Tom Dettore vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Tom Dettore
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Dettore 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 5.21 and 1.586 for Tom Dettore. By the career numbers, Bud Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Dettore and Bud Smith

Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
3.41
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.55
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.11
42.11
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.06
22.06
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
5.21
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
4.95
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.93
4.93
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
539
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
179.2
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
9.82
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.82
9.82
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
3.91
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.55
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
5.31
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.56
1.56
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.024
1.024
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.25
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
814
40.78
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
6.16
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.16
6.16
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.525
1.525
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
705
35.32
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.81
1.81
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.309
0.309
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.78
40.78
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Tom Dettore and Bud Smith

Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
3.41
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
539
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
179.2
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
1.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
2.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.56
95.56
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.632
0.632
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.06
22.06
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Dettore and Bud Smith

Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
755.56
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
533.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.574
0.574
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
122.22
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
111.11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.29
36.54
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
133.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
166.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.539
0.539
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.021
0.021
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.314
0.314
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
77.78
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
111.11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.94
43.77
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
44.44
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
13
144.44
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
4.15
4.15
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Tom Dettore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.22
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Dettore
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA