Bud Davis vs. Jim McGlothlin — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim McGlothlin
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim McGlothlin 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. Jim McGlothlin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.61 and WHIP 1.304 compared to 4.05 and 1.860 for Bud Davis. By the career numbers, Jim McGlothlin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Davis and Jim McGlothlin

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
256
1.77
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
1.39
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.46
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.53
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.53
46.53
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.52
78.52
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.25
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.05
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
3.61
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3901
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1300.1
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
8.78
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1247
8.63
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.63
8.63
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
125
0.87
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
2.89
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.21
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
709
4.91
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.867
0.867
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.34
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.17
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5424
37.54
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.19
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
580
4.01
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.21
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.28
1.28
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4935
34.16
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.54
37.54

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Jim McGlothlin

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
1.77
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
1.39
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3903
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1301
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.68
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
243
1.68
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
358
2.48
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
2.37
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.53
95.53
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.336
1.336
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.52
78.52
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.17
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Jim McGlothlin

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
256
355.56
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
432
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
380
527.78
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.426
0.426
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
66.67
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
45.83
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
12.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
4.17
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.17
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
20.83
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.12
21
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
100
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
100
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.288
0.288
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
37.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
20.83
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
54.17
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.37
8.85
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
33.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
163
226.39
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
2.65
2.65
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
38.89
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.39
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim McGlothlin
Career
Per 600 PA