Zach Day vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Zach Day
Gen XOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Zach Day and Bud Smith are fairly close on the surface numbers. Zach Day posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.66 vs 4.95) and home runs allowed (0.85 per nine innings vs 1.09). Bud Smith had the advantage in WHIP (1.500 vs 1.554). By the career numbers, Zach Day 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 Zach Day and Bud Smith

Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
2.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
1.45
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.51
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.65
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.77
69.77
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
4.66
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1118
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
372.2
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
9.39
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.39
9.39
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.85
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
4.15
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
4.56
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.969
0.969
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.53
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.46
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1648
39.8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.22
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.22
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.22
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.505
1.505
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1439
34.75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.8
39.8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Zach Day and Bud Smith

Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
2.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
1.45
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1118
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
372.2
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.77
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
1.35
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
2.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
2.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.88
98.88
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.023
1.023
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.77
69.77
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Zach Day and Bud Smith

Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
444.83
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
116
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
543.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.057
0.057
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
6
31.03
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
5
25.86
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
1.39
7.17
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
46.55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
8
41.38
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.086
0.086
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.055
0.055
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
25.86
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
15.52
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
36.21
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.73
-29.62
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.34
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
51
263.79
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
2.27
2.27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Zach Day
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
46.55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Day
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA