Dick Braggins vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Dick Braggins
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Braggins as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Braggins posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.78 and WHIP 1.844 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Dick Braggins had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Braggins and Bud Smith

Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.84
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.28
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.56
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
4.78
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.16
6.16
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.324
0.324
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
12.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
9.9
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.38
12.38
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.9
9.9
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.22
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.28
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.28
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
42.75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
7.88
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.88
7.88
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.844
1.844
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
38.25
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.312
0.312
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.75
42.75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Dick Braggins and Bud Smith

Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.81
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.81
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.81
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Braggins and Bud Smith

Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
4
171.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
352.17
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
557.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.419
0.419
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
2
85.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
17.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
2
85.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
2
85.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
128.57
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
9.79
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5.11
5.11
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Braggins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Braggins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA