Grady Adkins vs. Bud Davis — Career Comparison

Grady Adkins
Lost GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Grady Adkins built a career as a starting pitcher and Bud Davis as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bud Davis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.05 and WHIP 1.860 compared to 4.34 and 1.540 for Grady Adkins. By the career numbers, Bud Davis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Grady Adkins and Bud Davis

Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
1.66
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.04
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.3
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.67
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.77
30.77
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.69
62.69
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.47
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
4.34
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.05
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.62
4.62
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1089
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
363
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
403
9.99
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.99
9.99
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.6
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
3.87
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
1.93
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.16
1.16
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.645
0.645
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.17
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1626
40.31
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.45
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
5.23
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.54
1.54
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1463
36.27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.31
40.31
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91

Fielding Stats for Grady Adkins and Bud Davis

Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.54
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.597
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Grady Adkins and Bud Davis

Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
342.86
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
116
523.31
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.544
0.544
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
94.74
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
67.67
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
13.53
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
13.53
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
27.07
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.4
33.36
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
135.34
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
126.32
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.486
0.486
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
40.6
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
27.07
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
67.67
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.43
33.51
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.51
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
27.07
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
26
117.29
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
5.12
5.12
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
45.11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.51
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grady Adkins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.51
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Grady Adkins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA