Willie Eyre vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Willie Eyre
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Willie Eyre as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Willie Eyre posted a career ERA of 4.95 against Bud Smith's 4.95, with WHIP of 1.576 and 1.500 respectively. The raw numbers call this too close to separate — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Willie Eyre and Bud Smith

Willie Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Willie Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
6.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.44
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Willie Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
4.95
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Willie Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
491
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Willie Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163.2
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
10.06
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
9.9
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.06
10.06
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.9
9.9
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.99
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Willie Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.99
0.99
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Willie Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
3.57
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.55
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Willie Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
4.73
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.923
0.923
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.55
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.38
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Willie Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Willie Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
726
39.92
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Willie Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
2.2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
5.17
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Willie Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.17
5.17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Willie Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.49
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Willie Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.88
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.515
1.515
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Willie Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
639
35.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Willie Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Willie Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.308
0.308
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Willie Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.92
39.92
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Willie Eyre and Bud Smith

Willie Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Willie Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
6.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Willie Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
491
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Willie Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163.2
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Willie Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Willie Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
1.7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Willie Eyre
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Willie Eyre and Bud Smith

Willie Eyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Willie Eyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
111
66600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Eyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Eyre
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Eyre
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA