Bud Davis vs. Leon Pettit — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Leon Pettit
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Bud Davis and Leon Pettit are fairly close on the surface numbers. Bud Davis posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.05 vs 5.18) and home runs allowed (0.14 per nine innings vs 0.56). Leon Pettit had the advantage in WHIP (1.743 vs 1.860). By the career numbers, Bud Davis had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Bud Davis and Leon Pettit

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
3.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.64
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.64
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.48
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18.18
18.18
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.05
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
5.18
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.72
5.72
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.76
4.76
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
339
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
10.75
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.75
10.75
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.56
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
4.94
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
3.58
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.02
1.02
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.947
0.947
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.32
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
303
40.91
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
41.58
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.91
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
5.58
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.743
1.743
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
456
36.32
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.91
40.91
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.58
41.58

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Leon Pettit

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90.91
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.682
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Leon Pettit

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
21
484.62
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
733.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
600
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
25
416.67
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0.556
0.556
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
2
33.33
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
2
33.33
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
22.12
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
2
33.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
200
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.343
0.343
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0.423
0.423
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0.522
0.522
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
83.33
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
2
33.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
7
116.67
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
34.87
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
166.67
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
8
133.33
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
4.5
4.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Leon Pettit
Career
Per 600 PA