Bud Davis vs. Mark Langston — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mark Langston
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveAll-Star

Mark Langston 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. Mark Langston posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.97 and WHIP 1.366 compared to 4.05 and 1.860 for Bud Davis. By the career numbers, Mark Langston had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Davis and Mark Langston

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
457
1.39
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
428
1.3
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
0.54
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
0.48
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.12
53.12
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.65
93.65
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
0.25
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.05
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.05
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1306
3.97
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8888
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2962.2
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
8.78
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2723
8.27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.27
8.27
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
311
0.94
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1289
3.92
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2464
7.49
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.49
7.49
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.155
1.155
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.267
1.267
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.27
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.14
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.07
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12562
38.16
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1438
4.37
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.27
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.25
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
0.75
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11057
33.59
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.16
38.16

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Mark Langston

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
457
1.39
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
428
1.3
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8888
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2962.2
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.39
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
493
1.5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.12
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
659
2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
620
1.88
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.08
94.08
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.357
1.357
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.65
93.65
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mark Langston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Mark Langston

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
21
484.62
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
459
2754
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
92
552
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
84
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
66
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
18
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
3
18
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
2.89
17.31
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
102
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
96
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
30
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
30
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
60
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
1.26
7.55
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
38
228
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
2.63
2.63
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
30
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Langston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Langston
Career
Per 600 PA