Travis Bowyer vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

MillenialVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Travis Bowyer 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 5.59 and 1.345 for Travis Bowyer. By the career numbers, Bud Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Travis Bowyer and Bud Smith

Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
7.45
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Travis Bowyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.93
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Travis Bowyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
5.59
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
4.95
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.59
5.59
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Travis Bowyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.2
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Travis Bowyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
9.31
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Travis Bowyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.31
9.31
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Travis Bowyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
2.79
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.09
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Travis Bowyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Travis Bowyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.79
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
3.12
Travis Bowyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Travis Bowyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
11.17
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
5.49
Travis Bowyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.17
11.17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Travis Bowyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.552
1.552
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.93
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Travis Bowyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.93
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Travis Bowyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
39.1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Travis Bowyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
4.66
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Travis Bowyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
5.59
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.59
5.59
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Travis Bowyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Travis Bowyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.93
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.34
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.93
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Travis Bowyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.345
1.345
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
34.45
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Travis Bowyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.312
0.312
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.1
39.1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Travis Bowyer and Bud Smith

Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
7.45
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.2
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.93
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.93
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.86
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.86
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Travis Bowyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Travis Bowyer and Bud Smith

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