Jack Marshall vs. Lee Smith — Career Comparison

Jack Marshall
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Lee Smith
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star

Jack Marshall 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 posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.03 and WHIP 1.333 compared to 4.23 and 1.480 for Jack Marshall. By the career numbers, Lee Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Marshall and Lee Smith

Jack Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
1.45
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.01
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.5
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.5
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.45
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.64
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.03
53.03
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.56
43.56
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.31
69.31
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.56
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
478
3.34
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
4.23
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.03
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1877
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
625.2
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
646
9.29
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1133
7.91
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.29
9.29
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.43
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.62
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
280
4.03
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
3.39
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.7
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
268
3.86
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1251
8.73
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.73
8.73
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.876
0.876
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.1
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.33
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.33
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2759
39.69
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5388
37.61
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.19
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
802
5.6
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
375
5.39
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
3.32
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
1.32
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.44
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.27
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.62
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
0.54
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2364
34.01
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4791
33.44
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.69
39.69
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Jack Marshall and Lee Smith

Jack Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
1.47
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.99
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1875
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
625
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.23
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.36
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
2.78
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.77
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.17
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
3.18
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
1.17
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
3.01
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
1.14
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.57
94.57
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.6
97.6
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.049
2.049
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.65
67.65
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Marshall and Lee Smith

Jack Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
104
243.75
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1023
8645.07
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
256
600
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
71
600
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
501.56
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
64
540.85
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.513
0.513
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
93.75
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
91.41
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.34
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.34
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.15
23.79
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
11.23
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
96.09
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
128.91
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.432
0.432
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.328
0.328
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
44.53
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
37.5
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
82.03
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.62
29.58
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.06
-25.86
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.69
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
30.47
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.03
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
42
354.93
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85.33
85.33
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.69
1.69
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.33
4.33
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
63.28
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
4
33.8
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.34
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.34
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA