Bud Davis vs. Jim Lewis — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Lewis
UnknownThrows LeftPittsburgh CrawfordsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Jim Lewis 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. Bud Davis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.05 and WHIP 1.860 compared to 5.79 and 1.482 for Jim Lewis. By the career numbers, Bud Davis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Davis and Jim Lewis

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.75
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.44
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.44
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.05
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
5.79
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
247
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82.1
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
10.82
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.82
10.82
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.55
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
2.51
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
2.19
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.19
2.19
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.522
0.522
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
367
40.12
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.66
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
6.89
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.89
6.89
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.31
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.98
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.482
1.482
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
36.07
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.12
40.12

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Jim Lewis

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.75
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.44
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.1
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.4
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.73
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2.73
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.563
1.563
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Jim Lewis

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
16
331.03
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
600
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
25
517.24
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.552
0.552
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
4
82.76
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
2.01
41.56
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
6
124.14
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
8
165.52
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.276
0.276
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.516
0.516
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.476
0.476
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
62.07
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
62.07
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
6
124.14
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
1.86
38.48
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
62.07
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Jim Lewis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Lewis
Career
Per 600 PA