Lum Davenport vs. Dick Redding — Career Comparison

Lum Davenport
Lost GenerationArizonaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Redding
Lost GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Redding built a career as a starting pitcher and Lum Davenport as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Redding posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.88 and WHIP 1.217 compared to 7.71 and 1.954 for Lum Davenport. By the career numbers, Dick Redding had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lum Davenport and Dick Redding

Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
3.86
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
214
1.25
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.46
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
0.96
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.62
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.62
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.42
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.55
59.55
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.64
76.64
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
0.86
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.1
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
7.71
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
493
2.88
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.36
6.36
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
27
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4616
27
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.1
9
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1538.2
9
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
9.72
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1438
8.41
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.72
9.72
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.41
8.41
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.46
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.25
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
7.87
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
435
2.54
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.87
7.87
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.54
2.54
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
3.09
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
918
5.37
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.37
5.37
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.879
0.879
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.15
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.22
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
274
42.27
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6246
36.53
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.7
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.13
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
9.41
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
3.92
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.41
9.41
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
168
0.98
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
0.63
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.954
1.954
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
34.25
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5606
32.79
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.27
42.27
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.53
36.53

Fielding Stats for Lum Davenport and Dick Redding

Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
1.33
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.59
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4858
27
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1619.1
9
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.42
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
471
2.62
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.24
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
3.28
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
547
3.04
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.71
92.71
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.289
2.289
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.35
44.35
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.12
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lum Davenport and Dick Redding

Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
782.61
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
263
212.1
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
23
600
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
744
600
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
21
547.83
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
685
552.42
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.848
0.848
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.632
0.632
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
208.7
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
165
133.06
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
182.61
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
128
103.23
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
16.13
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
7.26
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
6.45
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
1
26.09
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
29.84
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.049
0.049
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.61
94.06
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64.65
52.13
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
234.78
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
227
183.06
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
234.78
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
198
159.68
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.276
0.276
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.331
0.331
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.838
0.838
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.607
0.607
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.291
0.291
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.506
0.506
Lum Davenport
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
78.26
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
62.9
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
2
52.17
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
70.16
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
130.43
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
157
126.61
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.04
105.5
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72.86
58.76
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.81
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
25.81
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
11
286.96
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
7.26
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
2.09
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82.67
82.67
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.56
3.56
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
20.97
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.42
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.42
Lum Davenport
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100