Bud Smith vs. Fred Smith — Career Comparison

Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Fred Smith
Pre-GenerationalMarylandThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaToledo MaumeesAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Fred Smith as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.27 and WHIP 1.269 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Fred Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Smith and Fred Smith

Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
1.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
1.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.6
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.41
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.38
59.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.14
97.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.98
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
3.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
858
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
286
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
8.59
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.59
8.59
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.41
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
3.12
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
2.83
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
3.65
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.31
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.41
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1223
38.49
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
4.88
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.269
1.269
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1120
35.24
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Bud Smith and Fred Smith

Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
1.07
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
960
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
320
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.53
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.97
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
2.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
2.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.68
93.68
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.342
2.342
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Smith and Fred Smith

Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
352.17
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
168.89
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
135
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
126
560
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.502
0.502
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
93.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
57.78
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
31.11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.44
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
35.56
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.86
34.94
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
133.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
133.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
48.89
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
44.44
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
93.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.9
30.64
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.44
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
35.56
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.78
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.78
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100