Joe Decker vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Joe Decker
Baby BoomersIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Joe Decker posted a stronger line than Bud Smith. Joe Decker posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.17 vs 4.95) and home runs allowed (0.74 per nine innings vs 1.09). By the career numbers, Joe Decker 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 Joe Decker and Bud Smith

Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.93
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
1.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.46
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.56
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
45
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.08
69.08
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.24
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
4.17
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2130
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
710
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
702
8.9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.9
8.9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.74
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
377
4.78
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
5.81
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
5.49
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.81
5.81
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.176
1.176
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.47
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3125
39.61
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
4.6
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.42
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.32
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.66
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.52
1.52
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2679
33.96
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.39
2.39
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Joe Decker and Bud Smith

Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.92
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
1.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2133
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
711
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.73
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
1.94
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.84
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.77
94.77
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.954
0.954
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.08
69.08
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Decker and Bud Smith

Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
153
1669.09
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
501.82
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
508.7
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.573
0.573
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
87.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
5
54.55
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.82
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.91
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
32.73
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
36.71
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
141.82
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
120
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.507
0.507
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
54.55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
32.73
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
76.36
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.88
31.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
32.73
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
22
240
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
65.45
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5
65.22
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Decker
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA