Harry Eisenstat vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Harry Eisenstat
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Eisenstat as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Eisenstat posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.84 and WHIP 1.387 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Harry Eisenstat had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Eisenstat and Bud Smith

Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.47
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.51
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.08
48.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.39
19.39
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.21
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
3.84
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1436
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
478.2
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
550
10.34
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
9.9
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.34
10.34
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.9
9.9
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.56
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
2.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
3.12
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
2.95
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.566
0.566
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2064
38.81
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.65
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
4.55
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.387
1.387
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1946
36.59
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.47
1.47
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Harry Eisenstat and Bud Smith

Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
165
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
27
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132.2
9
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.39
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.679
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Eisenstat and Bud Smith

Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
165
697.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
142
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
519.72
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.542
0.542
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
109.86
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
105.63
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.23
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.23
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
31.68
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
114.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
152.11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
46.48
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
16.9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
63.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.21
38.93
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
42.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 600 PA
39
164.79
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 600 PA
3.64
3.64
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
38.03
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eisenstat
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Eisenstat
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA