Eddie Berry vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Eddie Berry
Greatest GenerationDistrict of ColumbiaThrows RightNorth AmericaBaltimore Elite GiantsNegro National League IIRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Eddie Berry as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bud Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.95 and WHIP 1.500 compared to 8.22 and 1.696 for Eddie Berry. By the career numbers, Bud Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Eddie Berry and Bud Smith

Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.52
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Eddie Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
8.22
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
4.95
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.22
8.22
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Eddie Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Eddie Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Eddie Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
9.39
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Eddie Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.39
9.39
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Eddie Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Eddie Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Eddie Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Eddie Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5.87
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Eddie Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.87
5.87
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.652
0.652
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Eddie Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
46.96
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.35
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Eddie Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
9.39
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.39
9.39
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Eddie Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2.35
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Eddie Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.696
1.696
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
38.74
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Eddie Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Eddie Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Eddie Berry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.96
46.96
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Eddie Berry and Bud Smith

Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.52
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.35
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.35
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.35
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
0.667
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Eddie Berry and Bud Smith

Eddie Berry
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
900
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Eddie Berry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Eddie Berry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Eddie Berry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Eddie Berry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Eddie Berry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Eddie Berry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Eddie Berry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Eddie Berry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Berry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Berry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eddie Berry
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA