Bud Davis vs. Jack Flaherty — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jack Flaherty
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jack Flaherty 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. Jack Flaherty posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.8 and WHIP 1.208 compared to 4.05 and 1.860 for Bud Davis. By the career numbers, Jack Flaherty had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Davis and Jack Flaherty

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
190
1.73
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.67
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.57
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.51
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.94
52.94
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.84
96.84
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.05
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
3.8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2972
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
990.2
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
8.78
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
836
7.59
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
1.23
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.23
1.23
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
3.19
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1130
10.27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.27
10.27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.95
5.95
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.155
1.155
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.495
1.495
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.32
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.49
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4120
37.43
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
440
4
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.11
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.15
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.71
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.198
1.198
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3686
33.49
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.43
37.43

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Jack Flaherty

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
1.73
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
1.67
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2972
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
990.2
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.73
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.79
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
1.56
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.52
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.09
97.09
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.879
0.879
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.84
96.84
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Jack Flaherty

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
21
484.62
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
198
792
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
492
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.506
0.506
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
76
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
60
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
12
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
16
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.96
23.85
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
100
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
112
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.412
0.412
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.049
0.049
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
32
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
28
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
56
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.8
19.19
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
46
184
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
3.26
3.26
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
64
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Flaherty
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50