Bud Davis vs. Al Leiter — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Al Leiter
Gen XNew JerseyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Al Leiter 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. Al Leiter posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.8 and WHIP 1.409 compared to 4.05 and 1.860 for Bud Davis. By the career numbers, Al Leiter had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Davis and Al Leiter

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
419
1.58
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
1.44
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.61
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
0.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.1
55.1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.17
91.17
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.06
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.04
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.05
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1010
3.8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7173
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2391
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
8.78
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2152
8.1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.1
8.1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
198
0.75
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1163
4.38
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1974
7.43
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.155
1.155
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.24
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.44
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.08
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10334
38.9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.03
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1101
4.14
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.41
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.23
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
0.79
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.386
1.386
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8883
33.44
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.9
38.9

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Al Leiter

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
419
1.58
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
1.44
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7173
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2391
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.21
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
1.08
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.05
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
357
1.34
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
1.29
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.08
96.08
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.819
0.819
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.17
91.17
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.09
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Al Leiter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Al Leiter

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
419
410.11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
613
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
530
518.76
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.085
0.085
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.325
0.325
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
44.05
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
36.22
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
6.85
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.98
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
7.83
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.99
6.84
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
52.85
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
78.3
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.102
0.102
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.089
0.089
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
14.68
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
15.66
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
30.34
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
-14.71
-14.39
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
34.26
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
290
283.85
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
2.11
2.11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Leiter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
46.98
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
10
9.79
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Al Leiter
Career
Per 600 PA