Bobby Mathews vs. Lee Smith — Career Comparison

Bobby Mathews
Pre-GenerationalMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MutualsUnknownRelief Pitcher
Lee Smith
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Bobby Mathews posted a stronger line than Lee Smith. Bobby Mathews posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.86 vs 3.03) and WHIP (1.237 vs 1.333). By the career numbers, Bobby Mathews 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 Bobby Mathews and Lee Smith

Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
578
1.05
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
568
1.03
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
0.54
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.5
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
0.45
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
0.64
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.5
54.5
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.56
43.56
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.27
98.27
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
525
0.95
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.04
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
478
3.34
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1573
2.86
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
434
3.03
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.04
3.04
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14868
27
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4956
9
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
5601
10.17
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1133
7.91
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.17
10.17
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.13
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.62
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
532
0.97
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
3.39
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.7
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1528
2.77
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1251
8.73
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.77
2.77
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.73
8.73
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.416
0.416
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
253
0.46
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.33
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.09
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21997
39.95
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5388
37.61
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.02
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
802
5.6
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3497
6.35
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
3.32
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.44
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.27
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.54
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.238
1.238
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.256
1.256
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21417
38.89
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4791
33.44
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.05
6.05
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Bobby Mathews and Lee Smith

Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
669
1.1
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.22
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16419
27
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5473
9
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
296
0.49
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.36
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
806
1.33
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.77
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
255
0.42
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1357
2.23
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
1.17
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1102
1.81
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
1.14
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.21
81.21
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.6
97.6
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.647
1.647
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19.88
19.88
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.04
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bobby Mathews and Lee Smith

Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
623
146.07
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1023
8645.07
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2559
600
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
71
600
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2486
582.88
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
64
540.85
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
504
118.17
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
446
104.57
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
11.25
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
2.11
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.23
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
13.6
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.45
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125.53
29.43
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
11.23
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
573
134.35
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
577
135.29
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.456
0.456
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.028
0.028
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.329
0.329
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
318
74.56
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
164
38.45
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
481
112.78
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133.55
31.31
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.06
-25.86
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
17.12
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
62
14.54
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
354.93
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41.27
41.27
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.69
1.69
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.18
1.18
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
33.8
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
9
2.11
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
2.34
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
1.17
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
3.52
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA