Ken Frailing vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Ken Frailing
Baby BoomersWisconsinThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Frailing as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ken Frailing posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.96 and WHIP 1.585 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Ken Frailing had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ken Frailing and Bud Smith

Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
4.78
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.78
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.66
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.38
16.38
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
3.96
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
655
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218.1
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
10.39
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
9.9
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.39
10.39
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.9
9.9
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.78
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
3.38
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.49
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
5.61
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
5.49
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.999
0.999
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.16
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
972
40.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.99
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
4.78
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.37
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.29
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.53
1.53
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
870
35.86
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.312
0.312
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.07
40.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Ken Frailing and Bud Smith

Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
4.78
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.78
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
655
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218.1
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.74
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.65
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
2.47
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
2.39
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.67
96.67
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.38
16.38
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Frailing and Bud Smith

Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
119
1457.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
502.04
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
508.7
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.551
0.551
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.23
27.31
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
110.2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
134.69
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
73.47
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
73.47
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
146.94
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.95
36.11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
11
134.69
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
4.45
4.45
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
73.47
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5
65.22
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Frailing
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA