Lee Smith vs. Bruce Taylor — Career Comparison

Lee Smith
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star
Bruce Taylor
Baby BoomersMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Lee Smith and Bruce Taylor are fairly close on the surface numbers. Lee Smith carried a career ERA of 3.03 against Bruce Taylor's 3.86. The surface numbers don't cleanly separate Lee Smith and Bruce Taylor — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lee Smith and Bruce Taylor

Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
5.51
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.5
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.37
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.64
Bruce Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.37
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.56
43.56
Bruce Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
478
3.34
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.37
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.03
Bruce Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
3.86
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.04
3.04
Bruce Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.237
0.237
Bruce Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.224
0.224
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
9
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1133
7.91
Bruce Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
7.16
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.91
7.91
Bruce Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.16
7.16
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.62
Bruce Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.55
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Bruce Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
3.39
Bruce Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.12
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.7
Bruce Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.92
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Bruce Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1251
8.73
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
4.96
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.73
8.73
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.898
0.898
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.33
Bruce Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Bruce Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.55
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Bruce Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5388
37.61
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
202
37.1
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
802
5.6
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
3.86
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
3.32
Bruce Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
4.41
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.44
Bruce Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.1
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.27
Bruce Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.37
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
0.54
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.55
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.256
1.256
Bruce Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4791
33.44
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
31.96
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Bruce Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.61
37.61
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.1
37.1

Fielding Stats for Lee Smith and Bruce Taylor

Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
5.51
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.36
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.73
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
0.77
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.29
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Bruce Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
1.17
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.2
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
1.14
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.02
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.6
97.6
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Bruce Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.367
0.367
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lee Smith and Bruce Taylor

Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1023
8645.07
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
30
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
600
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
540.85
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.33
11.23
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
50.7
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
50.7
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-3.06
-25.86
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
42
354.93
Bruce Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.69
1.69
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
33.8
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Bruce Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA