Ollie Boyd vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Ollie Boyd and Bud Smith are fairly close on the surface numbers. Bud Smith posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.95 vs 7.27) and WHIP (1.500 vs 1.846). Ollie Boyd had the advantage in home runs allowed (0 per nine innings vs 1.09). By the career numbers, Bud Smith 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 Ollie Boyd and Bud Smith

Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.08
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.04
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
4.95
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.27
7.27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.85
5.85
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.342
0.342
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
13.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
9.9
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.9
9.9
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
3.12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
3.12
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6.23
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
5.49
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.23
6.23
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.039
1.039
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
43.62
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
7.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.27
7.27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.846
1.846
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
39.46
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.406
0.406
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.312
0.312
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.62
43.62
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Ollie Boyd and Bud Smith

Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.08
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.04
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.12
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.12
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.12
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ollie Boyd and Bud Smith

Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
2
240
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
352.17
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
21.64
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
23.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA