Barney Schultz vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Barney Schultz
Greatest GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth 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 Barney Schultz as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Barney Schultz posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.63 and WHIP 1.278 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Barney Schultz had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Barney Schultz and Bud Smith

Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
5.89
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.52
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.52
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.91
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.63
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1040
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
346.2
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
7.87
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.87
7.87
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.99
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.99
0.99
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
3.01
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
3.12
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.62
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
6.85
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
5.49
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.85
6.85
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.096
1.096
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.39
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.39
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1448
37.59
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
3.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
4.39
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.209
1.209
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1317
34.19
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.59
37.59
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Barney Schultz and Bud Smith

Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
5.89
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1040
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
346.2
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.45
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
2.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.06
95.06
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.339
0.339
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Barney Schultz and Bud Smith

Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
227
3405
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
40
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
33
495
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
508.7
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.388
0.388
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
4
60
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
4
60
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
6.07
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
4
60
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
5
75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
30
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.5
-7.49
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
11
165
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
3.64
3.64
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Barney Schultz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
90
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5
65.22
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Barney Schultz
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA