Bud Smith vs. Dave Smith — Career Comparison

Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dave Smith
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Dave Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dave Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.67 and WHIP 1.294 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Dave Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Smith and Dave Smith

Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
609
6.77
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.59
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.59
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
2.4
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
2.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2428
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
809.1
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
700
7.78
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.78
7.78
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.38
0.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
283
3.15
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
5.49
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
548
6.09
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.09
6.09
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.027
1.027
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.31
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.24
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3357
37.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
4.8
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
3.11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.61
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.21
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
0.63
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.215
1.215
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2987
33.22
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.33
37.33

Fielding Stats for Bud Smith and Dave Smith

Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
609
6.77
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2428
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
809.1
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.47
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
0.97
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
1.56
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
1.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.14
92.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.212
0.212
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Smith and Dave Smith

Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
609
6894.34
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
508.7
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
498.11
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
3.76
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
33.96
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
79.25
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.64
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.32
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
33.96
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.48
-16.72
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Dave Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
45.28
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
21
237.74
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2.52
2.52
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5
56.6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.32
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Dave Smith
Career
Per 600 PA