Ed Mayer vs. Lee Smith — Career Comparison

Ed Mayer
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lee Smith
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Ed Mayer and Lee Smith are fairly close on the surface numbers. Lee Smith had the edge in ERA (3.03 vs 4.31). By the career numbers, Lee Smith 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 Ed Mayer and Lee Smith

Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
6.32
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.29
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.57
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.5
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.57
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.64
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.56
43.56
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
478
3.34
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.31
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.03
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.205
0.205
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.237
0.237
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.1
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
6.61
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1133
7.91
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.61
6.61
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.91
7.91
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.57
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.62
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.09
0.09
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
5.17
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
3.39
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.29
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.7
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
4.88
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1251
8.73
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.73
8.73
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.117
1.117
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.29
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.33
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.15
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
38.49
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5388
37.61
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.44
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
802
5.6
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
4.88
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
3.32
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.44
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.27
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.54
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.309
1.309
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
32.17
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4791
33.44
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.226
0.226
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Ed Mayer and Lee Smith

Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
6.32
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.29
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.1
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.57
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.36
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.72
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
0.77
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.29
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.59
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
1.17
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.3
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
1.14
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.6
97.6
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.364
0.364
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Mayer and Lee Smith

Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
22
1885.71
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1023
8645.07
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
600
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
540.85
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
44.63
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.33
11.23
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
60.07
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.06
-25.86
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
42
354.93
Ed Mayer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.69
1.69
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
33.8
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Mayer
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA