Bud Davis vs. Deacon Phillippe — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Deacon Phillippe
Pre-GenerationalVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Deacon Phillippe 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. Deacon Phillippe posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.59 and WHIP 1.105 compared to 4.05 and 1.860 for Bud Davis. By the career numbers, Deacon Phillippe had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Davis and Deacon Phillippe

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
372
1.28
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
0.65
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Deacon Phillippe
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.38
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.42
63.42
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.69
77.69
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
0.84
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.09
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.04
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.05
Deacon Phillippe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
749
2.59
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.52
2.52
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7821
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2607
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
8.78
Deacon Phillippe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2518
8.69
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.69
8.69
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Deacon Phillippe
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.14
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Deacon Phillippe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Deacon Phillippe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Deacon Phillippe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
1.25
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Phillippe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
929
3.21
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Deacon Phillippe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.496
0.496
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Deacon Phillippe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.16
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Deacon Phillippe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.2
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Deacon Phillippe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10380
35.83
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
0.25
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Deacon Phillippe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1071
3.7
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Phillippe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Phillippe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Deacon Phillippe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.105
1.105
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9958
34.38
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Deacon Phillippe
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.83
35.83

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Deacon Phillippe

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
375
1.29
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.42
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7872
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2624
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
624
2.14
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Deacon Phillippe
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.12
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
755
2.59
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
721
2.47
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.5
95.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.923
1.923
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.8
32.8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.06
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Phillippe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Phillippe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Phillippe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Deacon Phillippe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Deacon Phillippe

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
377
212.59
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1064
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
980
552.63
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Deacon Phillippe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Deacon Phillippe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.499
0.499
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
185
104.32
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
153
86.28
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
12.97
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
3.38
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.69
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
18.05
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Deacon Phillippe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57.53
32.44
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
229
129.14
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
245
138.16
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Deacon Phillippe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Deacon Phillippe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Deacon Phillippe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.469
0.469
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Deacon Phillippe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Deacon Phillippe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Deacon Phillippe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.369
0.369
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Deacon Phillippe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
96
54.14
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
50.75
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
183
103.2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58.47
32.97
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
6.2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
27.63
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Phillippe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Deacon Phillippe
Career
Per 600 PA
148
83.46
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Deacon Phillippe
Career
Per 600 PA
7.19
7.19
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
13.53
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Phillippe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Phillippe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.26
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Phillippe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.26
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Deacon Phillippe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100