Ben Beville vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Pre-GenerationalCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Ben Beville as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ben Beville posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4 and WHIP 1.889 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Ben Beville had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ben Beville and Bud Smith

Ben Beville
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ben Beville
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Ben Beville
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Ben Beville
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Ben Beville
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Ben Beville
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Ben Beville
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Ben Beville
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Ben Beville
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Ben Beville
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Beville
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Ben Beville
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Ben Beville
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Ben Beville
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.11
6.11
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Ben Beville
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Ben Beville
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Ben Beville
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Ben Beville
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Ben Beville
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Ben Beville
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Ben Beville
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Ben Beville
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Ben Beville
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Ben Beville
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Ben Beville
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Ben Beville
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Ben Beville
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Ben Beville
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ben Beville
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.111
1.111
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Ben Beville
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Beville
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Ben Beville
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Ben Beville
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
44
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Ben Beville
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Ben Beville
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Ben Beville
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Ben Beville
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Ben Beville
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Ben Beville
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Ben Beville
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.889
1.889
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Ben Beville
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
34
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Ben Beville
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Ben Beville
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Ben Beville
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
44
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Ben Beville and Bud Smith

Ben Beville
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ben Beville
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.93
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Ben Beville
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Ben Beville
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Ben Beville
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Ben Beville
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.21
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Ben Beville
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Ben Beville
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ben Beville
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Ben Beville
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
4.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Ben Beville
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
87.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ben Beville
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.333
2.333
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Ben Beville
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Ben Beville
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Beville
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Beville
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Beville
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ben Beville
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ben Beville and Bud Smith

Ben Beville
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Ben Beville
Career
Per 600 PA
3
257.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
352.17
Ben Beville
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Ben Beville
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Ben Beville
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Ben Beville
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.857
0.857
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Ben Beville
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Ben Beville
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Ben Beville
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Ben Beville
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Beville
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Beville
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Ben Beville
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ben Beville
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Beville
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Beville
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.98
84.32
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Ben Beville
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
342.86
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Ben Beville
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Ben Beville
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Ben Beville
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Ben Beville
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.857
0.857
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Ben Beville
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Ben Beville
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Ben Beville
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Ben Beville
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Ben Beville
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Beville
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Ben Beville
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Ben Beville
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.98
83.6
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Ben Beville
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Beville
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Ben Beville
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Beville
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Ben Beville
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Ben Beville
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Ben Beville
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Ben Beville
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Beville
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Ben Beville
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Beville
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Beville
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ben Beville
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA