Philip Abner vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Gen ZNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Philip Abner as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Philip Abner posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.91 and WHIP 2.182 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Philip Abner had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Philip Abner and Bud Smith

Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
12.27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.91
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.37
7.37
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
12.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
9.9
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.27
12.27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.9
9.9
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
7.36
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.36
7.36
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
12.27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
5.49
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.27
12.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.182
2.182
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
44.18
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.91
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.45
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.182
2.182
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
36.82
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.312
0.312
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.18
44.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Philip Abner and Bud Smith

Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
12.27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Philip Abner and Bud Smith

Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
352.17
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
600
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
508.7
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA