Bud Davis vs. Casey Patten — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Casey Patten
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Casey Patten 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. Casey Patten posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.36 and WHIP 1.315 compared to 4.05 and 1.860 for Bud Davis. By the career numbers, Casey Patten had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Davis and Casey Patten

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
270
1.18
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
1.04
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.46
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
0.56
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.3
45.3
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.15
88.15
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
0.9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.07
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.05
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
770
3.36
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6187
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2062.1
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
2154
9.4
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.4
9.4
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.17
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
557
2.43
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
757
3.3
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.637
0.637
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.12
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.32
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8622
37.63
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.12
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1079
4.71
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.71
4.71
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.315
1.315
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7991
34.87
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.63
37.63

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Casey Patten

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
1.18
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
0.61
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6228
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2076
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
0.65
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
568
2.46
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.23
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
771
3.34
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
717
3.11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
93
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.626
2.626
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.28
51.28
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.07
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Casey Patten

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
273
202.22
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
810
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
743
550.37
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Casey Patten
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Casey Patten
Career
Per 600 PA
0.362
0.362
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
94
69.63
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
62.96
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
3.7
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.48
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.48
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
6.67
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Casey Patten
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20.78
15.39
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
109
80.74
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
135
100
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Casey Patten
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Casey Patten
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Casey Patten
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Casey Patten
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Casey Patten
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Casey Patten
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Casey Patten
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
32.59
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
25.19
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
56.3
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.69
4.22
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
6.67
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
23.7
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Casey Patten
Career
Per 600 PA
204
151.11
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Casey Patten
Career
Per 600 PA
3.97
3.97
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
19.26
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.22
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.22
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Casey Patten
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100