Lee Smith vs. Bill Trotter — Career Comparison

Lee Smith
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star
Bill Trotter
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Lee Smith posted a stronger line than Bill Trotter. Lee Smith posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.03 vs 5.4) and WHIP (1.333 vs 1.641). By the career numbers, Lee Smith had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Lee Smith and Bill Trotter

Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
3.04
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.58
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.5
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.41
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
92
0.64
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.63
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.56
43.56
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.29
39.29
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19.02
19.02
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.17
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
478
3.34
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
434
3.03
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
5.4
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.64
5.64
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3868
27
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1450
27
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1289.1
9
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
483.1
9
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1133
7.91
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
619
11.53
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.53
11.53
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.62
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.86
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
486
3.39
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
3.24
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
0.7
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1251
8.73
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
2.94
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.73
8.73
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.687
0.687
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.33
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.28
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5388
37.61
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2208
41.11
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
802
5.6
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
1.51
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
3.32
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
6.59
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.59
6.59
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.44
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.27
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.54
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.641
1.641
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4791
33.44
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2019
37.6
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.17
2.17
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.11
41.11

Fielding Stats for Lee Smith and Bill Trotter

Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
7.13
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3868
27
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1289.1
9
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.36
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.77
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.17
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
1.14
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.6
97.6
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.64
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.706
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.06
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Lee Smith and Bill Trotter

Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1023
8645.07
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
163
688.73
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
71
600
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
142
600
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
64
540.85
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
109
460.56
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
25.35
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
21.13
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.23
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.45
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.23
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.33
11.23
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
5.61
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
50.7
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
29.58
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
50.7
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
105.63
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.104
0.104
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.35
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.23
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
29.58
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.06
-25.86
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.81
-7.64
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
80.28
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
354.93
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
266.2
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.69
1.69
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
4
33.8
Bill Trotter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
59.15
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
3
12.68
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Trotter
Career
Per 600 PA