Nate Bump vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Nate Bump
Gen XPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Nate Bump as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Nate Bump posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.68 and WHIP 1.595 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Nate Bump had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Nate Bump and Bud Smith

Nate Bump
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Nate Bump
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
6.87
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Nate Bump
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Nate Bump
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.36
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Nate Bump
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Nate Bump
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.15
46.15
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Nate Bump
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.77
1.77
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Nate Bump
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Nate Bump
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Nate Bump
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nate Bump
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
4.68
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Nate Bump
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.68
4.68
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Nate Bump
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Nate Bump
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Nate Bump
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Nate Bump
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Nate Bump
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Nate Bump
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
9.91
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
9.9
Nate Bump
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.91
9.91
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.9
9.9
Nate Bump
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.91
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Nate Bump
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Nate Bump
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Nate Bump
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
3.89
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Nate Bump
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.55
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Nate Bump
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Nate Bump
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
4.8
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Nate Bump
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Nate Bump
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Nate Bump
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.966
0.966
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Nate Bump
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nate Bump
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.73
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Nate Bump
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Nate Bump
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
40.2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Nate Bump
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Nate Bump
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
5.17
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Nate Bump
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.17
5.17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Nate Bump
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Nate Bump
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Nate Bump
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.46
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Nate Bump
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.534
1.534
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Nate Bump
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
577
35.09
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Nate Bump
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Nate Bump
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Nate Bump
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.2
40.2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Nate Bump and Bud Smith

Nate Bump
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Nate Bump
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
6.87
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Nate Bump
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Nate Bump
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Nate Bump
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Nate Bump
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Nate Bump
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.46
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Nate Bump
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nate Bump
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
2.01
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Nate Bump
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.89
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Nate Bump
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.94
93.94
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Nate Bump
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Nate Bump
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.77
1.77
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Nate Bump
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nate Bump
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nate Bump
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nate Bump
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nate Bump
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Nate Bump and Bud Smith

Nate Bump
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Nate Bump
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
5650
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Nate Bump
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Nate Bump
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
508.7
Nate Bump
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Nate Bump
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Nate Bump
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Nate Bump
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Nate Bump
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Nate Bump
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Bump
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Bump
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Nate Bump
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Nate Bump
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Bump
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Bump
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
4.45
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Nate Bump
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Nate Bump
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Nate Bump
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Nate Bump
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Nate Bump
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Nate Bump
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Nate Bump
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Nate Bump
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Nate Bump
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Nate Bump
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Bump
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Nate Bump
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Nate Bump
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-15.82
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Nate Bump
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Bump
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Nate Bump
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Bump
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
300
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Nate Bump
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Nate Bump
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Nate Bump
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
65.22
Nate Bump
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Bump
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Nate Bump
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Bump
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Bump
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nate Bump
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA