Harry Felix vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Harry Felix
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Felix 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 5.36 and 1.596 for Harry Felix. By the career numbers, Bud Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Felix and Bud Smith

Harry Felix
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Felix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.91
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Harry Felix
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.96
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Harry Felix
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Harry Felix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.57
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Harry Felix
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Harry Felix
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Harry Felix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.57
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Harry Felix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Harry Felix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Felix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
5.36
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
4.95
Harry Felix
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Harry Felix
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Harry Felix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Harry Felix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.323
0.323
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Harry Felix
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Harry Felix
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Harry Felix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
12.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
9.9
Harry Felix
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.26
12.26
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.9
9.9
Harry Felix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.19
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Harry Felix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Harry Felix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Harry Felix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
3.12
Harry Felix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Harry Felix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.11
2.11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Harry Felix
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.91
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Harry Felix
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.91
1.91
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Harry Felix
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Felix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.447
0.447
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Harry Felix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Felix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Harry Felix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Harry Felix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
40.02
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Harry Felix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.96
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Harry Felix
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
7.09
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Harry Felix
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.09
7.09
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Harry Felix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Harry Felix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Harry Felix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Harry Felix
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.596
1.596
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Harry Felix
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
37.91
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Harry Felix
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Harry Felix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.337
0.337
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.312
0.312
Harry Felix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.02
40.02
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Harry Felix and Bud Smith

Harry Felix
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Felix
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.32
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Harry Felix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Harry Felix
Career
Per 9 Innings
348
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Harry Felix
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Harry Felix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.54
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Harry Felix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
2.17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Harry Felix
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.54
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Felix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
3.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Harry Felix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.72
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Harry Felix
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Felix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.059
2.059
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Harry Felix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Harry Felix
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Felix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Felix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Felix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Felix
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Felix and Bud Smith

Harry Felix
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harry Felix
Career
Per 600 PA
17
226.67
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
352.17
Harry Felix
Career
Per 600 PA
45
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Harry Felix
Career
Per 600 PA
38
506.67
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
508.7
Harry Felix
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Harry Felix
Career
Per 600 PA
0.422
0.422
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Harry Felix
Career
Per 600 PA
5
66.67
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Harry Felix
Career
Per 600 PA
5
66.67
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Harry Felix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Harry Felix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Felix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Felix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Harry Felix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Harry Felix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Felix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Felix
Career
Per 600 PA
1.15
15.35
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Harry Felix
Career
Per 600 PA
5
66.67
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Harry Felix
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
120
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Harry Felix
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Harry Felix
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Harry Felix
Career
Per 600 PA
0.346
0.346
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Harry Felix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Harry Felix
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Harry Felix
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Harry Felix
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Harry Felix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Felix
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Harry Felix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
66.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Harry Felix
Career
Per 600 PA
0.95
12.69
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Harry Felix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Felix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
53.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Harry Felix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Felix
Career
Per 600 PA
10
133.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Harry Felix
Career
Per 600 PA
4.5
4.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Harry Felix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Harry Felix
Career
Per 600 PA
3
40
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Harry Felix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Felix
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Harry Felix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Felix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Felix
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Felix
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA