Bud Davis vs. Joe Palumbo — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Palumbo
MillenialNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Palumbo 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 9.47 and 1.842 for Joe Palumbo. 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 Joe Palumbo

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Palumbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
4.26
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Joe Palumbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.89
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.89
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Joe Palumbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.44
44.44
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.05
Joe Palumbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
9.47
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.47
9.47
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.9
5.9
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.33
9.33
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.79
7.79
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
27
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Joe Palumbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
11.37
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.37
11.37
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
3.79
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Joe Palumbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
5.21
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Joe Palumbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.21
5.21
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Joe Palumbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
12.32
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Joe Palumbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.32
12.32
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Palumbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.155
1.155
Joe Palumbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.947
1.947
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Joe Palumbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.81
Joe Palumbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.95
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
303
40.91
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
45
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
7.16
Joe Palumbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
9.47
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.16
7.16
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.47
9.47
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.47
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Palumbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.47
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Joe Palumbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.842
1.842
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
38.37
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Joe Palumbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.22
2.22
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.91
40.91
Joe Palumbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Joe Palumbo

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Joe Palumbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
4.26
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Palumbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.89
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Palumbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Palumbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.42
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Joe Palumbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.47
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.89
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.42
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.333
0.333
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Palumbo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.44
44.44
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.47
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Joe Palumbo

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Joe Palumbo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 600 PA
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Joe Palumbo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Palumbo
Career
Per 600 PA