Harry Pyle vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Harry Pyle
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Pyle as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Harry Pyle posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.54 and WHIP 1.907 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Harry Pyle had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Pyle and Bud Smith

Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.26
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.26
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.01
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.01
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
4.54
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.99
5.99
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.3
5.3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.2
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
10.35
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
9.9
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.35
10.35
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.9
9.9
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
6.81
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.81
6.81
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.009
1.009
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.26
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
43.91
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
8.83
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.83
8.83
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.907
1.907
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
36.59
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.91
43.91
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Harry Pyle and Bud Smith

Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.833
1.833
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Pyle and Bud Smith

Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
5
150
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
352.17
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.541
0.541
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
3
90
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.55
46.58
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
210
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
3
90
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.471
0.471
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.03
30.88
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA