Curt Brown vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Curt Brown
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth 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 Curt Brown as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Curt Brown posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.88 and WHIP 1.665 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Curt Brown had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Curt Brown and Bud Smith

Curt Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Curt Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
5.92
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Curt Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Curt Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Curt Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Curt Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Curt Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Curt Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Curt Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Curt Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curt Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
4.88
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Curt Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Curt Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Curt Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Curt Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Curt Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Curt Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.2
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Curt Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
11.85
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
9.9
Curt Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.85
11.85
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.9
9.9
Curt Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Curt Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Curt Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Curt Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.44
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
3.12
Curt Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Curt Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Curt Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
4.7
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Curt Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Curt Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Curt Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.794
0.794
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Curt Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Curt Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Curt Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Curt Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
40.41
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Curt Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.96
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Curt Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
5.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Curt Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Curt Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Curt Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.52
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.34
Curt Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.05
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Curt Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.587
1.587
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Curt Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
36.41
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Curt Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Curt Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.312
0.312
Curt Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.41
40.41
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Curt Brown and Bud Smith

Curt Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Curt Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
5.92
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Curt Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Curt Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Curt Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.2
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Curt Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Curt Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.39
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Curt Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.35
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Curt Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.44
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Curt Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.09
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Curt Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.71
85.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Curt Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Curt Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Curt Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curt Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curt Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curt Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curt Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Curt Brown and Bud Smith

Curt Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Curt Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
20400
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Curt Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Curt Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Curt Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Curt Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Curt Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Curt Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Curt Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Curt Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Curt Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Curt Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Curt Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Curt Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Curt Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Curt Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Curt Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Curt Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Curt Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Curt Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Curt Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Curt Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Curt Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Curt Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Curt Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Curt Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Curt Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Curt Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Curt Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Curt Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Curt Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA