Grier Friday vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Grier Friday
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Grier Friday and Bud Smith are fairly close on the surface numbers. Bud Smith posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.95 vs 6.9) and WHIP (1.500 vs 1.900). Grier Friday had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.6 per nine innings vs 1.09). By the career numbers, Bud Smith had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Grier Friday and Bud Smith

Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.6
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
6.9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
4.95
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.9
6.9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.65
6.65
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
10.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
9.9
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.5
10.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.9
9.9
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
6.6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.6
6.6
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.7
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.033
1.033
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
42.3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
8.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
8.1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.9
1.9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
35.1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.311
0.311
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.3
42.3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Grier Friday and Bud Smith

Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
27
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132.2
9
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.857
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Grier Friday and Bud Smith

Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
420
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
540
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
0.55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.63
37.95
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
180
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
49.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5.11
5.11
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grier Friday
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grier Friday
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA