Marshall Bridges vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Marshall Bridges
Silent GenerationMississippiThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Marshall Bridges as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Marshall Bridges posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.75 and WHIP 1.532 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Marshall Bridges had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Marshall Bridges and Bud Smith

Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
5.37
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.39
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.53
60.53
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.65
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
3.75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1036
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
345.1
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
8.21
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.21
8.21
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.76
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
4.98
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.6
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
7.87
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
5.49
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.87
7.87
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.428
1.428
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.29
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1523
39.69
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
2.68
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
4.46
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.46
4.46
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.465
1.465
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1329
34.64
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.69
39.69
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Marshall Bridges and Bud Smith

Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
5.37
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1036
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
345.1
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.39
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
1.41
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.88
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.83
95.83
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.335
0.335
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.16
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Marshall Bridges and Bud Smith

Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
206
1817.65
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
520.59
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.456
0.456
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
7
61.76
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
4
35.29
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.82
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.82
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.82
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.47
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.79
24.61
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
114.71
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
97.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.395
0.395
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.102
0.102
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
52.94
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
52.94
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
97.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
1.14
10.01
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.82
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
26.47
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
20
176.47
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
3.4
3.4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
5
44.12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.82
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marshall Bridges
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA