Lee Smith vs. Bobby Thigpen — Career Comparison

Lee Smith
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star
Bobby Thigpen
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Lee Smith a clear advantage over Bobby Thigpen across the core pitching metrics. Lee Smith led in home run suppression (HR9+ 131 vs 86), strikeout rate (K%+ 128 vs 93), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 112 vs 89). Lee Smith was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Lee Smith and Bobby Thigpen

Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
448
7.09
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.5
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.49
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.64
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.57
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.56
43.56
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.27
46.27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
478
3.34
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
201
3.18
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.03
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
217
3.43
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1706
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
568.2
9
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1133
7.91
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
537
8.5
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.5
8.5
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.62
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.89
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
3.39
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
3.77
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.7
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.44
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1251
8.73
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
376
5.95
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.73
8.73
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.95
5.95
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.33
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.19
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.36
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5388
37.61
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2448
38.74
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
802
5.6
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
5.63
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
3.32
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
3.75
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.44
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.51
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.27
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.4
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
0.54
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.76
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.363
1.363
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4791
33.44
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2130
33.71
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.74
38.74

Fielding Stats for Lee Smith and Bobby Thigpen

Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
448
7.09
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1706
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
568.2
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.36
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.68
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
0.77
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.12
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
1.17
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
1.87
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
1.14
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.8
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.6
97.6
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.61
96.61
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lee Smith and Bobby Thigpen

Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1023
8645.07
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
448
268800
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
600
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
540.85
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.33
11.23
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
50.7
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
50.7
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-3.06
-25.86
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
42
354.93
Bobby Thigpen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.69
1.69
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
33.8
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobby Thigpen
Career
Per 600 PA