Red Evans vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Red Evans
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Red Evans 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 6.21 and 1.719 for Red Evans. By the career numbers, Bud Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Red Evans and Bud Smith

Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Red Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
3.3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.48
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.89
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.33
8.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.63
14.63
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Red Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
6.21
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
4.95
Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.21
6.21
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Red Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
335
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
111.2
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Red Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
11.61
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
9.9
Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.61
11.61
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.9
9.9
Red Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.64
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Red Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Red Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
3.87
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Red Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
3.79
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.851
0.851
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Red Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
534
43.04
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Red Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.01
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
7.17
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.17
7.17
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Red Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Red Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.719
1.719
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
486
39.17
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Red Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.312
0.312
Red Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.04
43.04
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Red Evans and Bud Smith

Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Red Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
27
Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132.2
9
Red Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Red Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Red Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.45
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Red Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.024
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Red Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Red Evans and Bud Smith

Red Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Red Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
812.9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Red Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
31
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Red Evans
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
541.94
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Red Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Red Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Red Evans
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
116.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Red Evans
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
116.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Red Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Red Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Red Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Red Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Evans
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.38
26.66
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Red Evans
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
116.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Red Evans
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
135.48
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Red Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Red Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Red Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.456
0.456
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Red Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Red Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Red Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Red Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Red Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Evans
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Red Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
96.77
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Red Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.71
33.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Red Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
1
19.35
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Red Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
135.48
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Red Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
4.43
4.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Red Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Red Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
2
38.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Red Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Red Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Red Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA