Danny Boone vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Danny Boone
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Danny Boone as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Danny Boone posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.36 and WHIP 1.397 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Danny Boone had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Boone and Bud Smith

Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
5.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.35
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
3.36
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
101.2
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
9.12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.12
9.12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.53
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
2.74
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
3.12
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
5.05
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.866
0.866
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.44
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
421
37.27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.42
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.72
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.35
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.89
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.318
1.318
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
381
33.73
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.305
0.305
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.27
37.27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Danny Boone and Bud Smith

Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
5.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.09
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
101.2
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.62
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
2.04
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.18
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.83
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.66
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.75
93.75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.492
0.492
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.09
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Boone and Bud Smith

Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
3327.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
545.45
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.727
0.727
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.12
61.18
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
218.18
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.29
70.39
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Boone
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA