Ralph Brickner vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Ralph Brickner
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Ralph Brickner as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ralph Brickner posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.18 and WHIP 1.303 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Ralph Brickner had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ralph Brickner and Bud Smith

Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.82
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.82
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
8.73
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.73
8.73
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
3.12
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.45
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.606
0.606
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
36.82
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.64
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.303
1.303
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
33.82
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.82
36.82
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Ralph Brickner and Bud Smith

Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
27
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132.2
9
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.357
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ralph Brickner and Bud Smith

Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
1050
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
53.23
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.72
54.04
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5.11
5.11
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Brickner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Brickner
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA