Dick Scott vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Dick Scott
Lost GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Scott as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bud Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.95 and WHIP 1.500 compared to 5.14 and 1.667 for Dick Scott. By the career numbers, Bud Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Scott and Bud Smith

Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.29
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Dick Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Dick Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.86
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
5.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
4.95
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.19
6.19
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Dick Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
11.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
9.9
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.14
11.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.9
9.9
Dick Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.86
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Dick Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Dick Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
3.86
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Dick Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.762
0.762
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.29
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Dick Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
42
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Dick Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
6.43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Dick Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Dick Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.667
1.667
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
36.86
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Dick Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
42
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Dick Scott and Bud Smith

Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.29
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.29
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.57
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dick Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Scott and Bud Smith

Dick Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Dick Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
3
200
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
352.17
Dick Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Dick Scott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Dick Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Dick Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Dick Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Dick Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Dick Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Dick Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Dick Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Dick Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Dick Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Dick Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Dick Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Dick Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Dick Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Dick Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Dick Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Dick Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Dick Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Dick Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Dick Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.82
-54.81
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Dick Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Dick Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
333.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Dick Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
1.8
1.8
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Dick Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Dick Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Dick Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Dick Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA