Bud Smith vs. Dan Spillner — Career Comparison

Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dan Spillner
Baby BoomersWyomingThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Dan Spillner as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dan Spillner posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.21 and WHIP 1.511 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Dan Spillner had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Smith and Dan Spillner

Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
556
3.35
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
0.74
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
0.45
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.54
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.73
45.73
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.12
22.12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.3
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
699
4.21
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4478
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1492.2
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1585
9.56
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.56
9.56
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
0.81
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.81
0.81
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 9 Innings
605
3.65
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.39
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
878
5.29
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.58
1.58
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.994
0.994
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.31
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6526
39.35
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
1.34
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
786
4.74
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.74
4.74
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.46
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.34
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.39
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
0.68
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.467
1.467
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5768
34.78
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.41
1.41
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.305
0.305
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35

Fielding Stats for Bud Smith and Dan Spillner

Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
556
3.35
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
0.74
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4478
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1492.2
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.49
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
0.95
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.07
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
1.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
1.44
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.58
95.58
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.428
0.428
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.12
22.12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Smith and Dan Spillner

Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
559
2083.23
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
161
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
508.7
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
484.47
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
37.27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
33.54
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.73
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.73
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.29
8.53
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
40.99
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
108.07
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.085
0.085
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.279
0.279
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
33.54
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.73
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
37.27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.98
-3.67
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
70.81
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 600 PA
73
272.05
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 600 PA
2.21
2.21
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Dan Spillner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
44.72
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.45
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Spillner
Career
Per 600 PA