Al Smith vs. Bud Smith — Career Comparison

Al Smith
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Al Smith posted a stronger line than Bud Smith. Al Smith posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.72 vs 4.95) and WHIP (1.380 vs 1.500). By the career numbers, Al Smith had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Al Smith and Bud Smith

Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
1.93
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
1.09
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.54
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
0.55
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.5
49.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.74
56.74
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.41
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.09
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.09
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
688
3.72
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4987
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1662.1
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1707
9.24
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.24
9.24
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
0.51
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
587
3.18
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
587
3.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.65
1.65
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.706
0.706
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.15
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.17
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7112
38.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.52
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
827
4.48
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6493
35.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.5
38.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Al Smith and Bud Smith

Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
27
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132.2
9
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
367
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
422
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.185
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Al Smith and Bud Smith

Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
359
353.69
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
609
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
535
527.09
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.535
0.535
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
100.49
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
85.71
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
11.82
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.99
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.97
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
14.78
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30.63
30.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
122
120.2
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
154.68
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.494
0.494
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
47.29
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
37.44
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
82.76
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32.32
31.85
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.94
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
50.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
106
104.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.75
5.75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5.11
5.11
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.48
0.48
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Al Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
18.72
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
18
17.73
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA