Bud Davis vs. Ed Lynch — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ed Lynch
Baby BoomersNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ed Lynch 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. Ed Lynch posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4 and WHIP 1.395 compared to 4.05 and 1.860 for Bud Davis. By the career numbers, Ed Lynch had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Davis and Ed Lynch

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
248
2.37
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.14
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.45
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.52
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.53
46.53
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.98
47.98
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.08
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.08
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.05
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
4
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2821
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
940.1
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1050
10.05
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.05
10.05
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.85
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
2.19
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.32
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
3.79
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.665
0.665
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.13
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4003
38.31
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.47
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
4.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.4
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.26
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.74
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.36
1.36
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3691
35.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.9
1.9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.31
38.31

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Ed Lynch

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
2.37
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.14
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2821
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
940.1
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.61
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
1.05
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
1.7
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
1.67
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.75
97.75
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.702
0.702
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.98
47.98
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Ed Lynch

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
21
484.62
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
248
531.43
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
280
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
237
507.86
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
57.86
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
53.57
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.29
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.29
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.16
8.92
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
62.14
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
81.43
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
15
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
12.86
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
27.86
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.21
-4.74
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
23.57
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
112
240
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
66.43
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Lynch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.14
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.29
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Ed Lynch
Career
Per 600 PA