Bud Davis vs. Jack Lively — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jack Lively
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jack Lively 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 4.59 and 1.557 for Jack Lively. 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 Jack Lively

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Lively
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Jack Lively
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.43
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.55
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Jack Lively
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.4
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.78
77.78
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.79
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Lively
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Lively
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.05
Jack Lively
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
4.59
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Jack Lively
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Jack Lively
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
341
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113.2
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Jack Lively
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
11.32
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Jack Lively
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.32
11.32
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Jack Lively
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.06
0.06
Jack Lively
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.06
0.06
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.69
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Lively
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.56
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Jack Lively
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.695
0.695
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Jack Lively
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.55
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Lively
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
498
39.43
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Jack Lively
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Jack Lively
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
5.78
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.78
5.78
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Lively
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Lively
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Lively
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.557
1.557
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
457
36.18
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Jack Lively
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Jack Lively
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.346
0.346
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Jack Lively
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.43
39.43

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Jack Lively

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jack Lively
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Jack Lively
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Lively
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Lively
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Lively
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.29
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.833
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Lively
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Jack Lively
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Lively
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Lively
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Lively
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Lively
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Jack Lively

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jack Lively
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Jack Lively
Career
Per 600 PA
20
250
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
537.5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Jack Lively
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Jack Lively
Career
Per 600 PA
0.698
0.698
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
137.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
100
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Jack Lively
Career
Per 600 PA
2
25
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jack Lively
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lively
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jack Lively
Career
Per 600 PA
3
37.5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Jack Lively
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lively
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lively
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.42
67.74
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
187.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
200
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Jack Lively
Career
Per 600 PA
0.349
0.349
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Jack Lively
Career
Per 600 PA
0.682
0.682
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Jack Lively
Career
Per 600 PA
0.093
0.093
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Jack Lively
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jack Lively
Career
Per 600 PA
0.625
0.625
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Jack Lively
Career
Per 600 PA
0.324
0.324
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
75
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
50
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
125
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.85
73.06
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
50
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lively
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jack Lively
Career
Per 600 PA
9
112.5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Jack Lively
Career
Per 600 PA
5.33
5.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lively
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lively
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lively
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lively
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lively
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lively
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Lively
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Lively
Career
Per 600 PA