Bud Smith vs. Al Stanek — Career Comparison

Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Al Stanek
Silent GenerationMassachusettsThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Al Stanek as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Al Stanek posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.73 and WHIP 1.800 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Al Stanek had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Smith and Al Stanek

Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Al Stanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Al Stanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
7.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Al Stanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Al Stanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Al Stanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.67
46.67
Al Stanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Al Stanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Al Stanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Al Stanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Stanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Al Stanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
4.73
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Al Stanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Al Stanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Al Stanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Al Stanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.204
0.204
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Al Stanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Al Stanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.1
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Al Stanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
6.75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Al Stanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Al Stanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.68
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Al Stanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Al Stanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Al Stanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
8.1
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Al Stanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.35
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Al Stanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
8.1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Al Stanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.38
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Al Stanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Al Stanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Al Stanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.275
1.275
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Stanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.68
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Al Stanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Al Stanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Al Stanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
41.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Al Stanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Al Stanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
4.73
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Al Stanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Al Stanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Al Stanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Al Stanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.447
1.447
Al Stanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.65
1.65
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Al Stanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
33.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Al Stanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Al Stanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.209
0.209
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35
Al Stanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.18
41.18

Fielding Stats for Bud Smith and Al Stanek

Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Al Stanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Al Stanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
7.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Al Stanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Al Stanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
27
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Al Stanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.1
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Al Stanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.68
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Al Stanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Stanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Al Stanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
4.73
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Al Stanek
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
4.73
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Al Stanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Al Stanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.636
0.636
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Al Stanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Stanek
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.68
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Stanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Stanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Stanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Stanek
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Smith and Al Stanek

Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Al Stanek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Al Stanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
6600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Al Stanek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Al Stanek
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Al Stanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Al Stanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Al Stanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Al Stanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Al Stanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Stanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Stanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Al Stanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Al Stanek
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Stanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Stanek
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Al Stanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Al Stanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Al Stanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Al Stanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Al Stanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Al Stanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Al Stanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Al Stanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Al Stanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Al Stanek
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Stanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Al Stanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Al Stanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Al Stanek
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Stanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Al Stanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Stanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Al Stanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Al Stanek
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Al Stanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Al Stanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Stanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Al Stanek
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Stanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Stanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Stanek
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Stanek
Career
Per 600 PA