Danny Frisella vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Danny Frisella
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Danny Frisella as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Danny Frisella posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.32 and WHIP 1.433 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Danny Frisella had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Frisella and Bud Smith

Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
5.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.25
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.59
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.95
45.95
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.84
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
3.32
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1828
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
609.1
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
529
7.81
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.81
7.81
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.78
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
4.22
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.86
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
471
6.96
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
5.49
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.96
6.96
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.34
1.34
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.242
1.242
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.56
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2608
38.52
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
3.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
3.78
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.22
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.338
1.338
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2266
33.47
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.52
38.52
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Danny Frisella and Bud Smith

Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
5.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.25
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1829
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
609.2
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.58
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
1.28
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.09
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.95
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
1.86
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.45
95.45
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.359
0.359
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Frisella and Bud Smith

Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
351
2507.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
557.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 600 PA
0.461
0.461
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
92.86
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.21
22.9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
107.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
128.57
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 600 PA
0.412
0.412
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
28.57
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
50
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.71
19.35
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
28.57
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 600 PA
25
178.57
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 600 PA
3.36
3.36
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.29
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.29
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.29
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Frisella
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.29
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny Frisella
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA