Walter Ball vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Walter Ball
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Walter Ball posted a stronger line than Bud Smith. Walter Ball posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.65 vs 4.95) and WHIP (1.220 vs 1.500). By the career numbers, Walter Ball 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 Walter Ball and Bud Smith

Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
1.32
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.97
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.54
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.46
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.24
54.24
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.08
73.08
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.83
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
2.65
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1591
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
530.1
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
525
8.91
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.91
8.91
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
2.07
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
3.12
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.07
2.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
248
4.21
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.25
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2211
37.52
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
3.92
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.02
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.71
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2014
34.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.52
37.52
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Walter Ball and Bud Smith

Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
1.32
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.37
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2364
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
788
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.57
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.68
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
2.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
2.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.71
94.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.698
1.698
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.59
27.59
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Walter Ball and Bud Smith

Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
116
201.16
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
352.17
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
346
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
321
556.65
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
143.93
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
124.86
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
10.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.94
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
19.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29.41
50.99
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
173.41
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
169.94
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.312
0.312
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.603
0.603
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.487
0.487
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
60.69
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
60.69
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
119.65
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.55
61.64
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.47
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
22.54
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
17.34
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA