Clay Buchholz vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Clay Buchholz
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Clay Buchholz posted a stronger line than Bud Smith. Clay Buchholz posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.98 vs 4.95) and WHIP (1.307 vs 1.500). By the career numbers, Clay Buchholz had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Clay Buchholz and Bud Smith

Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
1.59
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
1.47
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.61
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.47
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.6
56.6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.37
92.37
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
589
3.98
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3997
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1332.1
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1272
8.59
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.59
8.59
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.94
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.94
0.94
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
3.09
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
3.12
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.07
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1024
6.92
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
5.49
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.92
6.92
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.112
1.112
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5607
37.88
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
644
4.35
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.31
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
0.99
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.299
1.299
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5034
34.01
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.293
0.293
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Clay Buchholz and Bud Smith

Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
1.59
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
1.48
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3997
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1332.1
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.95
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
0.91
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
1.97
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
1.86
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.52
94.52
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.8
92.8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clay Buchholz and Bud Smith

Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
238
2644.44
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
511.11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
4
44.44
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.67
7.45
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
5
55.56
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
6
66.67
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.11
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.11
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.16
-12.94
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.22
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
24
266.67
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
66.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5
65.22
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA