Ray Prim vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Ray Prim
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Ray Prim posted a stronger line than Bud Smith. Ray Prim posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.56 vs 4.95) and WHIP (1.285 vs 1.500). By the career numbers, Ray Prim had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Ray Prim and Bud Smith

Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.97
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.87
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.56
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Ray Prim
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.54
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.16
51.16
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Ray Prim
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.31
29.31
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Prim
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
3.56
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1053
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
351
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Ray Prim
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
379
9.72
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.72
9.72
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Ray Prim
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.54
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Ray Prim
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.85
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
3.12
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.85
1.85
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
4.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Ray Prim
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Ray Prim
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ray Prim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.664
0.664
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Ray Prim
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.21
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1493
38.28
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Ray Prim
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
4.36
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Ray Prim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.285
1.285
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1420
36.41
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.47
1.47
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Ray Prim
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.28
38.28
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Ray Prim and Bud Smith

Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Ray Prim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Ray Prim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
27
Ray Prim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132.2
9
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Ray Prim
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Ray Prim
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.94
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ray Prim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.819
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Ray Prim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Prim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Prim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Prim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Prim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ray Prim and Bud Smith

Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
605.17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
116
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
517.24
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Ray Prim
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Ray Prim
Career
Per 600 PA
0.483
0.483
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
93.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
93.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Ray Prim
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Ray Prim
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Prim
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Prim
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Ray Prim
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Ray Prim
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Prim
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.4
22.78
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
93.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
134.48
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Ray Prim
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Ray Prim
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Ray Prim
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Ray Prim
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
41.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
20.69
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
62.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.25
27.17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Ray Prim
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
41.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Ray Prim
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Prim
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
87.93
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.82
6.82
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5.11
5.11
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
0.47
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
41.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Ray Prim
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Prim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Ray Prim
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Prim
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Prim
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Prim
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA