Jim Moore vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Jim Moore
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Moore as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Moore posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.52 and WHIP 1.407 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Jim Moore had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Moore and Bud Smith

Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
2.97
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Jim Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.65
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Jim Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Jim Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Jim Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.74
21.74
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.19
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Jim Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
4.52
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139.1
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Jim Moore
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
9.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.5
9.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Jim Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
3.17
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Jim Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.17
3.17
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Jim Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
1.87
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Jim Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.87
1.87
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Jim Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jim Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Jim Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
613
39.6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.36
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
5.04
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Jim Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.407
1.407
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
563
36.37
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.7
1.7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.6
39.6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Jim Moore and Bud Smith

Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Jim Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Jim Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
27
Jim Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132.2
9
Jim Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Jim Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Jim Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.02
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Jim Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Moore
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Moore and Bud Smith

Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
726.32
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Jim Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
38
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Jim Moore
Career
Per 600 PAverified
35
552.63
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Jim Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Jim Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.355
0.355
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
4
63.16
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Jim Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
2
31.58
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Jim Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jim Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.89
14.05
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Jim Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
6
94.74
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Jim Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
5
78.95
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Jim Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Jim Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Jim Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.057
0.057
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Jim Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Jim Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Jim Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.79
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Moore
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
31.58
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
47.37
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Jim Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-3.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Jim Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.79
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Jim Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
126.32
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Jim Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
4.75
4.75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Jim Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Jim Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
2
31.58
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Jim Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Moore
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Jim Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Moore
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA