Ron Darling vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Ron Darling
Baby BoomersHawaiiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveAll-Star
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Ron Darling posted a stronger line than Bud Smith. Ron Darling posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.87 vs 4.95) and WHIP (1.352 vs 1.500). By the career numbers, Ron Darling 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 Ron Darling and Bud Smith

Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382
1.46
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
364
1.39
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
0.52
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.44
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.97
53.97
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.29
95.29
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1016
3.87
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7081
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2360.1
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2244
8.56
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.56
8.56
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
0.91
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Innings
906
3.45
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.15
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1590
6.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
5.49
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.06
6.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.058
1.058
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.37
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.22
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.09
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10032
38.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1139
4.34
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.36
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.28
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
0.63
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.335
1.335
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8899
33.93
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.98
2.98
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.25
38.25
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Ron Darling and Bud Smith

Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382
1.46
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
364
1.39
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7081
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2360.1
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
0.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
391
1.49
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
605
2.31
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
568
2.17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.88
93.88
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.487
1.487
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.29
95.29
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Darling
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Darling and Bud Smith

Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
402
396.71
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
608
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
526
519.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Ron Darling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Ron Darling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
0.45
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
50.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
20.72
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.97
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.97
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
24.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.329
0.329
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19.46
19.2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
105.59
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
90.79
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Ron Darling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Ron Darling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Ron Darling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Ron Darling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Ron Darling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Ron Darling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
38.49
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
20.72
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
57.24
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.78
9.65
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.99
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
14.8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Ron Darling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Darling
Career
Per 600 PA
175
172.7
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Ron Darling
Career
Per 600 PA
3.47
3.47
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Ron Darling
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
64.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.99
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Darling
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.97
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.99
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Darling
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.99
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Darling
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA