Bud Davis vs. Jimmy Nelson — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jimmy Nelson
MillenialOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jimmy Nelson 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 4.12 and 1.365 for Jimmy Nelson. 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 Jimmy Nelson

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
1.47
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.46
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.65
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.46
41.46
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.47
73.47
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.05
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
303
4.12
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1987
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662.1
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
8.78
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
643
8.74
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.74
8.74
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.94
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
3.44
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
8.45
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.155
1.155
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.48
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.72
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2856
38.81
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
341
4.63
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.23
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.22
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.99
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.353
1.353
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2517
34.2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Jimmy Nelson

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
1.47
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1987
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
662.1
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.42
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.96
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.14
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
1.52
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.39
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.07
91.07
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.694
0.694
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.47
73.47
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Jimmy Nelson

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
147
424.04
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
208
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
191
550.96
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.284
0.284
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
54.81
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
49.04
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.77
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.77
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.3
6.64
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
60.58
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
66.35
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.65
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
20.19
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
28.85
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
-5.8
-16.72
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
11.54
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
116
334.62
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.79
1.79
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
37.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.88
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jimmy Nelson
Career
Per 600 PA