Kid Nichols vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Kid Nichols
Pre-GenerationalWisconsinThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueHall of FameRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Kid Nichols as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kid Nichols posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.96 and WHIP 1.224 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Kid Nichols had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kid Nichols and Bud Smith

Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
621
1.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
562
1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
0.64
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
0.37
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.51
63.51
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.5
90.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
532
0.94
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.09
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.03
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1664
2.96
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.96
2.96
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15202
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5067.1
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4929
8.75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.75
8.75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.28
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1272
2.26
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
3.12
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.26
2.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1881
3.34
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.622
0.622
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
169
0.3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
0.23
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21082
37.44
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
4.4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19681
34.96
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.44
37.44
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Kid Nichols and Bud Smith

Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
647
1.11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15753
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5251
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
384
0.66
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1034
1.77
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1497
2.57
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1418
2.43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.72
94.72
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.192
2.192
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.27
9.27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kid Nichols and Bud Smith

Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
650
172.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
352.17
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2264
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2090
553.89
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.602
0.602
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
472
125.09
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
374
99.12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
15.37
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
6.36
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
4.24
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
25.97
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
186.5
49.43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
626
165.9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
621
164.58
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.577
0.577
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.491
0.491
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
273
72.35
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
278
73.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
535
141.78
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
203.11
53.83
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
3.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
137
36.31
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 600 PAverified
343
90.9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.6
6.6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5.11
5.11
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
6.63
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
5.04
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
5.04
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA