Rankin Johnson Jr. vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Rankin Johnson Jr.
Greatest GenerationArizonaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Rankin Johnson Jr. as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rankin Johnson Jr. posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.6 and WHIP 1.700 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Rankin Johnson Jr. had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rankin Johnson Jr. and Bud Smith

Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
6.3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
12.6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
9.9
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.6
12.6
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.9
9.9
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
3.12
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
42.3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
4.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.7
1.7
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
39.6
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.43
1.43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.312
0.312
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.3
42.3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Rankin Johnson Jr. and Bud Smith

Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
27
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132.2
9
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.571
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rankin Johnson Jr. and Bud Smith

Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
4200
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rankin Johnson Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA