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Originally Posted by packs
Franco's career nearly overlaps Smith's almost exactly and they pitched almost exactly the same amount of innings in the same role, but Franco's ERA is considerably lower at 2.89 vs 3.03 and Franco has a winning record compared to Smith's losing record. Almost no one considers Franco to be dominant though.
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Maybe because Lee Smith is a huge man and looked the part of a dominant closer and Franco did not.