Bryan Baker vs. Lee Smith — Career Comparison

Bryan Baker
MillenialFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lee Smith
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star

Bryan Baker and Lee Smith are about as close as two relievers get — the gap between them is negligible across the key measures. Their run-prevention numbers were nearly identical — ERA+ of 107 for Bryan Baker and 109 for Lee Smith, with skill-based marks of DICE+ 117 and 112 respectively. If forced to pick, Bryan Baker gets the slight nod, but this is a genuinely even pairing.

Pitching Stats for Bryan Baker and Lee Smith

Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
8.88
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1022
7.13
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.56
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.5
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.48
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.64
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.17
54.17
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.56
43.56
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
478
3.34
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
3.86
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.03
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.237
0.237
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
623
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
207.2
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
7.5
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1133
7.91
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.5
7.5
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.91
7.91
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
1
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.62
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.21
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
3.39
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.7
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
10.14
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1251
8.73
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.14
10.14
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.73
8.73
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.483
1.483
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.347
1.347
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.39
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.33
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.17
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
848
36.75
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5388
37.61
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.26
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
802
5.6
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
4.12
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
3.32
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.44
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.26
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.27
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.74
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
0.54
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.189
1.189
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.256
1.256
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
762
33.02
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4791
33.44
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.75
36.75
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Bryan Baker and Lee Smith

Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
205
8.88
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1022
7.13
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
623
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
207.2
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.43
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.36
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.52
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.77
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.95
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.95
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
1.14
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.6
97.6
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.107
0.107
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bryan Baker and Lee Smith

Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
205
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1023
8645.07
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
600
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
540.85
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.33
11.23
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
50.7
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
50.7
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-3.06
-25.86
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Baker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
42
354.93
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.69
1.69
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
33.8
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bryan Baker
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA