Bud Davis vs. Willard Nixon — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Willard Nixon
Silent GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Willard Nixon 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 4.39 and 1.470 for Willard Nixon. 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 Willard Nixon

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
1.64
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
1.29
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.53
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.94
48.94
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.67
78.67
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.37
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.05
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
602
4.39
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3702
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1234
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1277
9.31
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.31
9.31
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.66
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
530
3.87
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
616
4.49
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.929
0.929
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.21
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.3
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5391
39.32
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.15
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
674
4.92
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.92
4.92
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.464
1.464
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4820
35.15
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.32
39.32

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Willard Nixon

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
2.57
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
1.37
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2362
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
787.1
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.85
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
2.48
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
3.41
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
3.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.65
97.65
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.31
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Willard Nixon

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
239
278.45
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
515
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
459
534.76
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.629
0.629
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
111
129.32
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
106.02
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
19.81
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.17
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
23.3
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39.98
46.58
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
136
158.45
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
153
178.25
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.305
0.305
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.296
0.296
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.601
0.601
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.055
0.055
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.493
0.493
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.302
0.302
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
48.93
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
47.77
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
94.37
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45.09
52.53
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
48.93
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 600 PA
97
113.01
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 600 PA
5.31
5.31
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
15.15
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.17
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 600 PA
13
15.15
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Willard Nixon
Career
Per 600 PA