Dan Jennings vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Dan Jennings
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Dan Jennings as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dan Jennings posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.1 and WHIP 1.486 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Dan Jennings had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dan Jennings and Bud Smith

Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
10.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.44
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.52
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.95
45.95
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
3.1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1046
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348.2
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
8.8
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.8
8.8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.65
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
4.05
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.52
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
7.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
5.49
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.25
7.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.256
1.256
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.49
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.21
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1512
39.03
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.99
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
3.64
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.31
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.41
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.34
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.19
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.428
1.428
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1319
34.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Dan Jennings and Bud Smith

Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
10.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1046
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
348.2
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.46
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
1.39
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.96
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.86
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.74
94.74
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.185
0.185
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dan Jennings and Bud Smith

Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
390
58500
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
186.79
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
450
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.413
0.413
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.2
180.17
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
150
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Jennings
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA