Lee Smith vs. Brian Tollberg — Career Comparison

Lee Smith
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star
Brian Tollberg
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Brian Tollberg built a career as a starting pitcher and Lee Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lee Smith led in strikeout rate (K%+ 128 vs 87), home run suppression (HR9+ 131 vs 111), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 112 vs 108). Brian Tollberg held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 146 vs 104). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Lee Smith.

Pitching Stats for Lee Smith and Brian Tollberg

Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.55
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.52
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.5
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.44
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.64
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.47
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.56
43.56
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.39
48.39
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.11
98.11
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
478
3.34
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.03
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
4.48
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
922
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
307.1
9
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1133
7.91
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
10.43
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.43
10.43
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.62
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
1.17
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
3.39
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
2.43
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.7
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.26
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1251
8.73
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
5.33
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.73
8.73
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.862
0.862
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.33
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.2
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.23
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5388
37.61
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1342
39.3
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
802
5.6
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
3.32
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
5.1
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.44
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.5
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.27
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.41
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
0.54
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.64
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.428
1.428
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4791
33.44
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1220
35.73
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.3
39.3

Fielding Stats for Lee Smith and Brian Tollberg

Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.55
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.52
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
922
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
307.1
9
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.36
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.67
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
0.77
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
1.26
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
1.17
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.02
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
1.14
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.93
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.6
97.6
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.65
95.65
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.11
98.11
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lee Smith and Brian Tollberg

Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1023
8645.07
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
53
289.09
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
71
600
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
110
600
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
64
540.85
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
507.27
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.151
0.151
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.436
0.436
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
76.36
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
70.91
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.45
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.45
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
11.23
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.19
11.92
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
81.82
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
98.18
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.347
0.347
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
27.27
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.91
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
38.18
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.06
-25.86
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.81
4.44
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
21.82
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
42
354.93
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
180
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.69
1.69
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.33
3.33
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
4
33.8
Brian Tollberg
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
70.91
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
3
16.36
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Brian Tollberg
Career
Per 600 PA