Tim Hudson vs. Bill Smith — Career Comparison

Tim Hudson
Gen XGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Bill Smith
Silent GenerationDistrict of ColumbiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Tim Hudson built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tim Hudson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.49 and WHIP 1.266 compared to 4.21 and 1.507 for Bill Smith. By the career numbers, Tim Hudson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tim Hudson and Bill Smith

Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
1.39
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
4.21
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
1.38
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.79
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
0.64
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.38
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.79
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.54
62.54
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.29
14.29
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.38
99.38
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.75
18.75
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.07
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.04
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1213
3.49
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
4.21
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9380
27
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
205
27
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126.2
9
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.1
9
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2957
8.51
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
10.8
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.51
8.51
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.8
10.8
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
0.71
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.05
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
917
2.64
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.24
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.24
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.53
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2080
5.99
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
4.48
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.99
5.99
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.959
0.959
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.24
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
0.36
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13005
37.43
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
295
38.85
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.19
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1319
3.8
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
5.53
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.33
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.18
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
0.96
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.239
1.239
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.449
1.449
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11787
33.93
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
36.48
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.31
1.31
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.43
37.43
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.85
38.85

Fielding Stats for Tim Hudson and Bill Smith

Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
1.39
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
4.21
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
479
1.38
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.79
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9380
27
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
205
27
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3126.2
9
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.1
9
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
258
0.74
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.92
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
492
1.42
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.19
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.07
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
774
2.23
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.37
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
750
2.16
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.11
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.9
96.9
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.556
1.556
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.38
99.38
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.75
18.75
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.1
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tim Hudson and Bill Smith

Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
489
413.24
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
1200
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
710
600
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
613
518.03
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
525
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
82.82
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
75
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
62.54
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
37.5
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
16.06
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.85
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.38
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
20.28
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25.86
21.86
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.91
34.02
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
131
110.7
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
112.5
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
126
106.48
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
150
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
0.41
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.464
0.464
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.302
0.302
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.223
0.223
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
29.58
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
35.49
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
37.5
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
61.69
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.36
14.67
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
26.22
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.69
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
21.97
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
75
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
190
160.56
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
225
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.74
3.74
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
56.62
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.69
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
12
10.14
Bill Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
Bill Smith
Career
Per 600 PA