Bob James vs. Lee Smith — Career Comparison

Bob James
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lee Smith
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star

Bob James 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 111 for Bob James and 109 for Lee Smith, with skill-based marks of DICE+ 110 and 112 respectively. If forced to pick, Lee Smith gets the slight nod, but this is a genuinely even pairing.

Pitching Stats for Bob James and Lee Smith

Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
279
6.17
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.53
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.5
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.57
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.64
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
48
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.56
43.56
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
1.61
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
478
3.34
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
3.8
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.03
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.246
0.246
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
377
8.34
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1133
7.91
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.34
8.34
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.86
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.62
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
3.47
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
3.39
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.53
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.7
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
340
7.52
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1251
8.73
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.52
7.52
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.73
8.73
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.221
1.221
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.33
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.38
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1755
38.81
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5388
37.61
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
4.29
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
802
5.6
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
194
4.29
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
3.32
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.6
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.44
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.46
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.27
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.71
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
0.54
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.312
1.312
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1533
33.9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4791
33.44
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Bob James and Lee Smith

Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
279
6.17
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
1221
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.62
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.36
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.04
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
0.77
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.29
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.95
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
1.17
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.66
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
1.14
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.23
85.23
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.6
97.6
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob James and Lee Smith

Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
279
7971.43
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1023
8645.07
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
600
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
540.85
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.69
19.6
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.33
11.23
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
114.29
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
14.28
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.06
-25.86
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
428.57
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
354.93
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
1.4
1.4
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.69
1.69
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
33.8
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob James
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA