Daniel Bard vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Daniel Bard
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Daniel Bard as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Daniel Bard posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.74 and WHIP 1.338 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Daniel Bard had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Daniel Bard and Bud Smith

Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
8.03
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.61
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.69
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.97
46.97
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
3.74
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1372
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457.1
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
6.97
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.97
6.97
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.85
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
4.74
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
9.35
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
5.49
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.35
9.35
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.566
1.566
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.31
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1965
38.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
2.95
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
4.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.28
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.57
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.301
1.301
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1657
32.61
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.67
38.67
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Daniel Bard and Bud Smith

Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
408
8.03
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1372
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457.1
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.65
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.63
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.16
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
1.44
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
1.28
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.04
89.04
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.159
0.159
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Daniel Bard and Bud Smith

Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
408
81600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
80.16
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
200
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Bard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daniel Bard
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA