Bud Smith vs. Anthony Telford — Career Comparison

Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Anthony Telford
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bud Smith built a career as a starting pitcher and Anthony Telford as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Anthony Telford posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.17 and WHIP 1.458 compared to 4.95 and 1.500 for Bud Smith. By the career numbers, Anthony Telford had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Smith and Anthony Telford

Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
6.58
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.47
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.43
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.49
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.81
46.81
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
4.17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.47
4.47
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1366
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455.1
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
9.39
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.39
9.39
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.09
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.95
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
3.48
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.26
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
5.49
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
6.54
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.54
6.54
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.114
1.114
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.49
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.47
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
580
39.35
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1995
39.43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
1.78
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
4.76
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.76
4.76
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.42
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.34
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.38
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.43
1.43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1755
34.69
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.35
39.35
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.43
39.43

Fielding Stats for Bud Smith and Anthony Telford

Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.83
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
6.58
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1366
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455.1
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
1.42
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1.54
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
2.43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
2.29
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.31
94.31
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Smith and Anthony Telford

Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
333
7135.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
28
600
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
508.7
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
23
492.86
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.518
0.518
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
4
85.71
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
3
64.29
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.56
20.37
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.07
22.92
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
104.35
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
107.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
5
107.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.426
0.426
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.316
0.316
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
64.29
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
64.29
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.46
19.06
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.03
21.99
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
21.43
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
117.39
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
85.71
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5.11
5.11
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
65.22
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
85.71
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Anthony Telford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Anthony Telford
Career
Per 600 PA