Harry Eccles vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Harry Eccles
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Eccles as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Eccles posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.71 and WHIP 1.143 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Harry Eccles had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Eccles and Bud Smith

Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
4.71
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
7.71
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.86
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.57
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
3.12
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.57
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
5.49
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.57
5.57
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.6
2.6
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.905
0.905
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
34.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.71
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
6.86
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.86
6.86
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.143
1.143
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
32.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.71
34.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Harry Eccles and Bud Smith

Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
27
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132.2
9
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Eccles and Bud Smith

Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
500
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
14.97
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
7.84
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5.11
5.11
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eccles
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA