Clay Buchholz vs. Bob Smith — Career Comparison

Clay Buchholz
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Bob Smith
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Clay Buchholz and Bob Smith are fairly close on the surface numbers. Clay Buchholz carried a career ERA of 3.98 against Bob Smith's 3.94. The surface numbers don't cleanly separate Clay Buchholz and Bob Smith — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Clay Buchholz and Bob Smith

Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
1.59
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
435
1.74
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.47
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
0.92
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.61
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
0.42
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.47
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
0.56
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.6
56.6
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.27
43.27
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.37
92.37
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.64
52.64
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.51
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.06
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.16
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
589
3.98
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
983
3.94
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3997
27
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6739
27
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1332.1
9
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2246.1
9
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1272
8.59
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2472
9.9
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.59
8.59
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
0.94
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.53
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
458
3.09
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
2.68
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.07
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1024
6.92
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
618
2.48
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.112
1.112
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.573
0.573
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.2
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.04
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.33
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.07
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5607
37.88
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9652
38.67
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.63
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
644
4.35
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1139
4.56
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.14
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.31
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
0.99
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.299
1.299
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.399
1.399
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5034
34.01
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8964
35.91
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.67
38.67

Fielding Stats for Clay Buchholz and Bob Smith

Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
1.59
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
692
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
1.48
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3997
27
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1332.1
9
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.95
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
659
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
0.91
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1391
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
1.97
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2139
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
1.86
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2050
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.52
94.52
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.84
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.962
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.8
92.8
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Clay Buchholz and Bob Smith

Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
238
2644.44
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
742
248.3
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
54
600
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1793
600
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
46
511.11
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1689
565.2
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
4
44.44
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
409
136.87
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.33
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
323
108.09
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.11
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
21.42
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
5.69
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
1.67
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.11
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
28.78
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.67
7.45
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
135.95
45.49
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
5
55.56
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
522
174.68
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
6
66.67
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
462
154.6
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.574
0.574
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.455
0.455
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
154
51.53
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.11
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
166
55.55
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.11
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
315
105.41
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.16
-12.94
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
152.81
51.14
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.33
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.22
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
17.4
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
266.67
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
110
36.81
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.3
16.3
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
0.47
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
66.67
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
17.07
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5
1.67
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
5.35
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
4.35
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
9.7
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.17
55.17