Kevin Shackelford vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Kevin Shackelford
MillenialNorth CarolinaThrows 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 Kevin Shackelford 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 5.35 and 1.578 for Kevin Shackelford. By the career numbers, Bud Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kevin Shackelford and Bud Smith

Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
7.22
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
5.35
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
4.95
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.69
5.69
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.2
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
10.01
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
9.9
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.01
10.01
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.9
9.9
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.09
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
3.96
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
10.47
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
5.49
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.47
10.47
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.603
1.603
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.93
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
40.97
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.86
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
5.59
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.59
5.59
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.34
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.93
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.552
1.552
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
35.38
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.366
0.366
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.312
0.312
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.97
40.97
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Kevin Shackelford and Bud Smith

Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
7.22
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.2
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.86
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.86
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kevin Shackelford and Bud Smith

Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
4650
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
41.68
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
300
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Shackelford
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA