Donnie Moore vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Donnie Moore
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Donnie Moore as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Donnie Moore posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.67 and WHIP 1.425 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Donnie Moore had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Donnie Moore and Bud Smith

Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
5.72
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.59
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.55
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.81
51.81
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.22
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
3.67
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1964
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
654.2
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
698
9.6
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.6
9.6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.73
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
2.56
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
3.12
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.67
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
5.72
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
5.49
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.72
5.72
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.19
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2793
38.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
3.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
4.23
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.66
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.36
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.34
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.71
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2525
34.71
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.312
0.312
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.4
38.4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Donnie Moore and Bud Smith

Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
5.72
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1964
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
654.2
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.62
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
1.24
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.15
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
2.01
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.86
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.47
92.47
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Donnie Moore and Bud Smith

Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
416
3900
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
534.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.727
0.727
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
150
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
112.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
37.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.66
62.42
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
206.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
178.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.386
0.386
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.703
0.703
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.471
0.471
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
28.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
103.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
131.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.45
69.81
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Donnie Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
28.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
23
215.63
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
2.78
2.78
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
4
37.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Donnie Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA