Tom Ford vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Tom Ford
Pre-GenerationalTennesseeNorth AmericaBrooklyn GladiatorsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Ford as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tom Ford posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.94 and WHIP 2.059 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Tom Ford had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Ford and Bud Smith

Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.41
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.06
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
4.94
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.87
6.87
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
12.35
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
9.9
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.35
12.35
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.9
9.9
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
6.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.18
6.18
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.12
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.12
2.12
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.922
0.922
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.53
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
45.18
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.35
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
10.59
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.59
10.59
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.059
2.059
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
39
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.312
0.312
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.18
45.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Tom Ford and Bud Smith

Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.48
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.37
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
2.59
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.99
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
3.95
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.96
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Ford and Bud Smith

Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
11
206.25
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
352.17
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
32
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
581.25
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
2.32
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.98
-37.08
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Ford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA