Scott Eyre vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Scott Eyre
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Scott Eyre as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Scott Eyre posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.23 and WHIP 1.560 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Scott Eyre had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Scott Eyre and Bud Smith

Scott Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Scott Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
617
8.55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Scott Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.44
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Scott Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.39
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.42
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Scott Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.28
48.28
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Scott Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
4.23
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Scott Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Scott Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Scott Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1948
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Scott Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
649.1
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
654
9.06
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Scott Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.06
9.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
1.15
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.09
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Scott Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
332
4.6
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.37
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Scott Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
7.44
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
5.49
Scott Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Scott Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.338
1.338
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.57
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.21
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Scott Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Scott Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2881
39.93
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Scott Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.48
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
337
4.67
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Scott Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.28
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.34
Scott Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.76
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.519
1.519
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Scott Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2483
34.42
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Scott Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Scott Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.307
0.307
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Scott Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.93
39.93
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Scott Eyre and Bud Smith

Scott Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Scott Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
617
8.55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Scott Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.44
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Scott Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1948
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Scott Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
649.1
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Scott Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Scott Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
1.03
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
1.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Scott Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
1.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.44
94.44
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.138
0.138
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Scott Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Scott Eyre and Bud Smith

Scott Eyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Scott Eyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
617
26442.86
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
557.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0.393
0.393
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
2
85.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0.44
18.68
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
2
85.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
128.57
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Scott Eyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0.34
14.6
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Eyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
257.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
2.33
2.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Eyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA