Bud Davis vs. Billy Norman — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Billy Norman
Lost GenerationKansasNorth AmericaChicago Leland GiantsWestern League (Independent)Starting Pitcher

Billy Norman 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. Billy Norman posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.4 and WHIP 1.248 compared to 4.05 and 1.860 for Bud Davis. By the career numbers, Billy Norman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Davis and Billy Norman

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.47
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.13
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.91
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.92
76.92
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
4.05
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.4
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79.1
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
9.3
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.93
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
4.65
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.731
0.731
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
350
39.71
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
4.88
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.88
4.88
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.13
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
36.53
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.71
39.71

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Billy Norman

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.4
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.1
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.73
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.05
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.84
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.47
89.47
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.38
15.38
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Billy Norman

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
13
243.75
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
525
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
2.2
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
56.25
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.42
-26.63
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Billy Norman
Career
Per 600 PA