Rob Scahill vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Rob Scahill
MillenialIllinoisThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Rob Scahill as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rob Scahill posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.85 and WHIP 1.523 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Rob Scahill had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rob Scahill and Bud Smith

Rob Scahill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rob Scahill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
7.46
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Rob Scahill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.42
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.67
41.67
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Scahill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
3.85
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Rob Scahill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Rob Scahill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Rob Scahill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
449
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Rob Scahill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149.2
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
9.44
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Rob Scahill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.44
9.44
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.96
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Rob Scahill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Rob Scahill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
3.55
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.72
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Rob Scahill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
5.95
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
5.49
Rob Scahill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.95
5.95
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Rob Scahill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.056
1.056
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.36
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Rob Scahill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Rob Scahill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
665
39.99
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Rob Scahill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
2.77
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Rob Scahill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
4.51
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Rob Scahill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Rob Scahill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.24
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.36
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.34
Rob Scahill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Rob Scahill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.443
1.443
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Rob Scahill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
581
34.94
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Rob Scahill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Rob Scahill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Rob Scahill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.99
39.99
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Rob Scahill and Bud Smith

Rob Scahill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rob Scahill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
7.46
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Rob Scahill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
449
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Rob Scahill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149.2
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Rob Scahill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rob Scahill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.16
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Rob Scahill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.22
97.22
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Rob Scahill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rob Scahill and Bud Smith

Rob Scahill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rob Scahill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
124
10628.57
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 600 PA
5
428.57
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
508.7
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.357
0.357
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
1.85
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.17
-14.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Scahill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
171.43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 600 PA
3.5
3.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Rob Scahill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
65.22
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Scahill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rob Scahill
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA