Art Fowler vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Art Fowler
Greatest GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Art Fowler as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Art Fowler posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.03 and WHIP 1.346 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Art Fowler had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Art Fowler and Bud Smith

Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
3.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.79
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.47
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Art Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.45
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.43
51.43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Art Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.86
24.86
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.22
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.28
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
4.03
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3072
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1024
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Art Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1039
9.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.13
9.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Art Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.87
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.87
0.87
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Art Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
2.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
3.12
Art Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
539
4.74
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Art Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Art Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Art Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.827
0.827
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Art Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Art Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.08
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Art Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4325
38.01
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
1.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Art Fowler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
505
4.44
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Art Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.315
1.315
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4008
35.23
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Art Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.01
38.01
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Art Fowler and Bud Smith

Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
3.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
0.79
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3072
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1024
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.48
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
1.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Art Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
1.91
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
1.86
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Art Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.7
97.7
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Art Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.586
0.586
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Art Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.86
24.86
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Art Fowler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Art Fowler and Bud Smith

Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
362
743.84
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
292
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
231
474.66
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
508.7
Art Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Art Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.495
0.495
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
71.92
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
69.86
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Art Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Art Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Art Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Art Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.6
17.66
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
73.97
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
123.29
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Art Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Art Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.388
0.388
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Art Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Art Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Art Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
32.88
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
41.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
73.97
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.38
19.28
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
47.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Art Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
62
127.4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Art Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
4.71
4.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
67.81
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5
65.22
Art Fowler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.16
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Fowler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.11
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Art Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Art Fowler
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA