Lefty Smart vs. Jug Thesenga — Career Comparison

Lefty Smart
UnknownThrows LeftIndianapolis ABCsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jug Thesenga
Greatest GenerationSouth DakotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Lefty Smart built a career as a starting pitcher and Jug Thesenga as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lefty Smart posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.78 and WHIP 1.191 compared to 5.11 and 2.432 for Jug Thesenga. By the career numbers, Lefty Smart had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lefty Smart and Jug Thesenga

Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
1.67
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.65
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.84
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.56
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.84
Jug Thesenga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.84
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.78
Jug Thesenga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.11
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.47
8.47
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.59
5.59
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
27
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64.2
9
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
7.93
Jug Thesenga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
13.14
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.93
7.93
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.14
13.14
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.78
Jug Thesenga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
8.76
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.76
8.76
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.18
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.46
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.773
0.773
Jug Thesenga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.135
1.135
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.56
Jug Thesenga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281
39.11
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
47.43
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.7
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.92
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
3.76
Jug Thesenga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
6.57
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.57
6.57
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.84
Jug Thesenga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.7
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.191
1.191
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.432
2.432
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251
34.93
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
38.68
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Jug Thesenga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.11
39.11
Jug Thesenga
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.43
47.43

Fielding Stats for Lefty Smart and Jug Thesenga

Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.73
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.81
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
27
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
9
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.32
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.52
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.52
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.882
0.882
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jug Thesenga
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Lefty Smart and Jug Thesenga

Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
285
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
1000
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
600
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
540
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
75
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
60
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.16
17.41
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
90
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
105
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.351
0.351
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.028
0.028
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
30
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
45
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.69
10.42
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.18
-35.89
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
30
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PA
1
200
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
Jug Thesenga
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
30
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
Jug Thesenga
Career
Per 600 PA