Bud Davis vs. Joe Lake — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Lake
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Lake 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. Joe Lake posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.85 and WHIP 1.260 compared to 4.05 and 1.860 for Bud Davis. By the career numbers, Joe Lake had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Davis and Joe Lake

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
1.36
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.95
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.42
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.61
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.79
40.79
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.85
69.85
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.65
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.05
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
2.85
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3954
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1318
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1329
9.08
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.08
9.08
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.13
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.1
0.1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
2.27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
594
4.06
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.703
0.703
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.23
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.14
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5443
37.17
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.36
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
669
4.57
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.57
4.57
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.26
1.26
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5091
34.76
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.17
37.17

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Joe Lake

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
2.4
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.99
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2235
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
745
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.51
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
466
5.63
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.54
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
553
6.68
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
508
6.14
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.86
91.86
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.553
2.553
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.21
41.21
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Joe Lake

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
208
247.62
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
504
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
491
584.52
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.509
0.509
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
120.24
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
92.86
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
16.67
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
7.14
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.57
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
27.38
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30.52
36.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
136
161.9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
109
129.76
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.218
0.218
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.277
0.277
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.495
0.495
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.377
0.377
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
46.43
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
45.24
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
88.1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30.14
35.89
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.19
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
8.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
116
138.1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
4.34
4.34
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5.95
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.57
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.57
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Lake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100