Steve Avery vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Steve Avery
Gen XMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Steve Avery posted a stronger line than Bud Smith. Steve Avery posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.19 vs 4.95) and WHIP (1.367 vs 1.500). By the career numbers, Steve Avery had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Steve Avery and Bud Smith

Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
1.72
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
1.51
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.56
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.48
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.63
53.63
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.88
87.88
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
723
4.19
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4664
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1554.2
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1529
8.85
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.85
8.85
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
0.86
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
569
3.29
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.16
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
980
5.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
5.49
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.67
5.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.996
0.996
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.15
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6609
38.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
800
4.63
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.41
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
0.75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5896
34.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.26
38.26
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Steve Avery and Bud Smith

Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
1.72
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
1.51
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4664
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1554.2
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.36
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
1.75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
2.19
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
2.11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.56
96.56
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.88
87.88
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Avery and Bud Smith

Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
306
370.91
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
495
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
437
529.7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.506
0.506
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
92.12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
65.45
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
16.97
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.85
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.85
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
26.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.5
27.28
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
133.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
88
106.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.446
0.446
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.078
0.078
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.336
0.336
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
42.42
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
38.79
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
76.36
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.93
21.73
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
14.55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
135
163.64
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
3.67
3.67
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
49.7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.85
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.21
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.21
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.42
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA