Bud Davis vs. Shang Johnson — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Shang Johnson
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows RightNorth AmericaAtlantic City Bacharach GiantsEastern Colored League (Independent)Starting Pitcher

Shang Johnson 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. Bud Davis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.05 and WHIP 1.860 compared to 4.18 and 1.347 for Shang Johnson. By the career numbers, Bud Davis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Davis and Shang Johnson

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.73
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.82
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.31
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.41
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.05
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
4.18
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88.1
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
9.17
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.17
9.17
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.2
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
2.95
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
3.87
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.759
0.759
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
34.54
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.51
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
5.71
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.71
5.71
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.82
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.347
1.347
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
32.13
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302
30.77
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.54
34.54

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Shang Johnson

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.45
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.1
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.24
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.02
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
90
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22.22
22.22
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Shang Johnson

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
21
293.02
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
516.28
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.64
0.64
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
139.53
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
139.53
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3.29
45.84
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
139.53
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
181.4
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.595
0.595
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.482
0.482
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.49
62.66
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Shang Johnson
Career
Per 600 PA