Lloyd Dietz vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Lloyd Dietz
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Lloyd Dietz as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lloyd Dietz posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.87 and WHIP 1.410 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Lloyd Dietz had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lloyd Dietz and Bud Smith

Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
3.23
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.64
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.49
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.81
19.81
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.21
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
3.87
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
885
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
295
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
9.24
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.24
9.24
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.55
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
3.45
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
2.41
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.651
0.651
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.18
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1278
38.99
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
4.3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.41
1.41
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1161
35.42
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.99
38.99
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Lloyd Dietz and Bud Smith

Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
27
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132.2
9
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.717
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lloyd Dietz and Bud Smith

Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
814.81
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
540.74
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.451
0.451
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
96.3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
96.3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
22.21
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
96.3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
133.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.409
0.409
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
59.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.41
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
66.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
24.28
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.41
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
29.63
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 600 PA
18
133.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 600 PA
4.5
4.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 600 PA
3
22.22
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lloyd Dietz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lloyd Dietz
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA