Mike Mattimore vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Mike Mattimore
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Mattimore as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Mattimore posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.83 and WHIP 1.423 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Mike Mattimore had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Mattimore and Bud Smith

Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
1.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
0.94
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.48
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.06
49.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.93
87.93
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.92
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
3.83
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1472
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
490.2
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
9.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.43
9.43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.22
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
3.38
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
2.42
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.42
2.42
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.28
2.28
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.644
0.644
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.83
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.57
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2186
40.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
364
6.68
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.68
6.68
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.423
1.423
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1971
36.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.28
6.28
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.1
40.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Mike Mattimore and Bud Smith

Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
1.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3147
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1049
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
1.36
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
1.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
2.76
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
2.44
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.2
88.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.219
2.219
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Mattimore and Bud Smith

Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
124
149.7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
352.17
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
497
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
451
544.47
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.626
0.626
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
111.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
86.92
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
12.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
10.87
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.21
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
24.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43.98
53.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
123
148.49
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
138
166.6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
0.55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.566
0.566
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
68.81
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
43.46
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
111.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45.63
55.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
7.24
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
48.29
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
62.78
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.56
9.56
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5.11
5.11
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.77
0.77
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
41.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mattimore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
41.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mattimore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA