Bob Davis vs. Claude Passeau — Career Comparison

Bob Davis
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Passeau
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Passeau built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob Davis as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Claude Passeau posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.32 and WHIP 1.318 compared to 5.71 and 1.762 for Bob Davis. By the career numbers, Claude Passeau had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Davis and Claude Passeau

Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
4.14
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
1.47
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.57
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.1
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.54
Bob Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.57
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.5
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.92
51.92
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.79
13.79
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.55
74.55
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
0.62
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.09
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.07
Bob Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
5.71
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1003
3.32
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.08
6.08
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
27
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8159
27
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
9
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2719.2
9
Bob Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
10.86
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2856
9.45
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.86
10.86
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.45
9.45
Bob Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.86
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.35
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Bob Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Bob Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
4.86
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
728
2.41
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
7.14
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1104
3.65
Bob Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.14
7.14
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.72
1.72
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Bob Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.674
0.674
Bob Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.57
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.07
Bob Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.43
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.13
Bob Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
41.57
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11642
38.53
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.14
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.28
Bob Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
6.14
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1204
3.98
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.14
6.14
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.746
1.746
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.318
1.318
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
36.29
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10875
35.99
Bob Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.48
1.48
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.354
0.354
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Bob Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.57
41.57
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.53
38.53

Fielding Stats for Bob Davis and Claude Passeau

Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
4.12
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
Bob Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.57
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
27
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.1
9
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.99
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.99
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
Bob Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
3.13
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
730
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
2.98
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
713
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.45
95.45
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.67
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.724
0.724
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.606
Bob Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.79
13.79
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.28
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Davis and Claude Passeau

Bob Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bob Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
1581.82
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
447
255.43
Bob Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1050
600
Bob Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
10
545.45
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
982
561.14
Bob Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Bob Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.455
0.455
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Bob Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
189
108
Bob Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
142
81.14
Bob Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
16.57
Bob Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.71
Bob Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
8.57
Bob Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
26.86
Bob Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Bob Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Bob Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Bob Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
8.6
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.94
34.25
Bob Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
2
109.09
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
269
153.71
Bob Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
2
109.09
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
216
123.43
Bob Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Bob Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Bob Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.488
0.488
Bob Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Bob Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Bob Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Bob Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Bob Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48
Bob Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
45.71
Bob Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
85.14
Bob Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
3.35
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.63
29.5
Bob Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.57
Bob Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.86
Bob Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
294
168
Bob Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.57
3.57
Bob Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Bob Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
23.43
Bob Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
7.43
Bob Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.14
Bob Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.14
Bob Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100