Alex McColl vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Alex McColl
Lost GenerationOhioThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Alex McColl as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Alex McColl posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.7 and WHIP 1.434 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Alex McColl had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alex McColl and Bud Smith

Alex McColl
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.21
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Alex McColl
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Alex McColl
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.28
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Alex McColl
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.52
6.52
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Alex McColl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
3.7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Alex McColl
Career
Per 9 Innings
387
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Alex McColl
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
142
9.91
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
9.9
Alex McColl
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.91
9.91
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.9
9.9
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.42
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
3.12
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Alex McColl
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
2.37
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Alex McColl
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Alex McColl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Alex McColl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.597
0.597
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Alex McColl
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Alex McColl
Career
Per 9 Innings
561
39.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.81
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
4.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Alex McColl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.434
1.434
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
517
36.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Alex McColl
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.14
39.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Alex McColl and Bud Smith

Alex McColl
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Alex McColl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Alex McColl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
27
Alex McColl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132.2
9
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Alex McColl
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Alex McColl
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.913
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Alex McColl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex McColl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex McColl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex McColl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex McColl
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alex McColl and Bud Smith

Alex McColl
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
707.69
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Alex McColl
Career
Per 600 PA
39
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Alex McColl
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
569.23
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Alex McColl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Alex McColl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.385
0.385
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Alex McColl
Career
Per 600 PA
5
76.92
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Alex McColl
Career
Per 600 PA
3
46.15
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
30.77
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Alex McColl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex McColl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
30.77
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Alex McColl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex McColl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex McColl
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.36
20.89
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Alex McColl
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
107.69
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Alex McColl
Career
Per 600 PA
7
107.69
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Alex McColl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Alex McColl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Alex McColl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.369
0.369
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Alex McColl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Alex McColl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Alex McColl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex McColl
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
30.77
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
92.31
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Alex McColl
Career
Per 600 PA
0.55
8.48
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Alex McColl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex McColl
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
30.77
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Alex McColl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
123.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Alex McColl
Career
Per 600 PA
4.88
4.88
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Alex McColl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Alex McColl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex McColl
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Alex McColl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex McColl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex McColl
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex McColl
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA