Edgar Santana vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Edgar Santana
MillenialD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Edgar Santana as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Edgar Santana posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.4 and WHIP 1.213 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Edgar Santana had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Edgar Santana and Bud Smith

Edgar Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Edgar Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
9.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Edgar Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.28
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Edgar Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Edgar Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
3.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Edgar Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Edgar Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Edgar Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Edgar Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
381
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Edgar Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
8.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Edgar Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.08
8.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.09
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Edgar Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Edgar Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
3.12
Edgar Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.28
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Edgar Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Edgar Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
7.58
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
5.49
Edgar Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.58
7.58
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Edgar Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.126
1.126
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
527
37.35
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Edgar Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.84
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Edgar Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
3.76
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Edgar Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Edgar Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Edgar Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Edgar Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.181
1.181
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
483
34.23
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Edgar Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Edgar Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.35
37.35
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Edgar Santana and Bud Smith

Edgar Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Edgar Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
9.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
381
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Edgar Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.57
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.06
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.63
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.83
95.83
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.178
0.178
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Edgar Santana and Bud Smith

Edgar Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Edgar Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
77400
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edgar Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edgar Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Edgar Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA