Lefty Grove vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Lefty Grove
Lost GenerationMarylandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherMVPAll-Star
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Lefty Grove posted a stronger line than Bud Smith. Lefty Grove posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.06 vs 4.95) and WHIP (1.278 vs 1.500). By the career numbers, Lefty Grove 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 Lefty Grove and Bud Smith

Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
616
1.41
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
1.04
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
0.69
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.32
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.03
68.03
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
74.19
74.19
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
0.68
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1339
3.06
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11822
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3940.2
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3849
8.79
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.37
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1187
2.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
3.12
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2266
5.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.876
0.876
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.12
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16633
37.99
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.28
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1594
3.64
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.278
1.278
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15404
35.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.99
37.99
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Lefty Grove and Bud Smith

Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
616
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
27
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132.2
9
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
722
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
825
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
787
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.39
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.278
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lefty Grove and Bud Smith

Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
619
235.21
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
352.17
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1579
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1369
520.2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.475
0.475
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
202
76.76
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
155
58.9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
10.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
1.9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
5.7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
17.86
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69.38
26.37
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
284
107.92
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
309
117.42
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.335
0.335
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
119
45.22
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121
45.98
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
225
85.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50.78
19.3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.76
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
39.9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
593
225.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
2.66
2.66
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
103
39.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Grove
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.76
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Grove
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA