Bud Davis vs. Ray Phelps — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ray Phelps
Greatest GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ray Phelps 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 4.93 and 1.528 for Ray Phelps. 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 Ray Phelps

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
1.88
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.18
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.49
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.52
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.53
48.53
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.7
62.7
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.36
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.05
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
330
4.93
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.93
4.93
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.85
4.85
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1806
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
602
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
700
10.47
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.47
10.47
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.72
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
220
3.29
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
2.84
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.681
0.681
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.12
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.22
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2664
39.83
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.34
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
375
5.61
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.61
5.61
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.528
1.528
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2429
36.31
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.98
2.98
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.83
39.83

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Ray Phelps

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
179
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
171
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.53
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.357
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Ray Phelps

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
126
336
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
225
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
209
557.33
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 600 PA
0.409
0.409
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
82.67
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
66.67
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
13.33
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.67
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
16
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.33
22.21
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
104
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
114.67
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
32
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
32
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
61.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.98
13.29
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
32
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 600 PA
80
213.33
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 600 PA
2.81
2.81
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.67
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Phelps
Career
Per 600 PA