Wade Miley vs. Lee Smith — Career Comparison

Wade Miley
MillenialLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Lee Smith
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star

Wade Miley 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 led in home run suppression (HR9+ 131 vs 96), strikeout rate (K%+ 128 vs 93), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 112 vs 94). Role difference aside, Lee Smith holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Wade Miley and Lee Smith

Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
320
1.64
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.6
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.56
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.5
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.51
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
0.64
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.4
52.4
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.56
43.56
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.5
97.5
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
478
3.34
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
798
4.09
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.03
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5272
27
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1757.1
9
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1783
9.13
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1133
7.91
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.13
9.13
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
198
1.01
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.62
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
611
3.13
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
486
3.39
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.7
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1368
7.01
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1251
8.73
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.01
7.01
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.73
8.73
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.126
1.126
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.3
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.33
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.24
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7519
38.51
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5388
37.61
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
802
5.6
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
855
4.38
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
3.32
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.24
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.44
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.2
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.27
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
0.88
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.54
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.362
1.362
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6775
34.7
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4791
33.44
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.51
38.51
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Wade Miley and Lee Smith

Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
320
1.64
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
1.6
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5272
27
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1757.1
9
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.3
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.36
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
1.22
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.77
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.07
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
1.59
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
1.17
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.52
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
1.14
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.81
95.81
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.6
97.6
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.928
0.928
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.5
97.5
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.07
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wade Miley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Wade Miley and Lee Smith

Wade Miley
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Wade Miley
Career
Per 600 PA
323
570
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1023
8645.07
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
340
600
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
71
600
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
297
524.12
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
64
540.85
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.454
0.454
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
82.94
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
67.06
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
14.12
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wade Miley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wade Miley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.76
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
15.88
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.45
Wade Miley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Wade Miley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Wade Miley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.021
0.021
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.1
19.59
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
11.23
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
102.35
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
105.88
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.389
0.389
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Wade Miley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.037
0.037
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
38.82
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
26.47
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
63.53
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.49
13.21
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.06
-25.86
Wade Miley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
22.94
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Wade Miley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wade Miley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
80
141.18
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
354.93
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.69
1.69
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Wade Miley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
52.94
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
4
33.8
Wade Miley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wade Miley
Career
Per 600 PA
4
7.06
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Wade Miley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wade Miley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wade Miley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wade Miley
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA