Kit McKenna vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Kit McKenna
Pre-GenerationalVirginiaThrows RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Kit McKenna 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 5.31 and 1.785 for Kit McKenna. By the career numbers, Bud Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kit McKenna and Bud Smith

Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.36
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.8
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.25
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.56
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.77
30.77
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.09
59.09
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.68
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
5.31
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
4.95
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.18
6.18
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
437
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145.2
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
11.37
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
9.9
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.37
11.37
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.9
9.9
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.31
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
4.7
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
2.1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.1
2.1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.755
0.755
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.74
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.24
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
43.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.49
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
6.98
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.98
6.98
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.785
1.785
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
601
37.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.312
0.312
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.06
43.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Kit McKenna and Bud Smith

Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.39
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
447
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
2.66
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.84
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.92
97.92
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.044
2.044
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kit McKenna and Bud Smith

Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
23
215.63
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
352.17
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
534.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
93.75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
6
56.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
37.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
37.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.99
37.42
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
131.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
150
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.426
0.426
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
56.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
65.63
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
121.88
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.73
34.97
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
46.88
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
46.88
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.8
12.8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5.11
5.11
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.38
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA