Christian Friedrich vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Christian Friedrich
MillenialIllinoisThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Christian Friedrich and Bud Smith are fairly close on the surface numbers. Bud Smith had the edge in ERA (4.95 vs 5.37). 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 Christian Friedrich and Bud Smith

Christian Friedrich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Christian Friedrich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
3.76
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Christian Friedrich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
1.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Christian Friedrich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.85
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 9 Innings
26.32
26.32
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.87
33.87
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
5.37
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
4.95
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.93
4.93
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Christian Friedrich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Christian Friedrich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
890
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Christian Friedrich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296.2
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 9 Innings
333
10.1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
9.9
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.1
10.1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.9
9.9
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.06
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Christian Friedrich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.06
1.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Christian Friedrich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
3.55
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Christian Friedrich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Christian Friedrich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
7.46
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
5.49
Christian Friedrich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.46
7.46
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Christian Friedrich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.7
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.21
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Christian Friedrich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Christian Friedrich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1324
40.17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Christian Friedrich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.49
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 9 Innings
193
5.86
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.42
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.46
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.34
Christian Friedrich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.517
1.517
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Christian Friedrich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1171
35.52
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Christian Friedrich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.335
0.335
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.312
0.312
Christian Friedrich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.17
40.17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Christian Friedrich and Bud Smith

Christian Friedrich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Christian Friedrich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
3.76
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Christian Friedrich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
1.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Christian Friedrich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
890
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Christian Friedrich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296.2
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Christian Friedrich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Christian Friedrich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
1.03
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.15
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Christian Friedrich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
1.49
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Christian Friedrich
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
1.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.8
89.8
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.355
0.355
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.87
33.87
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Christian Friedrich
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Christian Friedrich and Bud Smith

Christian Friedrich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Christian Friedrich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
937.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Christian Friedrich
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Christian Friedrich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
525
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 600 PA
0.288
0.288
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 600 PA
5
37.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 600 PA
5
37.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 600 PA
0.64
4.79
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 600 PA
5
37.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Christian Friedrich
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
82.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Christian Friedrich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
22.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 600 PA
2
15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Christian Friedrich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
37.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.32
-17.41
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christian Friedrich
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
45
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 600 PA
40
300
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 600 PA
4
30
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Christian Friedrich
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA