Alex Meyer vs. Lee Smith — Career Comparison

Alex Meyer
MillenialIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Lee Smith
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star

Alex Meyer 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 4.63 and 1.458 for Alex Meyer. By the career numbers, Lee Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alex Meyer and Lee Smith

Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
2.08
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.79
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.47
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.5
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.76
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
0.64
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.56
43.56
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.36
86.36
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
478
3.34
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
4.63
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.03
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.218
0.218
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.237
0.237
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.1
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
7.27
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1133
7.91
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.27
7.27
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.91
7.91
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.04
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.62
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
5.85
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
3.39
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.7
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.85
5.85
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
10.1
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1251
8.73
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.1
10.1
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.73
8.73
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.773
1.773
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.347
1.347
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.76
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.33
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.38
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
40.03
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5388
37.61
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
802
5.6
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
4.81
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
3.32
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.44
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.28
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.27
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.57
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
0.54
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.458
1.458
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
353
33.33
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4791
33.44
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.03
40.03
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Alex Meyer and Lee Smith

Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
2.08
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.79
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.1
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.28
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.36
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.85
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
0.77
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.13
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.13
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
1.14
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.6
97.6
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.546
0.546
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.36
86.36
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Meyer and Lee Smith

Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
22
6600
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1023
8645.07
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
600
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
540.85
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.33
11.23
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
156.97
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.06
-25.86
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
42
354.93
Alex Meyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.69
1.69
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
33.8
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Meyer
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA