Mark Leiter vs. Mike Smithson — Career Comparison

Mark Leiter
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Smithson
Baby BoomersTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Mark Leiter a clear advantage over Mike Smithson across the core pitching metrics. Mark Leiter led in strikeout rate (K%+ 107 vs 86), home run suppression (HR9+ 80 vs 71), and run prevention (ERA+ 92 vs 84). Mike Smithson held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 133 vs 105). Mark Leiter was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Mark Leiter and Mike Smithson

Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
2.55
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
240
1.59
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
1.13
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
1.35
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.49
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.5
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.55
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.57
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.1
47.1
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.91
46.91
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.48
44.48
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
85
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.27
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.2
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
602
4.57
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
690
4.58
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3553
27
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4069
27
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1184.1
9
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1356.1
9
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1205
9.16
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1473
9.77
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.16
9.16
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.77
9.77
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
1.18
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
1.11
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.11
1.11
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
424
3.22
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
383
2.54
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.33
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.17
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.22
3.22
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.54
2.54
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
892
6.78
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
731
4.85
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.78
6.78
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.111
1.111
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.821
0.821
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.35
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.29
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.57
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.48
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.09
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5154
39.17
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5861
38.89
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.67
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.13
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
664
5.05
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
745
4.94
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.45
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.25
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.36
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.29
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.58
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.7
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.376
1.376
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.368
1.368
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4548
34.56
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5324
35.33
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.17
39.17
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.89
38.89

Fielding Stats for Mark Leiter and Mike Smithson

Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
2.55
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
240
1.59
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
1.13
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
1.35
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3553
27
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4069
27
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1184.1
9
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1356.1
9
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.47
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.57
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
1.19
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
168
1.11
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
233
1.77
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
1.77
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
1.66
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
1.69
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.56
93.56
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.49
95.49
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.651
0.651
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.058
1.058
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.48
44.48
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
85
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.1
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mark Leiter and Mike Smithson

Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
335
893.33
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
240
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
225
600
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
188
501.33
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.376
0.376
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
56
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
53.33
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.67
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.67
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.88
7.68
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
58.67
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
80
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.098
0.098
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
21.33
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
37.33
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
58.67
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-2.58
-6.88
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
24
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
102
272
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.21
2.21
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
74.67
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8
Mike Smithson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mark Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Smithson
Career
Per 600 PA