Bud Davis vs. Mike Paxton — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Paxton
Baby BoomersTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Paxton 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 4.71 and 1.482 for Mike Paxton. 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 Mike Paxton

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Paxton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Mike Paxton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
1.91
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Mike Paxton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.22
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Paxton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.58
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.46
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Paxton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.56
55.56
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Mike Paxton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.64
63.64
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Mike Paxton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.19
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Paxton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Paxton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.05
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
4.71
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Mike Paxton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Mike Paxton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Mike Paxton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1399
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Mike Paxton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
466.1
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 9 Innings
536
10.34
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.34
10.34
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.73
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
2.82
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.17
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Mike Paxton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.82
2.82
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Mike Paxton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
4.44
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Mike Paxton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Paxton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.806
0.806
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.25
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.08
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Mike Paxton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2047
39.51
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.17
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
271
5.23
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Mike Paxton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.33
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Paxton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.64
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Mike Paxton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.463
1.463
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Mike Paxton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1857
35.84
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Mike Paxton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.51
39.51

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Mike Paxton

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mike Paxton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Mike Paxton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
1.91
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Paxton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.22
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Paxton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1399
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Paxton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
466.1
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Paxton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.75
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Mike Paxton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.06
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Mike Paxton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Mike Paxton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
1.83
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Mike Paxton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
1.81
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Mike Paxton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.95
98.95
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Paxton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.64
63.64
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mike Paxton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.12
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Mike Paxton

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mike Paxton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Mike Paxton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
99
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Mike Paxton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Paxton
Career
Per 600 PA