Sam Shaw vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Sam Shaw
Pre-GenerationalMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Sam Shaw as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Sam Shaw posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.91 and WHIP 1.522 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Sam Shaw had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sam Shaw and Bud Smith

Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.04
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.04
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.39
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.91
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.91
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
207
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
10.04
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
9.9
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.04
10.04
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.9
9.9
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.52
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
3.65
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.739
0.739
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.7
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
42.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
6.39
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.39
6.39
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.522
1.522
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
36.78
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.13
6.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.13
42.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Sam Shaw and Bud Smith

Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.04
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
207
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.26
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.7
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.65
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.61
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.96
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.875
1.875
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sam Shaw and Bud Smith

Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
8
165.52
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
352.17
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
558.62
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
103.45
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
103.45
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.42
29.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
5
103.45
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
144.83
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.427
0.427
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
82.76
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
103.45
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.52
31.52
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
103.45
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.8
5.8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5.11
5.11
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Shaw
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA