Rick Austin vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Rick Austin
Baby BoomersWashingtonThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Rick Austin as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rick Austin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.63 and WHIP 1.721 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Rick Austin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rick Austin and Bud Smith

Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
5.89
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.53
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.53
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.99
8.99
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
4.63
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
408
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
9.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.33
9.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.09
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
5.16
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.99
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
7.01
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
5.49
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.01
7.01
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.353
1.353
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.53
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
618
40.9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
4.83
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.66
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.34
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
516
34.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.312
0.312
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.9
40.9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Rick Austin and Bud Smith

Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
5.88
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.53
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
409
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136.1
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.52
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.91
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
1.91
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.99
8.99
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rick Austin and Bud Smith

Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
2427.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
518.18
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.432
0.432
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
54.55
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
27.27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
27.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
27.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.88
23.99
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
136.36
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.385
0.385
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
12.28
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
11
300
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA