82
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
2.4
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.58
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
240
2.67
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.72
2.72
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.234
0.234
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2465
27
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2428
27
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
821.2
9
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
809.1
9
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
5.39
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
700
7.78
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.78
7.78
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.82
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.38
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
346
3.79
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
3.15
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.12
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.71
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1282
14.04
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
548
6.09
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14.04
14.04
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.09
6.09
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.981
1.981
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.027
1.027
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.77
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.31
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.44
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.05
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.24
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3306
36.21
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3357
37.33
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
656
7.19
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
432
4.8
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
263
2.88
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
280
3.11
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.61
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.15
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.21
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.36
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.63
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.215
1.215
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2897
31.73
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2987
33.22
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.21
36.21
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.33
37.33

Fielding Stats for Craig Kimbrel and Dave Smith

Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
851
9.32
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
609
6.77
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2465
27
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2428
27
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
821.2
9
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
809.1
9
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.36
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.47
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.51
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.97
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.12
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.92
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
1.56
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.88
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
1.43
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.24
95.24
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.14
92.14
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.094
0.094
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.212
0.212
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Craig Kimbrel and Dave Smith

Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
851
255300
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
609
6894.34
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
498.11
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
3.76
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
79.25
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-66.4
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.48
-16.72
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
45.28
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
600
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
237.74
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.52
2.52
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
56.6
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Kimbrel
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA