Bud Davis vs. Cliff Lee — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cliff Lee
Gen XArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Cliff Lee 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. Cliff Lee posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.52 and WHIP 1.202 compared to 4.05 and 1.860 for Bud Davis. By the career numbers, Cliff Lee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Davis and Cliff Lee

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
1.37
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.6
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.38
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.11
61.11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.12
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.05
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
843
3.52
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6470
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2156.2
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2116
8.83
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.83
8.83
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
0.93
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
1.94
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1824
7.61
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.61
7.61
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.56
5.56
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.061
1.061
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.17
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.21
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8917
37.21
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
923
3.85
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.22
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.23
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
0.69
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8296
34.62
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Cliff Lee

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
1.37
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
1.35
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6470
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2156.2
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
0.35
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
0.78
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1.21
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
1.13
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.77
93.77
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.826
0.826
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.78
98.78
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.05
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Cliff Lee

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
21
484.62
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
337
629.91
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
321
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
291
543.93
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.468
0.468
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
95.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
76.64
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
13.08
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.87
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
18.69
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.47
23.32
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
123.36
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
104.67
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.415
0.415
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.052
0.052
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.298
0.298
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.272
0.272
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
33.64
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
35.51
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
65.42
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.75
16.36
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.35
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
110
205.61
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
2.92
2.92
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
44.86
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.87
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cliff Lee
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.61
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.74
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.48
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Lee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50