Bill Anderson vs. Daisy Davis — Career Comparison

Bill Anderson
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Daisy Davis
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Bill Anderson built a career as a starting pitcher and Daisy Davis as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Daisy Davis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.78 and WHIP 1.319 compared to 5.07 and 1.522 for Bill Anderson. By the career numbers, Daisy Davis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Anderson and Daisy Davis

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.75
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.11
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
1.08
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.5
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.44
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.5
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.58
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.24
43.24
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.49
63.49
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.5
97.5
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.56
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.92
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
5.07
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.78
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
971
27
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323.2
9
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
372
10.35
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
9.9
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.35
10.35
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.9
9.9
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.56
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.14
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
3.34
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.97
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.97
1.97
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
3.15
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
5.17
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.17
5.17
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.79
1.79
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.721
0.721
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.794
0.794
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.7
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.36
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.39
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1449
40.33
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1407
39.12
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.42
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
6.07
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
5.76
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.07
6.07
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.76
5.76
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.75
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.64
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.522
1.522
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1288
35.85
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1322
36.76
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.305
0.305
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.33
40.33
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.12
39.12

Fielding Stats for Bill Anderson and Daisy Davis

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.75
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.18
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.11
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
970
27
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1029
27
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
323.1
9
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
343
9
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.19
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.39
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.98
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
1.47
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.22
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.39
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
2.39
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
2.26
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
2.17
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.86
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.7
90.7
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.56
82.56
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.238
1.238
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.578
1.578
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Anderson and Daisy Davis

Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
273.91
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
40
164.38
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
138
600
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
132
573.91
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
140
575.34
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.106
0.106
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
14
60.87
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
90.41
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
56.52
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
78.08
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.35
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.22
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.35
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.33
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.95
8.46
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.08
20.89
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
15
65.22
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
106.85
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
18
78.26
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
115.07
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
34.78
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.7
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.33
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
43.48
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
49.32
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.18
-9.46
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.69
15.15
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
17.39
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
24.66
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
20
82.19
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
69
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
7.3
7.3
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Bill Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.7
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA