Brian Moehler vs. Lee Smith — Career Comparison

Brian Moehler
Gen XNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Lee Smith
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star

Brian Moehler 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 strikeout rate (K%+ 128 vs 75), home run suppression (HR9+ 131 vs 89), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 112 vs 93). Brian Moehler held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 125 vs 104). Role difference aside, Lee Smith holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Brian Moehler and Lee Smith

Brian Moehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
332
1.91
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
1.45
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
0.48
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.5
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
0.61
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
0.64
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.98
43.98
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.56
43.56
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.9
75.9
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.06
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
478
3.34
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
837
4.81
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.03
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4702
27
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1567.1
9
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1834
10.53
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1133
7.91
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.53
10.53
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
199
1.14
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.62
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
2.61
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
3.39
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.21
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.7
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
859
4.93
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1251
8.73
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.93
4.93
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.73
8.73
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.838
0.838
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.14
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.33
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.21
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6844
39.3
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5388
37.61
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.23
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
802
5.6
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
897
5.15
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
3.32
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.15
5.15
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.33
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.44
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.24
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.27
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.91
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.54
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6254
35.91
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4791
33.44
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.3
39.3
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Brian Moehler and Lee Smith

Brian Moehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
332
1.91
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
1.45
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4702
27
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1567.1
9
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.76
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.36
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
1.29
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.77
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
2.08
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
1.17
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
2.04
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
1.14
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.07
98.07
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.6
97.6
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.072
1.072
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.9
75.9
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.12
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian Moehler and Lee Smith

Brian Moehler
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 600 PA
334
863.79
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1023
8645.07
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
232
600
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
71
600
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
202
522.41
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
64
540.85
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
23.28
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
18.1
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.17
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
5.17
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 600 PA
1.16
3
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.33
11.23
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
28.45
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
50.7
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
54.31
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.098
0.098
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.055
0.055
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.058
0.058
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
10.34
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
12.93
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
23.28
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 600 PA
-10.8
-27.94
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-3.06
-25.86
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.76
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
23.28
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
93
240.52
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
354.93
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.49
2.49
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.69
1.69
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Brian Moehler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
46.55
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
4
33.8
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.59
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Moehler
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA