Pat Simmons vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Pat Simmons
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Pat Simmons as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Pat Simmons posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.67 and WHIP 1.526 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Pat Simmons had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pat Simmons and Bud Smith

Pat Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Pat Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.91
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.36
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Pat Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.24
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.09
9.09
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Pat Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.24
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
3.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Pat Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Pat Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Pat Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
228
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Pat Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
8.88
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Pat Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.88
8.88
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Pat Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.47
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Pat Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Pat Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Pat Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
4.86
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Pat Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.13
2.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.776
0.776
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
328
38.84
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Pat Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
2.49
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Pat Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
4.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Pat Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Pat Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Pat Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.526
1.526
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
33.87
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Pat Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.15
1.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Pat Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.84
38.84
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Pat Simmons and Bud Smith

Pat Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Pat Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
27
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132.2
9
Pat Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.24
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.606
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pat Simmons and Bud Smith

Pat Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Pat Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
1164.71
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
564.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.324
0.324
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
12.48
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
3
105.88
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.302
0.302
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.65
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
247.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
2.43
2.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA