Steve Avery vs. Bud Davis — Career Comparison

Steve Avery
Gen XMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Steve Avery 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 4.19 and 1.367 for Steve Avery. By the career numbers, Bud Davis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Steve Avery and Bud Davis

Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
1.72
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.51
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
0.56
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.48
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.63
53.63
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.88
87.88
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.08
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
723
4.19
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.05
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4664
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1554.2
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
1529
8.85
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.85
8.85
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
0.86
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
569
3.29
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.16
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
980
5.67
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.67
5.67
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.996
0.996
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.27
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.15
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6609
38.26
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.06
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
800
4.63
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.41
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.27
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
0.75
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5896
34.13
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.26
38.26
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91

Fielding Stats for Steve Avery and Bud Davis

Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
1.72
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.51
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4664
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1554.2
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.36
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
1.75
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
2.19
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
365
2.11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.56
96.56
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.88
87.88
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Steve Avery and Bud Davis

Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
306
370.91
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
495
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
437
529.7
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.506
0.506
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
92.12
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
65.45
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
16.97
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
4.85
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.85
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
26.67
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22.5
27.28
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
110
133.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
88
106.67
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.252
0.252
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.446
0.446
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.336
0.336
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
42.42
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
38.79
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
76.36
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.93
21.73
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
14.55
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
135
163.64
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
3.67
3.67
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
49.7
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.06
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4.85
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.21
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.21
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.42
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Avery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA