Tony Mullane vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Tony Mullane
Pre-GenerationalIrelandThrows UnknownBats SwitchEuropeCincinnati Red StockingsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Tony Mullane as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tony Mullane posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.05 and WHIP 1.237 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Tony Mullane had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Tony Mullane and Bud Smith

Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
555
1.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
504
1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
0.56
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
0.44
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.35
56.35
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.81
90.81
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
468
0.93
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.03
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1537
3.05
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13594
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4531.1
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4195
8.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.33
8.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.19
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1408
2.8
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
3.12
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1803
3.58
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.709
0.709
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Innings
343
0.68
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Innings
185
0.37
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19407
38.55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2523
5.01
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.01
5.01
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.237
1.237
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17814
35.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.55
38.55
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Tony Mullane and Bud Smith

Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
820
1.12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19815
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6605
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
916
1.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1228
1.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Innings
230
0.31
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2374
3.23
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2144
2.92
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.31
90.31
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.615
2.615
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Tony Mullane and Bud Smith

Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
784
158.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
352.17
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2971
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2720
549.31
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.668
0.668
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
661
133.49
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
516
104.21
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
19.99
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
7.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
1.62
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
145
29.28
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
303.22
61.24
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
860
173.68
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
911
183.98
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.623
0.623
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.594
0.594
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
407
82.19
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
223
45.04
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
622
125.61
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
330.96
66.84
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
5.86
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
221
44.63
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 600 PAverified
159
32.11
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.69
18.69
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5.11
5.11
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.39
1.39
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
22.62
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Mullane
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
22.62
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tony Mullane
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA