Bud Davis vs. Fritz Peterson — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fritz Peterson
Silent GenerationIllinoisThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Fritz Peterson 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. Fritz Peterson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.3 and WHIP 1.225 compared to 4.05 and 1.860 for Bud Davis. By the career numbers, Fritz Peterson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Davis and Fritz Peterson

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
355
1.44
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
1.34
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.54
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
0.53
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.38
50.38
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.96
92.96
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.37
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.08
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.05
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
813
3.3
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.259
0.259
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6655
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2218.1
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2217
8.99
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.99
8.99
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
173
0.7
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
426
1.73
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.3
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.73
1.73
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1015
4.12
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.65
0.65
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.13
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.17
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9103
36.93
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.04
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
947
3.84
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.18
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.24
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.191
1.191
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8567
34.76
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.93
36.93

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Fritz Peterson

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
355
1.44
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
1.34
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6653
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2217.2
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.47
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
429
1.74
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.09
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
566
2.3
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
545
2.21
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.29
96.29
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.535
1.535
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.96
92.96
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.18
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Fritz Peterson

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
355
353.23
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
603
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
515
512.44
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.478
0.478
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
81.59
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
63.68
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
14.93
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.99
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
17.91
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21.92
21.81
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
105
104.48
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
108
107.46
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.402
0.402
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
30.85
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
30.85
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
59.7
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.06
16.98
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.99
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
23.88
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
144
143.28
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
4.19
4.19
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
58.71
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Peterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.99
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.99
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Fritz Peterson
Career
Per 600 PA