Rudy Arroyo vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Rudy Arroyo
Baby BoomersNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Rudy Arroyo as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bud Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.95 and WHIP 1.500 compared to 5.4 and 2.057 for Rudy Arroyo. By the career numbers, Bud Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rudy Arroyo and Bud Smith

Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
6.94
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.77
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
4.95
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.22
8.22
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.2
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
13.89
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
9.9
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.89
13.89
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.9
9.9
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.54
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.09
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
3.86
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.77
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.86
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.857
0.857
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.77
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
42.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.31
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
6.17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.17
6.17
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.77
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.77
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.34
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.971
1.971
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
37.03
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.312
0.312
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.43
42.43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Rudy Arroyo and Bud Smith

Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
6.75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.111
0.111
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rudy Arroyo and Bud Smith

Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
5400
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Arroyo
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA