Johan Santana vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Johan Santana
Gen XVenezuelaThrows LeftBats LeftSouth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Johan Santana posted a stronger line than Bud Smith. Johan Santana posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.2 vs 4.95) and WHIP (1.138 vs 1.500). By the career numbers, Johan Santana 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 Johan Santana and Bud Smith

Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
1.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.62
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.35
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.06
64.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.89
78.89
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
3.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1726
7.67
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.67
7.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
0.98
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
2.52
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
3.12
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1988
8.83
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
5.49
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.83
8.83
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.52
5.52
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.261
1.261
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.16
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8262
36.71
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
3.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.26
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.17
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
0.54
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.132
1.132
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7563
33.6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.71
36.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Johan Santana and Bud Smith

Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
1.6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
1.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6077
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2025.2
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.44
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
1.03
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.08
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
1.55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
1.47
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.56
94.56
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.917
0.917
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
78.61
78.61
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Johan Santana and Bud Smith

Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
360
774.19
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
279
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
248
533.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.475
0.475
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
86.02
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
55.91
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
25.81
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
30.11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.44
24.6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
122.58
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
105.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
23.66
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
19.35
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
40.86
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.06
17.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
19.35
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
78
167.74
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
3.58
3.58
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Johan Santana
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
47.31
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johan Santana
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA