Cam Booser vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Cam Booser
MillenialWashingtonThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Cam Booser as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cam Booser posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.28 and WHIP 1.439 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Cam Booser had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cam Booser and Bud Smith

Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
10.02
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.49
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.86
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.36
36.36
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.24
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
4.28
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
221
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.2
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
8.43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.43
8.43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
1.59
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.09
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
4.28
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.24
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
9.53
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
5.49
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.53
9.53
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.534
1.534
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.37
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.24
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
326
39.83
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
4.76
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.76
4.76
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.61
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.34
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.412
1.412
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
284
34.7
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.48
0.48
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.83
39.83
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Cam Booser and Bud Smith

Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
10.02
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
221
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.2
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.37
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.49
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.24
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.86
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.78
77.78
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.085
0.085
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cam Booser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cam Booser and Bud Smith

Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
352.17
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
600
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
508.7
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cam Booser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cam Booser
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA