Tom Gorman vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Tom Gorman
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Gorman as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tom Gorman posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.77 and WHIP 1.330 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Tom Gorman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tom Gorman and Bud Smith

Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.47
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.47
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.42
11.42
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.77
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2068
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
689.1
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
8.6
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.6
8.6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.01
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.01
1.01
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
3.12
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
3.12
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.25
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
321
4.19
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.812
0.812
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.26
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2907
37.95
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.72
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
4.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.303
1.303
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2648
34.57
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.95
37.95
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Tom Gorman and Bud Smith

Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
4.73
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1651
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
550.1
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.65
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.64
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.21
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
2.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.29
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.5
91.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.484
0.484
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tom Gorman and Bud Smith

Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
289
1032.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
168
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
155
553.57
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
50
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
42.86
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
7.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
7.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.96
7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
57.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
82.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
21.43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
10.71
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
32.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.65
-16.6
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
32.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
84
300
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
14.29
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Gorman
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA