Bud Smith vs. Elias Sosa — Career Comparison

Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Elias Sosa
Baby BoomersD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Elias Sosa as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Elias Sosa posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.32 and WHIP 1.383 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Elias Sosa had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Smith and Elias Sosa

Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
601
5.89
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.58
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.64
53.64
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.81
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
3.32
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2754
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
918
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
873
8.56
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.56
8.56
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.63
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
334
3.27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.62
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
538
5.27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.21
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3880
38.04
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
3.24
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
3.8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.68
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.32
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.79
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.315
1.315
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3423
33.56
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.04
38.04

Fielding Stats for Bud Smith and Elias Sosa

Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
601
5.89
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2755
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
918.1
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.51
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
1.21
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
1.81
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
1.72
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.59
94.59
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Smith and Elias Sosa

Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
602
3506.8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
103
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
535.92
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.357
0.357
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
69.9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
64.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.83
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.83
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
1.53
8.94
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
75.73
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
87.38
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.299
0.299
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.65
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
34.95
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
46.6
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.03
-6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
17.48
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
35
203.88
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
2.94
2.94
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
46.6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.83
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.65
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elias Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.65
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Elias Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0