Ron Blackburn vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Ron Blackburn
Silent GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Ron Blackburn as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ron Blackburn posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.5 and WHIP 1.500 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Ron Blackburn had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ron Blackburn and Bud Smith

Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
5.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.25
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
9.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.25
9.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
3.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
4.17
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.78
0.78
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.852
0.852
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.42
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
477
39.75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
4.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.417
1.417
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
430
35.83
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.75
39.75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Ron Blackburn and Bud Smith

Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
5.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.17
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.42
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.58
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.25
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Blackburn and Bud Smith

Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
2953.85
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.923
0.923
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.88
86.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
369.23
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.917
0.917
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.889
0.889
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.88
86.55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
184.62
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
3.25
3.25
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Blackburn
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA