Abner Powell vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Abner Powell
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington NationalsUnion AssociationRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Abner Powell as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Abner Powell posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4 and WHIP 1.295 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Abner Powell had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Abner Powell and Bud Smith

Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
1.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
1.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.34
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.77
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.77
30.77
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.21
86.21
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.95
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
628
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209.1
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
9.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.33
9.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.21
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.32
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
3.12
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
4.17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.721
0.721
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.39
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
916
39.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
7.35
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.35
7.35
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.295
1.295
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
861
37.02
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.38
39.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Abner Powell and Bud Smith

Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
1.2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1941
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
647
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
1.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
1.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.49
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
2.94
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
2.45
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.41
83.41
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.047
2.047
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Abner Powell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Abner Powell and Bud Smith

Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
150
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
352.17
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
312
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
304
584.62
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.635
0.635
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
150
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
111.54
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.46
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
38.46
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29.01
55.79
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
201.92
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
86
165.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.621
0.621
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.518
0.518
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
101.92
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
28.85
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
130.77
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33.11
63.68
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
15.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.69
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Abner Powell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.69
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Abner Powell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA