Joe Edelen vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Joe Edelen
Baby BoomersOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Edelen 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 6.75 and 1.566 for Joe Edelen. By the career numbers, Bud Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Edelen and Bud Smith

Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
5.36
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
6.75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
4.95
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.1
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
11.12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
9.9
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.12
11.12
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.9
9.9
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.99
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.99
0.99
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
3.12
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.79
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
5.16
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.816
0.816
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
39.51
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.59
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
6.75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.34
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.79
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.478
1.478
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
36.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.312
0.312
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.51
39.51
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Joe Edelen and Bud Smith

Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
5.36
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.1
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.6
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.19
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.19
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.222
0.222
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Edelen and Bud Smith

Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
2314.29
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
44.63
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.69
59.04
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
171.43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
3.5
3.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Edelen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Edelen
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA