Jim Ellis vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Jim Ellis
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Ellis as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Ellis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.86 and WHIP 1.864 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Jim Ellis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Ellis and Bud Smith

Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.09
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.82
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.41
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.41
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.86
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
11.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
9.9
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.05
11.05
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.9
9.9
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.41
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
4.91
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.82
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
3.27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.909
0.909
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
40.91
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.773
1.773
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
36
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.312
0.312
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Jim Ellis and Bud Smith

Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
4.09
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.82
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.82
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.41
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.23
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.23
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Ellis and Bud Smith

Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
857.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
428.57
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
508.7
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
32.31
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
30.42
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
257.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
2.33
2.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
65.22
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ellis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ellis
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA