Carson Fulmer vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Carson Fulmer
MillenialFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Carson Fulmer as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bud Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.95 and WHIP 1.500 compared to 5.44 and 1.473 for Carson Fulmer. By the career numbers, Bud Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Carson Fulmer and Bud Smith

Carson Fulmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Carson Fulmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
4.45
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.84
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.53
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.82
31.82
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.9
18.9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
5.44
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
4.95
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Carson Fulmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Carson Fulmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
770
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Carson Fulmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
256.2
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
8.31
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Carson Fulmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.31
8.31
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.09
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Carson Fulmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
4.8
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Carson Fulmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Carson Fulmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
8.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
5.49
Carson Fulmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.1
8.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.82
1.82
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Carson Fulmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.434
1.434
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.63
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.81
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.21
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Carson Fulmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1154
40.46
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Carson Fulmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.54
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
5.86
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.86
5.86
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Carson Fulmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.35
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.34
Carson Fulmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.56
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.457
1.457
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Carson Fulmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
979
34.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Carson Fulmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Carson Fulmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Carson Fulmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.46
40.46
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Carson Fulmer and Bud Smith

Carson Fulmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Carson Fulmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
4.45
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.84
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Carson Fulmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
770
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Carson Fulmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
256.2
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Carson Fulmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.32
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.74
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Carson Fulmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
1.12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Carson Fulmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
1.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.75
93.75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.236
0.236
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.9
18.9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Carson Fulmer and Bud Smith

Carson Fulmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Carson Fulmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
25400
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-60
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carson Fulmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carson Fulmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carson Fulmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA