Cy Bowen vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Cy Bowen
Pre-GenerationalIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Cy Bowen as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bud Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.95 and WHIP 1.500 compared to 6 and 1.750 for Cy Bowen. By the career numbers, Bud Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cy Bowen and Bud Smith

Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
4.95
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.69
5.69
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
6.75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.25
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
2.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
43.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
9.75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.75
9.75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
34.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.5
43.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Cy Bowen and Bud Smith

Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.25
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.43
71.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Bowen and Bud Smith

Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
352.17
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
300
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
508.7
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.917
0.917
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
66.22
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.81
80.89
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
65.22
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Bowen
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA