Doug Bair vs. Jerry Davie — Career Comparison

Doug Bair
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jerry Davie
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jerry Davie built a career as a starting pitcher and Doug Bair as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Doug Bair posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.63 and WHIP 1.453 compared to 4.17 and 1.582 for Jerry Davie. By the career numbers, Doug Bair had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Doug Bair and Jerry Davie

Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
5.78
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.7
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.23
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.54
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.49
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.43
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.49
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.12
56.12
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.45
45.45
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.25
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.8
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
367
3.63
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
4.17
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.46
6.46
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2728
27
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
110
27
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
909.1
9
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.2
9
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
839
8.3
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
9.82
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.3
8.3
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.82
9.82
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.85
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.96
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.96
1.96
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
405
4.01
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
4.17
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.76
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.25
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
689
6.82
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
4.91
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.82
6.82
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.82
1.82
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.203
1.203
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.009
1.009
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.25
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.98
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3902
38.62
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
42.71
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
2.96
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.25
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
3.94
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
6.14
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.14
6.14
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.48
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.34
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.63
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.368
1.368
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.555
1.555
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3407
33.72
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
37.55
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.62
38.62
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.71
42.71

Fielding Stats for Doug Bair and Jerry Davie

Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
5.78
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.7
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.23
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2728
27
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
110
27
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
909.1
9
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.2
9
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
0.71
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.98
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
1.22
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.21
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
204
2.02
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.19
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
1.93
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.19
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.59
95.59
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.334
0.334
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.182
1.182
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.45
45.45
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bair and Jerry Davie

Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
584
6257.14
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
11
550
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
600
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
557.14
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.917
0.917
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
53.57
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
3
32.14
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.43
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
1.54
16.45
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.3
115.2
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
96.43
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
200
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
5
53.57
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
300
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.9
0.9
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
42.86
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
53.57
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.11
-11.86
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.56
127.97
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
23
246.43
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
2.43
2.43
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Davie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
42.86
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
Jerry Davie
Career
Per 600 PA