Ed Acosta vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Ed Acosta
Silent GenerationPanamaThrows RightBats SwitchCentral AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Acosta as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ed Acosta posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.05 and WHIP 1.453 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Ed Acosta had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Acosta and Bud Smith

Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
3.73
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.39
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.59
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.04
14.04
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
4.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
413
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137.2
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
10
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
9.9
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.9
9.9
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.78
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
3.12
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
4.58
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.792
0.792
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.39
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
594
38.83
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.44
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
4.64
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.52
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.34
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.395
1.395
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
535
34.98
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.311
0.311
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.83
38.83
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Ed Acosta and Bud Smith

Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
3.72
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.52
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
414
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.65
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.85
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.57
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.83
95.83
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.404
0.404
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.04
14.04
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Acosta and Bud Smith

Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
1140
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
580
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
1.37
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.08
-41.51
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
15
300
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Acosta
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA