Bud Davis vs. Alcibíades Palma — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Alcibíades Palma
Greatest GenerationCubaThrows RightCaribbeanCuban Stars WestNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Alcibíades Palma 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 4.26 and 1.358 for Alcibíades Palma. 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 Alcibíades Palma

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.99
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Alcibíades Palma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.42
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.14
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Alcibíades Palma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.43
71.43
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.05
Alcibíades Palma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.26
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Alcibíades Palma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Alcibíades Palma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Alcibíades Palma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
27
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.2
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Alcibíades Palma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
8.81
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.81
8.81
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.57
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Alcibíades Palma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
3.41
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Alcibíades Palma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.56
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Alcibíades Palma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Alcibíades Palma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.663
0.663
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Alcibíades Palma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Alcibíades Palma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
38.08
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.85
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Alcibíades Palma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
4.83
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Alcibíades Palma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.28
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alcibíades Palma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.57
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Alcibíades Palma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.358
1.358
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
34.11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Alcibíades Palma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Alcibíades Palma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Alcibíades Palma

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.14
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alcibíades Palma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.34
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alcibíades Palma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alcibíades Palma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.2
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alcibíades Palma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.34
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.48
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Alcibíades Palma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.27
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
5.08
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
4.81
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Alcibíades Palma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.74
94.74
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Alcibíades Palma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alcibíades Palma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Alcibíades Palma

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 600 PA
11
388.24
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
600
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 600 PA
14
494.12
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.735
0.735
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 600 PA
4
141.18
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
141.18
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 600 PA
1.95
68.68
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 600 PA
4
141.18
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
247.06
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Alcibíades Palma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.698
0.698
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.254
0.254
Alcibíades Palma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.667
0.667
Alcibíades Palma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 600 PA
2.47
87.08
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alcibíades Palma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Alcibíades Palma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Alcibíades Palma
Career
Per 600 PA