Leon Pettit vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Leon Pettit
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Leon Pettit as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bud Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.95 and WHIP 1.500 compared to 5.18 and 1.743 for Leon Pettit. By the career numbers, Bud Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Leon Pettit and Bud Smith

Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
3.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.64
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.64
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.48
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.18
18.18
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
5.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
4.95
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.72
5.72
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
10.75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
9.9
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.75
10.75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.9
9.9
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.56
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
4.94
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
3.58
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.947
0.947
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.32
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
41.58
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.91
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
5.58
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.743
1.743
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
456
36.32
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.312
0.312
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.58
41.58
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Leon Pettit and Bud Smith

Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
27
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132.2
9
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.682
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Leon Pettit and Bud Smith

Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
733.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
36
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
25
416.67
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
508.7
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
2
33.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
2
33.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.33
22.12
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
2
33.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
200
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.343
0.343
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0.423
0.423
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
83.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
33.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
116.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.09
34.87
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
166.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
133.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
4.5
4.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA