Bud Smith vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Bud Smith
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Tim Wakefield posted a stronger line than Bud Smith. Tim Wakefield posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.41 vs 4.95) and WHIP (1.361 vs 1.500). By the career numbers, Tim Wakefield had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Bud Smith and Tim Wakefield

Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
463
1.29
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.56
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
0.5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.84
73.84
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.06
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
4.95
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1582
4.41
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
9.9
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3152
8.79
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.09
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.09
1.09
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.12
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
3.36
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.47
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.09
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
5.49
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2156
6.01
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.957
0.957
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.042
1.042
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
0.37
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.27
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.02
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
39.35
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13939
38.88
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.14
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.22
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
5.36
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1791
5
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.75
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.14
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.3
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.75
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
232
0.65
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
34.87
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12388
34.56
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Bud Smith and Tim Wakefield

Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.83
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
627
1.75
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
463
1.29
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
398
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
132.2
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.2
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
0.63
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.42
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
329
0.92
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.63
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.63
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.63
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556
1.55
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.88
94.88
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.887
0.887
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.84
73.84
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Smith and Tim Wakefield

Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
27
352.17
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
630
2907.69
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
600
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
39
508.7
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
111
512.31
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
91.3
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
60
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
78.26
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
46.15
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
9.23
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.56
20.37
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.28
15.14
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
104.35
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
83.08
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
78.46
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.303
0.303
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
18.46
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
32.31
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.46
19.06
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.25
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
117.39
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
47
216.92
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.11
5.11
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2.77
2.77
Bud Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5
65.22
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA