Jon Lester vs. Art Smith — Career Comparison

Jon Lester
MillenialWashingtonThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Art Smith
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Jon Lester posted a stronger line than Art Smith. Jon Lester posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.66 vs 11.57) and WHIP (1.283 vs 3.000). By the career numbers, Jon Lester had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Jon Lester and Art Smith

Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
452
1.48
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.86
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
451
1.48
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.57
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.66
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.38
Art Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.29
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.09
63.09
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.78
99.78
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.05
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.01
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1114
3.66
Art Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
11.57
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.57
11.57
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.83
15.83
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.29
6.29
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.486
0.486
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8220
27
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
27
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2740
9
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
9
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2610
8.57
Art Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
21.86
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.57
8.57
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.86
21.86
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
0.97
Art Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.29
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Art Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
892
2.93
Art Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
5.14
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.04
Art Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2488
8.17
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.29
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.17
8.17
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.234
1.234
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.714
0.714
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.21
Art Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.3
Art Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Art Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11487
37.73
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
50.14
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1215
3.99
Art Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
16.71
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.71
16.71
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.2
Art Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.22
Art Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
0.82
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.278
1.278
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10377
34.09
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
45
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.305
0.305
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.485
0.485
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.73
37.73
Art Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.14
50.14

Fielding Stats for Jon Lester and Art Smith

Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
452
1.48
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
1.48
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8220
27
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2740
9
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
0.48
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
0.87
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.07
Art Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
1.42
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
1.36
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.38
95.38
Art Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.914
0.914
Art Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.667
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.78
99.78
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.06
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jon Lester and Art Smith

Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
458
649.65
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
1800
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
423
600
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
366
519.15
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
59.57
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
39.72
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
14.18
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.67
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
19.86
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.43
17.63
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
90.78
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
89.36
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.337
0.337
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
38.3
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
43.97
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
76.6
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
0.76
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
29.79
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PAverified
162
229.79
Art Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.61
2.61
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
48.23
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.84
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
6
8.51
Art Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Art Smith
Career
Per 600 PA