Kid Madden vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Kid Madden
Pre-GenerationalMaineThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Kid Madden as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kid Madden posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.92 and WHIP 1.381 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Kid Madden had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kid Madden and Bud Smith

Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
1.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
1.02
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.51
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.47
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.92
51.92
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.34
89.34
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.91
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3.92
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2874
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
958
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
987
9.27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.27
9.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.38
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
3.16
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.16
3.16
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
2.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.647
0.647
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.38
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.81
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4238
39.81
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
645
6.06
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.06
6.06
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.381
1.381
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3816
35.85
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.81
39.81
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Kid Madden and Bud Smith

Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
1.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3171
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1057
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.35
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.35
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
2.7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
2.35
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.07
87.07
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.044
2.044
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.09
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Madden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kid Madden and Bud Smith

Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
170.51
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
352.17
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
468
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
433
555.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.641
0.641
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
135.9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
117.95
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
8.97
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.41
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.56
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
17.95
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Kid Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44.04
56.46
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
165.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
141
180.77
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.599
0.599
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.551
0.551
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
76.92
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
62.82
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
137.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49.93
64.01
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.97
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
35.9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Kid Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Madden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
55.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.88
10.88
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5.11
5.11
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.65
0.65
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Kid Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Kid Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
20.51
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Madden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
20.51
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Madden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA