Bud Smith vs. Cliff Speck — Career Comparison

Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cliff Speck
Baby BoomersOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Cliff Speck as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cliff Speck posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.13 and WHIP 1.412 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Cliff Speck had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Smith and Cliff Speck

Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
4.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.64
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.69
7.69
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
4.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.1
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
7.94
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.94
7.94
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.64
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.76
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
5.49
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
6.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.67
6.67
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.62
1.62
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.271
1.271
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
39.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.95
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
4.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.412
1.412
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
33.35
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.07
39.07

Fielding Stats for Bud Smith and Cliff Speck

Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
4.13
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.1
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.59
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.91
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.91
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.462
0.462
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.69
7.69
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Smith and Cliff Speck

Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
1560
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
508.7
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
3
360
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
4.24
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
2.95
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
360
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
1.67
1.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
65.22
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA