Mike Mayers vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Mike Mayers
MillenialOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Mayers as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bud Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.95 and WHIP 1.500 compared to 5.21 and 1.443 for Mike Mayers. By the career numbers, Bud Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Mayers and Bud Smith

Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
6.99
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.41
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.38
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.17
52.17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
5.21
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
4.95
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
788
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
262.2
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
9.56
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.56
9.56
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.61
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.09
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
3.29
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
265
9.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
5.49
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.08
9.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.374
1.374
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.34
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.31
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1152
39.47
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.37
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
5.55
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.55
5.55
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.34
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.79
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.428
1.428
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1033
35.39
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.312
0.312
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.47
39.47
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Mike Mayers and Bud Smith

Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
6.99
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
788
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
262.2
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.58
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.99
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.96
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.55
96.55
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.137
0.137
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Mayers and Bud Smith

Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
204
40800
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
508.7
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
10.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
19.42
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Mayers
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA