Clyde Shoun vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Clyde Shoun
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Clyde Shoun as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Clyde Shoun posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.91 and WHIP 1.343 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Clyde Shoun had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Clyde Shoun and Bud Smith

Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
3.17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.59
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.51
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.41
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.3
55.3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.72
18.72
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.24
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
559
3.91
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3861
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1287
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1325
9.27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.27
9.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.57
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
404
2.83
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
3.12
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
483
3.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.689
0.689
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5466
38.22
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
1.45
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
631
4.41
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.343
1.343
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5052
35.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.22
38.22
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Clyde Shoun and Bud Smith

Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
454
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
27
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132.2
9
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
282
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
268
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.04
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clyde Shoun and Bud Smith

Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
454
698.46
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
390
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
362
556.92
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0.482
0.482
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
112.31
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
100
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
9.23
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
12.31
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.13
24.81
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
127.69
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
124.62
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.448
0.448
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.028
0.028
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
36.92
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
38.46
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
75.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.68
25.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.54
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
10.77
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 600 PAverified
45
69.23
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5.11
5.11
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Clyde Shoun
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
30.77
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
10.77
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clyde Shoun
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA