Greg Harris vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Greg Harris
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Greg Harris as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Greg Harris posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.69 and WHIP 1.409 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Greg Harris had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Greg Harris and Bud Smith

Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
4.31
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.45
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.55
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.12
45.12
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.94
13.94
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
601
3.69
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4401
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1467
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1329
8.15
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.15
8.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
0.79
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
652
4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.53
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1141
7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
5.49
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.62
1.62
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.222
1.222
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.44
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6293
38.61
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
1.63
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
689
4.23
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.44
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.31
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.81
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5464
33.52
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.61
38.61
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Greg Harris and Bud Smith

Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
703
4.31
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
0.6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4401
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1467
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.62
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
228
1.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
361
2.21
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
2.02
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.14
91.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.468
0.468
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.94
13.94
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Greg Harris and Bud Smith

Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
705
5957.75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
574.65
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
126.76
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
84.51
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.35
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
42.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
42.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
185.92
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
135.21
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.555
0.555
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.434
0.434
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
59.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
33.8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
92.96
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.15
43.55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.45
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
29
245.07
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
2.45
2.45
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Greg Harris
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA