Fred Besana vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Fred Besana
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Fred Besana and Bud Smith are fairly close on the surface numbers. Bud Smith posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.95 vs 5.6) and WHIP (1.500 vs 2.038). Fred Besana had the advantage in home runs allowed (0 per nine innings vs 1.09). By the career numbers, Bud Smith 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 Fred Besana and Bud Smith

Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.57
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.02
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.51
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
5.6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
4.95
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.42
6.42
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.92
4.92
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.2
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
11.21
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
9.9
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.21
11.21
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.9
9.9
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
7.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.13
7.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
3.57
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.189
1.189
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.51
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.02
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
47.38
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.51
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
6.11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.11
6.11
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.038
2.038
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
39.23
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.71
1.71
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.312
0.312
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.38
47.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Fred Besana and Bud Smith

Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.57
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.02
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.2
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.02
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.55
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.57
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.57
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Besana and Bud Smith

Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
840
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
508.7
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
3.21
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.12
-14.11
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
360
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
1.67
1.67
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Besana
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA