Brooks Pounders vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Brooks Pounders 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 8.47 and 1.818 for Brooks Pounders. By the career numbers, Bud Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brooks Pounders and Bud Smith

Brooks Pounders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Brooks Pounders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
8.87
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.79
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Brooks Pounders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.39
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Brooks Pounders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brooks Pounders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
8.47
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
4.95
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.47
8.47
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.83
8.83
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.98
5.98
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.352
0.352
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.2
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Brooks Pounders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
13.8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
9.9
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.8
13.8
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.9
9.9
Brooks Pounders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
2.76
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.09
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Brooks Pounders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Brooks Pounders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.36
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
3.12
Brooks Pounders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Brooks Pounders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
9.26
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
5.49
Brooks Pounders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.26
9.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Brooks Pounders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.292
1.292
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.79
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
42.96
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Brooks Pounders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
5.91
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Brooks Pounders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
8.47
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.47
8.47
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Brooks Pounders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.39
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Brooks Pounders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.59
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.796
1.796
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
39.22
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Brooks Pounders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.406
0.406
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.312
0.312
Brooks Pounders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.96
42.96
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Brooks Pounders and Bud Smith

Brooks Pounders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Brooks Pounders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
8.87
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.2
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.79
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.99
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.99
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.111
0.111
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brooks Pounders and Bud Smith

Brooks Pounders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Brooks Pounders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
352.17
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
600
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
508.7
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brooks Pounders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brooks Pounders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brooks Pounders
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA