Ed Murphy vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Ed Murphy
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Murphy as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ed Murphy posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.64 and WHIP 1.394 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Ed Murphy had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Murphy and Bud Smith

Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
1.32
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.03
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.94
77.94
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
3.64
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1395
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
465
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
537
10.39
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
9.9
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.39
10.39
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.9
9.9
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
2.15
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
3.12
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
1.99
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.99
1.99
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.17
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.19
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1987
38.46
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
5.34
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.34
5.34
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.394
1.394
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1866
36.12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Ed Murphy and Bud Smith

Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
1.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1566
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
522
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.53
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
2.59
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
249
4.29
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
4.12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.98
95.98
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.104
3.104
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Murphy and Bud Smith

Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
217.92
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
352.17
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
212
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
203
574.53
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.559
0.559
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
141.51
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
127.36
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
11.32
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.83
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
14.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.7
41.61
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
161.32
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
155.66
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.545
0.545
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.405
0.405
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
53.77
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
59.43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
110.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17.59
49.79
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
14.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
65.09
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.22
9.22
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5.11
5.11
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
4
11.32
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Murphy
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA