Dick Burton vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Dick Burton
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Dick Burton posted a stronger line than Bud Smith. Dick Burton posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.71 vs 4.95) and WHIP (1.376 vs 1.500). By the career numbers, Dick Burton 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 Dick Burton and Bud Smith

Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.48
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.24
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.99
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
4.71
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.1
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
9.17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.17
9.17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
3.22
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.22
3.22
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
3.72
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.771
0.771
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
41.12
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
6.44
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.44
6.44
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.99
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
36.91
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.12
41.12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Dick Burton and Bud Smith

Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.48
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.24
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.1
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.23
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.48
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.23
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Burton and Bud Smith

Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
461.54
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
8.32
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
92.31
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.38
-17.41
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5.11
5.11
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Burton
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA