Keith Atherton vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Keith Atherton
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Keith Atherton as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Keith Atherton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.99 and WHIP 1.407 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Keith Atherton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Keith Atherton and Bud Smith

Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
5.43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.52
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.65
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.59
44.59
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.41
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
3.99
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1699
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
566.1
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
546
8.68
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.68
8.68
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.19
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.09
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
3.42
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.57
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
5.55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
5.49
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.55
5.55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.996
0.996
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.16
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2431
38.63
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
2.51
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
4.26
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.37
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.34
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.344
1.344
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156
34.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.63
38.63
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Keith Atherton and Bud Smith

Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
5.43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1699
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
566.1
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.41
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.81
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
1.3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
1.22
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.9
93.9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.225
0.225
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Keith Atherton and Bud Smith

Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
342
205200
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Atherton
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA