Fred Archer vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Fred Archer
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Fred Archer and Bud Smith are fairly close on the surface numbers. Fred Archer carried a career ERA of 6.35 against Bud Smith's 4.95. The surface numbers don't cleanly separate Fred Archer and Bud Smith — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Archer and Bud Smith

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.59
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.43
71.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.35
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
4.95
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
10.21
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
9.9
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.9
9.9
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.68
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
3.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.656
0.656
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
40.16
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
6.81
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.81
6.81
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.513
1.513
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
36.08
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.16
40.16
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Fred Archer and Bud Smith

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132.2
9
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.143
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Archer and Bud Smith

Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
7
247.06
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
352.17
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
529.41
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.647
0.647
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.52
53.73
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
211.76
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
0.62
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.97
69.53
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.67
5.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5.11
5.11
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA