Denny McLain vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Denny McLain
Silent GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Denny McLain posted a stronger line than Bud Smith. Denny McLain posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.39 vs 4.95) and WHIP (1.176 vs 1.500). By the career numbers, Denny McLain had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Denny McLain and Bud Smith

Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
280
1.34
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264
1.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
0.63
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Denny McLain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.01
59.01
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.29
94.29
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny McLain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
3.39
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5658
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1886
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Denny McLain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1646
7.85
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Denny McLain
Career
Per 9 Innings
242
1.15
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.09
Denny McLain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Denny McLain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Denny McLain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
548
2.62
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
3.12
Denny McLain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.11
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1282
6.12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
5.49
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.12
6.12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Denny McLain
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denny McLain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.12
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Denny McLain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.04
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7719
36.84
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.04
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Denny McLain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
778
3.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Denny McLain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.09
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Denny McLain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.09
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Denny McLain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.163
1.163
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7108
33.92
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Denny McLain
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.84
36.84
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Denny McLain and Bud Smith

Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
280
1.34
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264
1.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5657
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1885.2
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
0.74
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
212
1.01
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Denny McLain
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
379
1.81
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
366
1.75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Denny McLain
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.57
96.57
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.307
1.307
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.29
94.29
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny McLain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny McLain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny McLain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny McLain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Denny McLain and Bud Smith

Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
285
241.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
352.17
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
709
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
616
521.3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Denny McLain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Denny McLain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.398
0.398
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
69.39
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
62.62
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
4.23
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.69
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.85
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
6.77
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Denny McLain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.76
12.49
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
94
79.55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
90.55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Denny McLain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.166
0.166
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Denny McLain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Denny McLain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Denny McLain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Denny McLain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Denny McLain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.221
0.221
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Denny McLain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
27.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
26.23
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
52.47
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Denny McLain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
21.16
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Denny McLain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny McLain
Career
Per 600 PA
244
206.49
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Denny McLain
Career
Per 600 PA
2.91
2.91
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Denny McLain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
54.16
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.39
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny McLain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
8.46
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.85
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny McLain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.85
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny McLain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA