Glenn Elliott vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Glenn Elliott
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Glenn Elliott as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Glenn Elliott posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.08 and WHIP 1.461 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Glenn Elliott had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Glenn Elliott and Bud Smith

Glenn Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Glenn Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
3.39
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.7
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Glenn Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.44
44.44
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.59
20.59
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Glenn Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
4.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Glenn Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Glenn Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
271
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.1
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Glenn Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
9.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Glenn Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.27
9.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Glenn Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.09
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Glenn Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Glenn Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
3.89
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Glenn Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
2.49
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.49
2.49
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.709
0.709
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Glenn Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Glenn Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
386
38.46
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Glenn Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Glenn Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
4.58
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Glenn Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Glenn Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Glenn Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.461
1.461
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
347
34.57
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Glenn Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Glenn Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Glenn Elliott and Bud Smith

Glenn Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Glenn Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
27
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132.2
9
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.677
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Glenn Elliott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Glenn Elliott and Bud Smith

Glenn Elliott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Glenn Elliott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
816
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
25
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
21
504
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
508.7
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.36
0.36
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
2
48
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
2
48
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
9.06
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
2
48
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
4
96
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.102
0.102
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.09
-2.17
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
48
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Elliott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
168
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
3.57
3.57
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Glenn Elliott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
2
48
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Elliott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Glenn Elliott
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA