Fred Applegate vs. Ron Davis — Career Comparison

Fred Applegate
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Davis
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Fred Applegate built a career as a starting pitcher and Ron Davis as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ron Davis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.05 and WHIP 1.461 compared to 6.43 and 1.762 for Fred Applegate. By the career numbers, Ron Davis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Applegate and Ron Davis

Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.29
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
5.8
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.29
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.57
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.86
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.64
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
47
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.29
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
1.57
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
6.43
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
4.05
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.43
6.43
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.72
5.72
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2240
27
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
746.2
9
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
12.43
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
735
8.86
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.43
12.43
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.86
8.86
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.99
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.43
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
300
3.62
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.68
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
5.14
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
597
7.2
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.2
7.2
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.952
0.952
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.201
1.201
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.43
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.47
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.43
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.27
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.1
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
41.57
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3217
38.78
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
4.1
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
7.71
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
361
4.35
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.42
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.41
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.68
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.762
1.762
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.386
1.386
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
37.71
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2826
34.06
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.382
0.382
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.304
0.304
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.57
41.57
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.78
38.78

Fielding Stats for Fred Applegate and Ron Davis

Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.29
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
5.8
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.29
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
27
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2240
27
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
9
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
746.2
9
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.42
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.43
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
1
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.43
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
1.47
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.43
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
1.42
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.72
96.72
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.667
2.667
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.245
0.245
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Applegate and Ron Davis

Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
3
225
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
481
48100
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
600
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
525
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
39.05
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
53.42
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.64
-64.27
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
400
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.67
2.67
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Applegate
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA