Bud Davis vs. Joe Poetz — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Poetz
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Poetz 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. Joe Poetz posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.38 and WHIP 1.625 compared to 4.05 and 1.860 for Bud Davis. By the career numbers, Joe Poetz had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Davis and Joe Poetz

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.25
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
4.05
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.38
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.9
5.9
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.63
9.63
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.185
0.185
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
8.78
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.63
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.63
5.63
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.25
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
7.97
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.97
7.97
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.81
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
40.5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.38
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.625
1.625
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
32.13
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
30.38
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Joe Poetz

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Joe Poetz

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
484.62
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
600
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.75
0.75
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
29.73
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.667
0.667
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
161.54
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
68.03
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA