Sid Hudson vs. Dave Smith — Career Comparison

Sid Hudson
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Dave Smith
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Sid Hudson built a career as a starting pitcher and Dave Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dave Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.67 and WHIP 1.294 compared to 4.28 and 1.476 for Sid Hudson. By the career numbers, Dave Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sid Hudson and Dave Smith

Sid Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
380
1.57
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
609
6.77
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
1.15
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
0.43
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.59
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
0.63
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.59
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.63
40.63
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.42
73.42
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.51
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.05
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.05
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
2.4
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1036
4.28
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
2.67
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6543
27
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2428
27
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2181
9
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
809.1
9
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2384
9.84
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
700
7.78
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.84
9.84
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.78
7.78
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
0.56
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.38
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
835
3.45
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
3.15
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.71
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
734
3.03
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
548
6.09
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.03
3.03
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.09
6.09
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.719
0.719
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.027
1.027
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.12
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.31
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.2
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.24
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9593
39.59
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3357
37.33
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.28
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
4.8
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1212
5
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
3.11
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.61
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.21
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.63
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.476
1.476
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.215
1.215
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8710
35.94
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2987
33.22
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.59
39.59
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.33
37.33

Fielding Stats for Sid Hudson and Dave Smith

Sid Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
380
47.94
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
609
6.77
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.63
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
214
27
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2428
27
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.1
9
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
809.1
9
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
19.05
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.47
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
64.85
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.97
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
3.91
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.12
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
696
87.81
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
1.56
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
665
83.9
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
1.43
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.55
95.55
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.14
92.14
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.212
0.212
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
5.17
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.07
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sid Hudson and Dave Smith

Sid Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
383
287.97
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
609
6894.34
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
798
600
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
53
600
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
746
560.9
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
44
498.11
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.524
0.524
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
164
123.31
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
143
107.52
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
12.78
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.01
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
15.79
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39.28
29.53
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
3.76
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
142.11
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
190
142.86
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
79.25
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.354
0.354
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
46.62
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
22.64
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
56.39
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
137
103.01
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.05
32.37
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.48
-16.72
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.75
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
18.8
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
45.28
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
58
43.61
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
237.74
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.76
13.76
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2.52
2.52
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
19.55
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
56.6
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
26
19.55
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.75
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.5
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.26
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sid Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33.33
33.33
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA