Blas Minor vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Blas Minor
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Blas Minor as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Blas Minor posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.4 and WHIP 1.373 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Blas Minor had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Blas Minor and Bud Smith

Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
6.28
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Blas Minor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.52
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Blas Minor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.52
56.52
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Blas Minor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Blas Minor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Blas Minor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blas Minor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
4.4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
675
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Blas Minor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
9.24
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.24
9.24
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Blas Minor
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.16
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.09
Blas Minor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Blas Minor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
2.8
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
3.12
Blas Minor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.32
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
7.36
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
5.49
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.36
7.36
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Blas Minor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.129
1.129
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Blas Minor
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.64
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Blas Minor
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.28
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
957
38.28
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Blas Minor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
4.6
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Blas Minor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.52
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Blas Minor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.28
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.338
1.338
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
860
34.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Blas Minor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Blas Minor
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.28
38.28
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Blas Minor and Bud Smith

Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
6.28
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Blas Minor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
675
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.56
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
1.36
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Blas Minor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
1.96
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.92
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Blas Minor
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.96
97.96
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Blas Minor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Blas Minor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blas Minor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blas Minor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blas Minor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Blas Minor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Blas Minor and Bud Smith

Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
6280
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Blas Minor
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Blas Minor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
520
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Blas Minor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Blas Minor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Blas Minor
Career
Per 600 PA
2
80
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Blas Minor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Blas Minor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Blas Minor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blas Minor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blas Minor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Blas Minor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blas Minor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blas Minor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
28.4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Blas Minor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Blas Minor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Blas Minor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.445
0.445
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blas Minor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Blas Minor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Blas Minor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.49
19.77
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blas Minor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Blas Minor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
280
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Blas Minor
Career
Per 600 PA
2.14
2.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Blas Minor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Blas Minor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Blas Minor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blas Minor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Blas Minor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blas Minor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blas Minor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Blas Minor
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA