Norm McRae vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Norm McRae
Baby BoomersNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Norm McRae as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Norm McRae posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.15 and WHIP 1.573 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Norm McRae had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Norm McRae and Bud Smith

Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
5.77
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
3.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.222
0.222
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.1
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
7.34
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.34
7.34
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
6.82
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.82
6.82
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
4.98
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.311
1.311
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.83
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
40.63
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.57
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.93
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.573
1.573
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
33.03
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.63
40.63
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Norm McRae and Bud Smith

Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
5.82
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.79
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.85
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.53
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
3.18
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.65
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.455
0.455
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Norm McRae and Bud Smith

Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
6600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
508.7
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.07
-20.64
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
65.22
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA