Bud Davis vs. Bud Norris — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bud Norris
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bud Norris 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 4.45 and 1.416 for Bud Norris. 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 Bud Norris

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
355
2.62
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
1.39
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.49
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Bud Norris
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
0.66
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.68
42.68
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.96
52.96
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Bud Norris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Norris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.35
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.05
Bud Norris
Career
Per 9 Innings
604
4.45
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Bud Norris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3664
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1221.1
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Bud Norris
Career
Per 9 Innings
1220
8.99
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Bud Norris
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.99
8.99
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Bud Norris
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
1.15
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Bud Norris
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Bud Norris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Bud Norris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
485
3.57
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Norris
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.18
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1153
8.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.5
8.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.155
1.155
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.341
1.341
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Bud Norris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.37
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Bud Norris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.41
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Norris
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5304
39.09
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
0.64
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Bud Norris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
654
4.82
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Norris
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.28
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Norris
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.65
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4698
34.62
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.84
1.84
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Bud Norris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Bud Norris
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.09
39.09

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Bud Norris

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
355
2.62
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
1.39
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3664
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1221.1
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.63
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.97
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Bud Norris
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.13
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
1.74
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.61
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.37
92.37
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Bud Norris
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.614
0.614
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.96
52.96
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Norris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Norris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Norris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Norris
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Bud Norris

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
21
484.62
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
357
846.64
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
253
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
204
483.79
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Bud Norris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Bud Norris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.492
0.492
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
75.89
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
61.66
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
11.86
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Bud Norris
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.37
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Norris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
14.23
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Bud Norris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Norris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Norris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.34
17.41
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
92.49
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
97.23
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Bud Norris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Bud Norris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Bud Norris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Bud Norris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.034
0.034
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Bud Norris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Bud Norris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.276
0.276
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Bud Norris
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
23.72
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
28.46
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
52.17
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.76
13.65
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.74
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
16.6
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Norris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Bud Norris
Career
Per 600 PA
66
156.52
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Bud Norris
Career
Per 600 PA
3.83
3.83
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
90.12
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Norris
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.74
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Norris
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.74
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Norris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Norris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Norris
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Norris
Career
Per 600 PA