Mark Baldwin vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Mark Baldwin
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Mark Baldwin as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mark Baldwin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.37 and WHIP 1.428 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Mark Baldwin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mark Baldwin and Bud Smith

Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
346
1.11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
0.49
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Mark Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
0.53
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.28
48.28
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.8
94.8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
295
0.95
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.04
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1050
3.37
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8407
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2802.1
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Mark Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2695
8.66
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.66
8.66
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Mark Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.26
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Mark Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1307
4.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Mark Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1349
4.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Mark Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mark Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.948
0.948
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Mark Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
221
0.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
0.4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12470
40.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Mark Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1816
5.83
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Mark Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.83
5.83
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Mark Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.428
1.428
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11040
35.46
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Mark Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.05
40.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Mark Baldwin and Bud Smith

Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Mark Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8559
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2853
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
0.58
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
547
1.73
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Mark Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.25
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
810
2.56
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
730
2.3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Mark Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.12
90.12
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.051
2.051
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Mark Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.03
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Baldwin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mark Baldwin and Bud Smith

Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
348
168.66
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
352.17
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1238
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1155
559.77
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Mark Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Mark Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.487
0.487
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
188
91.11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
67.37
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
10.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
8.72
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
4.85
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
23.75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70.75
34.29
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
275
133.28
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
271
131.34
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Mark Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.075
0.075
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.389
0.389
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Mark Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
52.83
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
51.37
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
205
99.35
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.39
28.78
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.48
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
39.74
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Mark Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
368
178.35
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Mark Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
3.36
3.36
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Mark Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Mark Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Mark Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
8.72
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Baldwin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
8.72
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Baldwin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA