Joe Black vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Joe Black
Greatest GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherRookie of the YearAll-Star
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Joe Black posted a stronger line than Bud Smith. Joe Black posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.72 vs 4.95) and WHIP (1.300 vs 1.500). By the career numbers, Joe Black 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 Joe Black and Bud Smith

Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
2.69
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.66
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Joe Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.65
57.65
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Joe Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.48
24.48
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.32
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
3.72
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2418
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
806
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Joe Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
760
8.49
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.49
8.49
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Joe Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Joe Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
281
3.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Joe Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Joe Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
454
5.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Joe Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Joe Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.88
1.88
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Joe Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.912
0.912
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Joe Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Joe Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3426
38.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
1.28
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Joe Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
4.46
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Joe Black
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.39
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.292
1.292
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3106
34.68
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.66
1.66
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Joe Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.26
38.26
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Joe Black and Bud Smith

Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
243
3.63
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.84
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1806
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
602
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.58
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.35
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Joe Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.28
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
3.21
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
2.93
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Joe Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.16
91.16
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.807
0.807
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Joe Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.05
23.05
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Black
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Black and Bud Smith

Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
248
572.31
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
260
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
234
540
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Joe Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.478
0.478
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
101.54
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
94.62
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
6.92
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Joe Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
6.92
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Joe Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Joe Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.58
24.42
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
108.46
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
131.54
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Joe Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.432
0.432
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Joe Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Joe Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
36.92
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
39.23
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
76.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.33
26.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.92
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
23.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Joe Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
87.69
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.84
6.84
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5.11
5.11
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
30
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Joe Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Black
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.62
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.31
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Black
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.31
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Black
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA