Doug Bair vs. Jim Davis — Career Comparison

Doug Bair
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Davis
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Davis 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 4.01 and 1.408 for Jim Davis. 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 Jim Davis

Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
5.78
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
3.41
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.86
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.54
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.53
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.43
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.58
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.12
56.12
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
48
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.32
25.32
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
0.8
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.22
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
367
3.63
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
181
4.01
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.247
0.247
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2728
27
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1219
27
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
909.1
9
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
406.1
9
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
839
8.3
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
383
8.48
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.3
8.3
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.48
8.48
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.85
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.93
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
405
4.01
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
3.96
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.76
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.22
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
689
6.82
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
197
4.36
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.82
6.82
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.28
1.28
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.203
1.203
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.925
0.925
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.43
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.29
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.24
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3902
38.62
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1744
38.63
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
2.96
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.33
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
3.94
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
4.63
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.48
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.34
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.63
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.368
1.368
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.383
1.383
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3407
33.72
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1554
34.42
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.62
38.62
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.63
38.63

Fielding Stats for Doug Bair and Jim Davis

Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
5.78
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
3.41
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.86
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2728
27
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1219
27
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
909.1
9
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
406.1
9
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.71
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.44
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
1.22
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.66
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
204
2.02
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
2.17
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
1.93
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
2.1
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.59
95.59
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.94
96.94
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.334
0.334
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.617
0.617
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.32
25.32
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doug Bair and Jim Davis

Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
584
6257.14
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
154
796.55
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
56
600
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
116
600
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
557.14
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
99
512.07
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.349
0.349
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
53.57
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
46.55
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
3
32.14
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
46.55
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.71
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
21.43
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.54
16.45
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.64
8.49
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
96.43
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
9
46.55
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
5
53.57
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
103.45
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
2
21.43
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
36.21
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
42.86
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.17
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
53.57
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
41.38
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.11
-11.86
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.93
-4.8
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
56.9
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
246.43
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
54
279.31
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.43
2.43
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
2.15
2.15
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
42.86
Jim Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
31.03
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.17
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Bair
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Davis
Career
Per 600 PA