Cy Buker vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Cy Buker
Greatest GenerationWisconsinThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Cy Buker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cy Buker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.3 and WHIP 1.546 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Cy Buker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cy Buker and Bud Smith

Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
4.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.72
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.78
77.78
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.52
9.52
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.52
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
3.3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
262
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.1
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
9.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.27
9.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
4.64
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
4.95
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.065
1.065
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.31
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
40.19
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
4.23
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
344
35.45
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.19
40.19
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Cy Buker and Bud Smith

Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
27
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132.2
9
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cy Buker and Bud Smith

Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
1260
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
16
480
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
508.7
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
90
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
5.86
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
90
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.423
0.423
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
5.63
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5.11
5.11
Cy Buker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
65.22
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Buker
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA