Jack Fee vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Jack Fee
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaIndianapolis HoosiersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Jack Fee as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jack Fee posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.28 and WHIP 1.750 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Jack Fee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Fee and Bud Smith

Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.58
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
4.28
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.54
5.54
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
8.78
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
6.98
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.98
6.98
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.25
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.43
1.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.025
1.025
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.35
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
43.65
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
6.53
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.53
6.53
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
35.32
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.65
43.65
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Jack Fee and Bud Smith

Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.58
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.48
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
3.15
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.93
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.857
1.857
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Fee and Bud Smith

Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
7
200
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
352.17
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
10.96
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.05
-1.48
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
21
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5.11
5.11
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Fee
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA