Brad Brach vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Brad Brach
MillenialNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Brad Brach as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brad Brach posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.55 and WHIP 1.379 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Brad Brach had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brad Brach and Bud Smith

Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
531
8.65
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.62
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.47
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.72
56.72
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
3.55
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1658
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
552.2
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
7.74
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.74
7.74
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.93
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.93
0.93
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
4.3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.37
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
589
9.59
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
5.49
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.59
9.59
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.543
1.543
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.49
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2351
38.29
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
2.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
4.01
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.39
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.34
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.68
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2045
33.3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.29
38.29
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Brad Brach and Bud Smith

Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
531
8.65
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1658
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
552.2
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.49
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.91
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
1.55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
1.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.53
90.53
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.162
0.162
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Brach
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brad Brach and Bud Smith

Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
532
45600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
5
428.57
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
508.7
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
15.46
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
21.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5.11
5.11
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
65.22
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Brach
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Brach
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA