Clay Buchholz vs. Tim Hudson — Career Comparison

Clay Buchholz
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Tim Hudson
Gen XGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

The numbers give Clay Buchholz a clear advantage over Tim Hudson across the core pitching metrics. Clay Buchholz led in home run suppression (HR9+ 168 vs 124), run prevention (ERA+ 135 vs 112), and strikeout rate (K%+ 96 vs 79). Tim Hudson held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 104 vs 89). Clay Buchholz was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Clay Buchholz and Tim Hudson

Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
1.59
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
1.39
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.47
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
479
1.38
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.61
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
0.64
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
0.47
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.38
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.6
56.6
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.54
62.54
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.37
92.37
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.38
99.38
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.07
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.04
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
589
3.98
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1213
3.49
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3997
27
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9380
27
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1332.1
9
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126.2
9
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1272
8.59
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2957
8.51
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.59
8.59
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.51
8.51
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
0.94
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
0.71
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
458
3.09
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
917
2.64
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.07
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.24
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1024
6.92
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2080
5.99
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.99
5.99
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.112
1.112
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.959
0.959
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.2
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.24
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.33
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.36
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5607
37.88
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13005
37.43
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
644
4.35
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1319
3.8
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.14
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.33
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.31
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.18
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
0.99
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
0.96
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.299
1.299
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.239
1.239
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5034
34.01
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11787
33.93
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.88
37.88
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.43
37.43

Fielding Stats for Clay Buchholz and Tim Hudson

Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
1.59
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
1.39
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
1.48
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
479
1.38
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3997
27
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9380
27
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1332.1
9
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126.2
9
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.95
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
0.74
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
0.91
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
1.42
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.07
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
292
1.97
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
774
2.23
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
1.86
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
2.16
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.52
94.52
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.9
96.9
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.556
1.556
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.8
92.8
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.38
99.38
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.1
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clay Buchholz and Tim Hudson

Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
238
2644.44
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
489
413.24
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
54
600
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
710
600
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
46
511.11
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
613
518.03
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.479
0.479
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
4
44.44
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
82.82
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.33
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
62.54
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.11
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
16.06
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.85
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.38
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.11
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
20.28
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.67
7.45
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25.86
21.86
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
5
55.56
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
110.7
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
6
66.67
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
126
106.48
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
29.58
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.11
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
35.49
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.11
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
61.69
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.16
-12.94
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.36
14.67
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.69
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.22
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
21.97
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
266.67
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
190
160.56
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.74
3.74
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
66.67
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
56.62
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.69
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
12
10.14
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA