Fred Archer vs. Daisy Davis — Career Comparison

Fred Archer
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Daisy Davis
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Fred Archer 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 6.35 and 1.513 for Fred Archer. By the career numbers, Daisy Davis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Archer and Daisy Davis

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.59
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
1.11
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.13
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
1.08
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.44
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.58
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.24
43.24
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.43
71.43
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.5
97.5
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.92
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
6.35
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.78
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
27
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
971
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
9
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323.2
9
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
10.21
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
9.9
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.9
9.9
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.14
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
3.4
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.97
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.97
1.97
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.5
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
5.17
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.17
5.17
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.656
0.656
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.794
0.794
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.7
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.39
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
40.16
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1407
39.12
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
6.81
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
5.76
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.81
6.81
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.76
5.76
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.513
1.513
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
36.08
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1322
36.76
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.16
40.16
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.12
39.12

Fielding Stats for Fred Archer and Daisy Davis

Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.18
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1029
27
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
9
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.39
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.47
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.39
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
2.26
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.86
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.56
82.56
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.143
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.578
1.578
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Archer and Daisy Davis

Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
247.06
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
164.38
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
15
529.41
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
140
575.34
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.647
0.647
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
0.39
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
90.41
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
78.08
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.22
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.33
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.52
53.73
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.08
20.89
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
106.85
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
211.76
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
115.07
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
0.62
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.378
0.378
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
12.33
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
49.32
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.97
69.53
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.69
15.15
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
24.66
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
105.88
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
82.19
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
5.67
5.67
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.3
7.3
Fred Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA