Al Maul vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Al Maul
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Al Maul as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Al Maul posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.45 and WHIP 1.526 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Al Maul had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Al Maul and Bud Smith

Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
1.17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
168
1.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.52
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Al Maul
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.22
51.22
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.36
89.36
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
0.9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Maul
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
713
4.45
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Al Maul
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4322
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1440.2
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Al Maul
Career
Per 9 Innings
1680
10.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
9.9
Al Maul
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.5
10.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.9
9.9
Al Maul
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.37
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Al Maul
Career
Per 9 Innings
519
3.24
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Al Maul
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
352
2.2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Al Maul
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
2.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Al Maul
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.87
1.87
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Al Maul
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.605
0.605
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Al Maul
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Maul
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.42
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Al Maul
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6485
40.51
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Al Maul
Career
Per 9 Innings
1088
6.8
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Al Maul
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.8
6.8
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Al Maul
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Al Maul
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.526
1.526
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5899
36.85
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Al Maul
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.51
40.51
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Al Maul and Bud Smith

Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
414
1.11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Al Maul
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10050
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3350
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
805
2.16
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
397
1.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Al Maul
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.23
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1288
3.46
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1202
3.23
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Al Maul
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.32
93.32
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.903
2.903
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Al Maul
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Maul
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Maul
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Maul
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Maul
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Al Maul and Bud Smith

Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
411
155.88
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
352.17
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1582
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1380
523.39
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.712
0.712
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
332
125.92
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
249
94.44
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
17.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
11.76
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
2.65
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
31.48
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
182.99
69.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
460
174.46
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
530
201.01
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.336
0.336
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.669
0.669
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.093
0.093
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
193
73.2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
180
68.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
366
138.81
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
194.82
73.89
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
6.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
182
69.03
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Al Maul
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Maul
Career
Per 600 PAverified
194
73.58
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.15
8.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5.11
5.11
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.94
0.94
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Al Maul
Career
Per 600 PA
4
1.52
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Al Maul
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
16.69
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Maul
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
16.69
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Maul
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA