Steve Blass vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Steve Blass
Silent GenerationConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Steve Blass posted a stronger line than Bud Smith. Steve Blass posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.63 vs 4.95) and WHIP (1.380 vs 1.500). By the career numbers, Steve Blass 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 Steve Blass and Bud Smith

Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
282
1.59
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
1.3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.58
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Steve Blass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.54
57.54
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Steve Blass
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.91
81.91
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.32
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.09
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Blass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
644
3.63
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4792
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1597.1
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Steve Blass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1558
8.78
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Steve Blass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.72
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Steve Blass
Career
Per 9 Innings
597
3.36
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Steve Blass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.28
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Steve Blass
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
896
5.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Steve Blass
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Steve Blass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.935
0.935
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Steve Blass
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.32
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Blass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.21
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Steve Blass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6780
38.2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Steve Blass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
739
4.16
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Steve Blass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.19
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Steve Blass
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.11
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Steve Blass
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.349
1.349
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6092
34.32
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Steve Blass
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.2
38.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Steve Blass and Bud Smith

Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
1.59
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
1.3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4795
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1598.1
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
0.77
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251
1.41
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Steve Blass
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.09
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
404
2.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
2.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Steve Blass
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.04
96.04
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.371
1.371
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Steve Blass
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.63
81.63
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Blass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Blass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Blass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Blass
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Blass and Bud Smith

Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
295
295
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
352.17
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
600
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
546
546
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Steve Blass
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Steve Blass
Career
Per 600 PA
0.439
0.439
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
94
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
83
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Steve Blass
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19.54
19.54
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
110
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
105
105
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Steve Blass
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Steve Blass
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Steve Blass
Career
Per 600 PA
0.389
0.389
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Steve Blass
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Steve Blass
Career
Per 600 PA
0.264
0.264
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Steve Blass
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
42
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
37
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
78
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.93
14.93
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Steve Blass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Steve Blass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Blass
Career
Per 600 PA
140
140
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Steve Blass
Career
Per 600 PA
4.29
4.29
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Steve Blass
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
40
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Steve Blass
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Blass
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Steve Blass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Blass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Blass
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Blass
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA