Vern Bickford vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Vern Bickford
Greatest GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Vern Bickford posted a stronger line than Bud Smith. Vern Bickford posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.71 vs 4.95) and WHIP (1.400 vs 1.500). By the career numbers, Vern Bickford 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 Vern Bickford and Bud Smith

Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
182
1.52
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
1.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.48
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.66
53.66
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.87
81.87
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.61
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
3.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3229
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1076.1
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1040
8.7
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.7
8.7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.64
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
467
3.9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
450
3.76
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.852
0.852
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.12
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.21
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4641
38.81
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.19
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
500
4.18
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4149
34.69
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Vern Bickford and Bud Smith

Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
409.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
153
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
454.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
13.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
621
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
607.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.83
97.83
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.484
1.484
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
42.75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Vern Bickford and Bud Smith

Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
182
265.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
352.17
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
412
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
365
531.55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.413
0.413
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
83.01
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
77.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
5.83
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
5.83
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.71
12.69
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
88.83
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
97.57
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
33.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
40.78
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
74.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.38
4.93
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
14.56
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
85
123.79
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
4.85
4.85
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Vern Bickford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
53.88
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
10
14.56
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vern Bickford
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA