Larry Maxie vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Larry Maxie
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Larry Maxie as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Larry Maxie posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3 and WHIP 1.000 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Larry Maxie had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Larry Maxie and Bud Smith

Larry Maxie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Larry Maxie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Larry Maxie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Larry Maxie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Larry Maxie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Larry Maxie
Career
Per 9 Innings
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Larry Maxie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Larry Maxie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Larry Maxie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Larry Maxie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Maxie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Larry Maxie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Larry Maxie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Larry Maxie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Larry Maxie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Larry Maxie
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Larry Maxie
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Larry Maxie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Larry Maxie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Larry Maxie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Larry Maxie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Larry Maxie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Larry Maxie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
3.12
Larry Maxie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Larry Maxie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Larry Maxie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Larry Maxie
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Larry Maxie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Larry Maxie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
0.667
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Larry Maxie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
6
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Maxie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Larry Maxie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Larry Maxie
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
36
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Larry Maxie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Larry Maxie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Larry Maxie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Larry Maxie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Larry Maxie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Larry Maxie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Larry Maxie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.667
0.667
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Larry Maxie
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
30
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Larry Maxie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Larry Maxie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.111
0.111
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Larry Maxie
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Larry Maxie and Bud Smith

Larry Maxie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Larry Maxie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Larry Maxie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Larry Maxie
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Larry Maxie
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Larry Maxie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Larry Maxie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Larry Maxie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Maxie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Larry Maxie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Larry Maxie
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Larry Maxie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Larry Maxie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Larry Maxie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Maxie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Maxie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Maxie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Maxie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Maxie and Bud Smith

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