Mario Picone vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Mario Picone
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Mario Picone 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 6.3 and 1.700 for Mario Picone. By the career numbers, Bud Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mario Picone and Bud Smith

Mario Picone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mario Picone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.93
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Mario Picone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Mario Picone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Mario Picone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Mario Picone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Mario Picone
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.08
23.08
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Mario Picone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Mario Picone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Mario Picone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mario Picone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
4.95
Mario Picone
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.3
6.3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Mario Picone
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.28
6.28
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Mario Picone
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.6
6.6
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Mario Picone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Mario Picone
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Mario Picone
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Mario Picone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
9.68
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Mario Picone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.68
9.68
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Mario Picone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.58
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.09
Mario Picone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.58
1.58
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Mario Picone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Mario Picone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
5.63
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Mario Picone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Mario Picone
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Mario Picone
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.48
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Mario Picone
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Mario Picone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Mario Picone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Mario Picone
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mario Picone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Mario Picone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Mario Picone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
39.83
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Mario Picone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.35
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Mario Picone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
6.53
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Mario Picone
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.53
6.53
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Mario Picone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Mario Picone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Mario Picone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Mario Picone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.7
1.7
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Mario Picone
Career
Per 9 Innings
152
34.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Mario Picone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.23
2.23
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Mario Picone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Mario Picone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.83
39.83
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Mario Picone and Bud Smith

Mario Picone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mario Picone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
4.88
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Mario Picone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.38
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Mario Picone
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Mario Picone
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Mario Picone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Mario Picone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Mario Picone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mario Picone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
4.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Mario Picone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
4.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Mario Picone
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Mario Picone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.923
0.923
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Mario Picone
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.69
7.69
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Mario Picone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mario Picone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mario Picone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mario Picone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mario Picone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mario Picone and Bud Smith

Mario Picone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mario Picone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
866.67
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Mario Picone
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Mario Picone
Career
Per 600 PA
6
400
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
508.7
Mario Picone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Mario Picone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.778
0.778
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Mario Picone
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Mario Picone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Mario Picone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Mario Picone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mario Picone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mario Picone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Mario Picone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Mario Picone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mario Picone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mario Picone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.04
69.11
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Mario Picone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Mario Picone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Mario Picone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Mario Picone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Mario Picone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.708
0.708
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Mario Picone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Mario Picone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.252
0.252
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Mario Picone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Mario Picone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Mario Picone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mario Picone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Mario Picone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Mario Picone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.93
61.78
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Mario Picone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mario Picone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Mario Picone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mario Picone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Mario Picone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5.11
5.11
Mario Picone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Mario Picone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
65.22
Mario Picone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mario Picone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Mario Picone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mario Picone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mario Picone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mario Picone
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA