Warren Fitzgerald vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Warren Fitzgerald
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftNorth AmericaLouisville ColonelsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Warren Fitzgerald as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Warren Fitzgerald posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.44 and WHIP 1.362 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Warren Fitzgerald had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Warren Fitzgerald and Bud Smith

Warren Fitzgerald
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
1.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
1.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.45
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Warren Fitzgerald
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.6
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Warren Fitzgerald
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.22
97.22
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.96
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Warren Fitzgerald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Fitzgerald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
3.44
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
903
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
301
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Warren Fitzgerald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
9.27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.27
9.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.21
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Warren Fitzgerald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
2.99
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
3.12
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
3.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Warren Fitzgerald
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Warren Fitzgerald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.708
0.708
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Warren Fitzgerald
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Warren Fitzgerald
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.39
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1319
39.44
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Warren Fitzgerald
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Warren Fitzgerald
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
5.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Warren Fitzgerald
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Warren Fitzgerald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.362
1.362
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1206
36.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Warren Fitzgerald
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.44
39.44
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Warren Fitzgerald and Bud Smith

Warren Fitzgerald
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
1.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Warren Fitzgerald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
942
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
314
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.37
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.46
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Warren Fitzgerald
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.11
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.95
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
1.83
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Warren Fitzgerald
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.12
94.12
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Warren Fitzgerald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Fitzgerald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Fitzgerald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Fitzgerald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Warren Fitzgerald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Warren Fitzgerald and Bud Smith

Warren Fitzgerald
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
159.71
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
352.17
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
530.94
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Warren Fitzgerald
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.564
0.564
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
90.65
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
64.75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
12.95
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.32
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
25.9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.26
44.28
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
133.81
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
159.71
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.518
0.518
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
0.49
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
69.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
47.48
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
112.23
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.66
41.71
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.63
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
60.43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Warren Fitzgerald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Fitzgerald
Career
Per 600 PA
45
194.24
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Warren Fitzgerald
Career
Per 600 PA
3.09
3.09
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Warren Fitzgerald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Warren Fitzgerald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.95
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Fitzgerald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.95
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Warren Fitzgerald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA