Bud Smith vs. Jack Stivetts — Career Comparison

Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jack Stivetts
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Jack Stivetts as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jack Stivetts posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.74 and WHIP 1.406 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Jack Stivetts had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Smith and Jack Stivetts

Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
388
1.21
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
333
1.04
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
0.63
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Jack Stivetts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.41
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.6
60.6
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Jack Stivetts
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.82
85.82
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
278
0.87
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.04
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.02
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Jack Stivetts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1199
3.74
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8663
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2887.2
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Jack Stivetts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2905
9.05
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.05
9.05
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Jack Stivetts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
0.41
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Jack Stivetts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1155
3.6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Jack Stivetts
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.49
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1223
3.81
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Jack Stivetts
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.957
0.957
Jack Stivetts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.824
0.824
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Stivetts
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
0.37
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Jack Stivetts
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
0.31
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12636
39.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.16
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
5.36
Jack Stivetts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1836
5.72
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Jack Stivetts
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.72
5.72
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Jack Stivetts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.406
1.406
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
34.87
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11382
35.47
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Jack Stivetts
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.38
39.38

Fielding Stats for Bud Smith and Jack Stivetts

Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
573
1.2
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Jack Stivetts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12930
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4310
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
636
1.33
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
640
1.34
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Stivetts
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
0.24
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1390
2.9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1276
2.66
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jack Stivetts
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.8
91.8
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.227
2.227
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Jack Stivetts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.09
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Stivetts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Stivetts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Stivetts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Stivetts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Smith and Jack Stivetts

Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
352.17
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
601
167.88
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2148
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1992
556.42
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.799
0.799
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
593
165.64
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
6
78.26
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
428
119.55
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
23.46
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
12.85
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
9.78
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
165
46.09
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
306.31
85.56
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
874
244.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
735
205.31
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.439
0.439
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.783
0.783
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.748
0.748
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
348
97.21
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
357
99.72
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
670
187.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
335.93
93.84
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
2.51
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
37.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Stivetts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Jack Stivetts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
158
44.13
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5.11
5.11
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.59
13.59
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.84
0.84
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
65.22
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
3.91
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Stivetts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
8.66
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Stivetts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
8.66
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Stivetts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100