Kane Davis vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Kane Davis
Gen XWest VirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Kane Davis as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bud Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.95 and WHIP 1.500 compared to 5.53 and 1.731 for Kane Davis. By the career numbers, Bud Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kane Davis and Bud Smith

Kane Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kane Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
7.68
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.72
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.87
1.87
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
5.53
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
4.95
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.75
5.75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.51
5.51
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Kane Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
376
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
125.1
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Kane Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
9.69
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Kane Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.69
9.69
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.51
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.09
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Kane Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
5.31
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.57
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Kane Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
6.89
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
5.49
Kane Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.89
6.89
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Kane Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.356
1.356
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Kane Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
585
42.01
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Kane Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
6.03
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.03
6.03
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Kane Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.34
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.65
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.668
1.668
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
497
35.69
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Kane Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Kane Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Kane Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.01
42.01
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Kane Davis and Bud Smith

Kane Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kane Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
7.68
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
376
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
125.1
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.22
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.44
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.72
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.65
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.83
95.83
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.215
0.215
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.87
1.87
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Kane Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kane Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kane Davis and Bud Smith

Kane Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Kane Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
10700
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Kane Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Kane Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Kane Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Kane Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Kane Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Kane Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Kane Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Kane Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kane Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kane Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Kane Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Kane Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kane Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kane Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Kane Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Kane Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Kane Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Kane Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Kane Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Kane Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Kane Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Kane Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Kane Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Kane Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kane Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Kane Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Kane Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.66
-66.4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Kane Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kane Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Kane Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kane Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Kane Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Kane Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Kane Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Kane Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kane Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Kane Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kane Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kane Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kane Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA