Duke Esper vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Duke Esper
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyThrows LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Duke Esper as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Duke Esper posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.39 and WHIP 1.573 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Duke Esper had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Duke Esper and Bud Smith

Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
236
1.23
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
198
1.03
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.53
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.52
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.25
50.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.9
83.9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.79
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
842
4.39
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5183
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1727.2
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2048
10.67
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
9.9
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.67
10.67
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.9
9.9
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.24
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
669
3.49
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
2.36
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.36
2.36
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.649
0.649
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.17
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7824
40.76
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1196
6.23
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.573
1.573
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7123
37.11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.76
40.76
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Duke Esper and Bud Smith

Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
1.23
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5205
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1735
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.35
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
1.98
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
2.46
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
449
2.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.53
94.53
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.887
1.887
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duke Esper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Duke Esper and Bud Smith

Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
183.21
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
352.17
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
786
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
739
564.12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.607
0.607
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
178
135.88
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
107.63
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
19.85
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
6.87
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.53
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
28.24
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.92
51.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
228
174.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
222
169.47
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.284
0.284
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.592
0.592
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.068
0.068
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
66.41
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
63.36
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
168
128.24
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74.9
57.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
30.53
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Duke Esper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duke Esper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
95
72.52
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.27
8.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5.11
5.11
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Duke Esper
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.29
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Duke Esper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.29
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duke Esper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.29
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duke Esper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA