Clayton Mortensen vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Clayton Mortensen
MillenialIdahoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Clayton Mortensen as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Clayton Mortensen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.68 and WHIP 1.470 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Clayton Mortensen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Clayton Mortensen and Bud Smith

Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.98
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.7
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.32
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.59
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.29
35.29
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.57
17.57
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
4.68
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.68
4.68
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
502
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167.1
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
8.98
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.98
8.98
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.09
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
3.98
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
6.02
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
5.49
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.02
6.02
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.112
1.112
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.48
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
733
39.42
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
5.49
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.49
5.49
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.32
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.38
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.34
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.86
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.44
1.44
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
637
34.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.42
39.42
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Clayton Mortensen and Bud Smith

Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.98
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.7
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
502
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167.1
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
1.34
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.16
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.21
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.04
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.68
92.68
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.514
0.514
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.57
17.57
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clayton Mortensen and Bud Smith

Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
2466.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
533.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.05
-1.82
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.71
-56.96
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
11
366.67
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
1.64
1.64
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Clayton Mortensen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Mortensen
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA