Dick McCabe vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Dick McCabe
Lost GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick McCabe as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick McCabe posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.46 and WHIP 1.462 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Dick McCabe had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick McCabe and Bud Smith

Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.15
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.69
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.69
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.69
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3.46
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
11.77
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
9.9
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.77
11.77
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.9
9.9
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
3.12
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.77
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.77
2.77
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.462
0.462
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
36.69
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.77
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.462
1.462
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
35.31
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.362
0.362
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.312
0.312
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.69
36.69
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Dick McCabe and Bud Smith

Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
27
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132.2
9
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick McCabe and Bud Smith

Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
1800
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-60
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McCabe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick McCabe
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA