Bud Davis vs. Rich Nye — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rich Nye
Silent GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rich Nye 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. Rich Nye posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.71 and WHIP 1.319 compared to 4.05 and 1.860 for Bud Davis. By the career numbers, Rich Nye had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Davis and Rich Nye

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
2.13
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.19
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.49
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Rich Nye
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.58
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.61
45.61
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.75
55.75
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.3
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.05
Rich Nye
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
3.71
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1433
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
477.2
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Rich Nye
Career
Per 9 Innings
472
8.89
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Rich Nye
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.89
8.89
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Rich Nye
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.94
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Rich Nye
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Rich Nye
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Rich Nye
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.64
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Nye
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.34
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
5.03
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Rich Nye
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.852
0.852
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Nye
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2016
37.98
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Rich Nye
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.28
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Rich Nye
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
4.18
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Nye
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Nye
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Nye
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.281
1.281
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1868
35.2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Rich Nye
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.98
37.98

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Rich Nye

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
2.13
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.19
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1432
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
477.1
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.41
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.41
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.89
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.83
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
97
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Rich Nye
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.858
0.858
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.75
55.75
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Nye
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Nye
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Nye
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Nye
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Rich Nye

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
117
417.86
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
168
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
564.29
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Rich Nye
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Rich Nye
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
0.45
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
107.14
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
92.86
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
14.29
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Rich Nye
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Nye
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
14.29
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Rich Nye
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Nye
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Nye
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.34
22.64
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
121.43
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
121.43
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Rich Nye
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Rich Nye
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Rich Nye
Career
Per 600 PA
0.424
0.424
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Rich Nye
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Rich Nye
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Rich Nye
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Rich Nye
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
28.57
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
21.43
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
50
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.32
19.01
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Nye
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.29
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Nye
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Rich Nye
Career
Per 600 PA
58
207.14
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Rich Nye
Career
Per 600 PA
2.9
2.9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
17.86
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.57
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rich Nye
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.14
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Nye
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.57
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Nye
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.57
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Nye
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0