Frank Biscan vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Frank Biscan
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Frank Biscan 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 5.28 and 1.847 for Frank Biscan. By the career numbers, Bud Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Frank Biscan and Bud Smith

Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
4.49
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.24
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.42
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.55
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.41
5.41
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.24
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
5.28
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
4.95
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.8
5.8
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
445
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148.1
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
10.31
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
9.9
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.31
10.31
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.9
9.9
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.24
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
6.31
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.31
6.31
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
3.88
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.133
1.133
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.42
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.55
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
710
43.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
6.01
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.01
6.01
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.847
1.847
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
597
36.22
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.34
1.34
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.312
0.312
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.08
43.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Frank Biscan and Bud Smith

Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
27
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132.2
9
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.446
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Frank Biscan and Bud Smith

Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
1110
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 600 PA
40
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
525
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.488
0.488
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 600 PA
5
75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
45
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
30
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
30
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.11
31.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
105
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
150
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
60
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
30
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
90
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.75
26.31
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
60
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 600 PA
9
135
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 600 PA
4.44
4.44
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Biscan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Frank Biscan
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA