Willie Mills vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Willie Mills
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Willie Mills 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 8.44 and 1.563 for Willie Mills. By the career numbers, Bud Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Willie Mills and Bud Smith

Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
8.44
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
4.95
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.44
8.44
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.77
5.77
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
11.81
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
9.9
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.81
11.81
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.9
9.9
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.09
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
3.12
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.69
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.438
0.438
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
40.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
8.44
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.44
8.44
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.563
1.563
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
37.69
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.5
7.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.307
0.307
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Willie Mills and Bud Smith

Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.56
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.69
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.69
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Willie Mills and Bud Smith

Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
352.17
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
32.61
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
18.11
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
300
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Mills
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA