Bob Moose vs. Lee Smith — Career Comparison

Bob Moose
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Lee Smith
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star

Bob Moose 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. Bob Moose led in home run suppression (HR9+ 153 vs 131), walk avoidance (BB%+ 125 vs 104), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 115 vs 112). Lee Smith held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 128 vs 97). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Bob Moose.

Pitching Stats for Bob Moose and Lee Smith

Bob Moose
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bob Moose
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.99
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.1
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.52
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.5
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.49
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.64
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.7
51.7
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.56
43.56
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.36
55.36
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.24
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.09
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Moose
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.13
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
478
3.34
Bob Moose
Career
Per 9 Innings
507
3.5
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.03
Bob Moose
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Bob Moose
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Bob Moose
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Bob Moose
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3912
27
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1304
9
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Bob Moose
Career
Per 9 Innings
1308
9.03
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1133
7.91
Bob Moose
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.03
9.03
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.52
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.62
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Bob Moose
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
387
2.67
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
3.39
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.41
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.7
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Bob Moose
Career
Per 9 Innings
827
5.71
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1251
8.73
Bob Moose
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.73
8.73
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Bob Moose
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.931
0.931
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.17
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.33
Bob Moose
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.21
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Bob Moose
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5501
37.97
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5388
37.61
Bob Moose
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.41
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
802
5.6
Bob Moose
Career
Per 9 Innings
566
3.91
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
3.32
Bob Moose
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.33
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.44
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.21
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.27
Bob Moose
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.3
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.54
Bob Moose
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5006
34.55
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4791
33.44
Bob Moose
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.96
1.96
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.97
37.97
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Bob Moose and Lee Smith

Bob Moose
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bob Moose
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
2
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.1
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3911
27
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1303.2
9
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.6
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.36
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
1.59
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
0.77
Bob Moose
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.14
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
2.34
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
1.17
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
2.2
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
1.14
Bob Moose
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.81
93.81
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.6
97.6
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.36
55.36
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.13
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Bob Moose
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Moose
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Moose
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Moose
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Moose and Lee Smith

Bob Moose
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Bob Moose
Career
Per 600 PA
295
387.31
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1023
8645.07
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
457
600
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
71
600
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
397
521.23
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
64
540.85
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.445
0.445
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
73.52
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
63.02
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.94
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.25
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Moose
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.31
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
10.5
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.45
Bob Moose
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bob Moose
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Bob Moose
Career
Per 600 PA
0.018
0.018
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.89
19.55
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
11.23
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
91.9
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
115.54
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Bob Moose
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.299
0.299
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
40.7
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
18.38
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
57.77
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.82
12.89
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.06
-25.86
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.31
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
40.7
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Bob Moose
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Moose
Career
Per 600 PAverified
133
174.62
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
354.93
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.44
3.44
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.69
1.69
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
35.45
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
4
33.8
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.31
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Moose
Career
Per 600 PA
6
7.88
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.63
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.31
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.94
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Moose
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA