Bud Davis vs. Jon Lester — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jon Lester
MillenialWashingtonThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jon Lester 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. Jon Lester posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.66 and WHIP 1.283 compared to 4.05 and 1.860 for Bud Davis. By the career numbers, Jon Lester had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Davis and Jon Lester

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
452
1.48
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
1.48
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.66
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.38
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.09
63.09
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.78
99.78
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.05
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.01
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.05
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1114
3.66
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8220
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2740
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
8.78
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2610
8.57
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.57
8.57
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
294
0.97
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
892
2.93
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.04
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2488
8.17
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.17
8.17
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.5
5.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.155
1.155
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.234
1.234
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.21
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.3
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11487
37.73
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1215
3.99
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.2
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.22
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
0.82
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.278
1.278
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10377
34.09
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.73
37.73

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Jon Lester

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
452
1.48
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
1.48
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8220
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2740
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
0.48
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
0.87
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.07
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
1.42
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
413
1.36
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.38
95.38
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.914
0.914
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.78
99.78
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.06
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Jon Lester

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
21
484.62
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
458
649.65
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
423
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
366
519.15
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.412
0.412
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
59.57
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
39.72
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
14.18
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.67
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
19.86
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.43
17.63
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
90.78
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
89.36
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.337
0.337
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
38.3
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
43.97
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
76.6
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0.54
0.76
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
29.79
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
162
229.79
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
2.61
2.61
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
48.23
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.84
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
6
8.51
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Lester
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100