Felix Peña vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Felix Peña
MillenialD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Felix Peña as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Felix Peña posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.66 and WHIP 1.297 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Felix Peña had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Felix Peña and Bud Smith

Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
3.59
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Felix Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.83
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.52
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Felix Peña
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.28
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.22
65.22
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Felix Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.08
23.08
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Felix Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Felix Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Felix Peña
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
4.66
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
782
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260.2
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Felix Peña
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
8.32
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Felix Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
1.35
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.09
Felix Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Felix Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
3.28
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Felix Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.28
3.28
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
9.22
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
5.49
Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.22
9.22
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Felix Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.389
1.389
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Felix Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.79
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Felix Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.45
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1117
38.57
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.83
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Felix Peña
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
5.01
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.01
5.01
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Felix Peña
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.48
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.289
1.289
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1003
34.63
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Felix Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.57
38.57
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Felix Peña and Bud Smith

Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
3.59
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Felix Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.83
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
782
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
260.2
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.52
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Felix Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
1.52
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
1.42
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Felix Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.18
93.18
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Felix Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.394
0.394
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Felix Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.08
23.08
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Felix Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Felix Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Felix Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Felix Peña
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Felix Peña and Bud Smith

Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
5250
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Felix Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Felix Peña
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
550
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Felix Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Felix Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Felix Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Felix Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Felix Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Felix Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Felix Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Felix Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Felix Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Felix Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Felix Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Felix Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Felix Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Felix Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
1
50
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Felix Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Felix Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Felix Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Felix Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Felix Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Felix Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Felix Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Felix Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Felix Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Felix Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Felix Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.81
-40.44
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Felix Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Felix Peña
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Felix Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5.11
5.11
Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Felix Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Felix Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Felix Peña
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Felix Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Felix Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Felix Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Felix Peña
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA