Bud Davis vs. Sidney Ponson — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Sidney Ponson
Gen XArubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Sidney Ponson 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 5.03 and 1.495 for Sidney Ponson. 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 Sidney Ponson

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
1.52
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
278
1.42
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.47
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.58
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.61
44.61
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.29
93.29
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.15
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.05
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
983
5.03
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5281
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1760.1
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2004
10.25
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.25
10.25
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
1.14
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.14
1.14
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
609
3.11
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1031
5.27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.27
5.27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.932
0.932
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.27
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.23
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7676
39.24
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.04
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1051
5.37
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.37
5.37
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.2
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.24
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
1.04
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.484
1.484
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6936
35.46
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.24
39.24

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Sidney Ponson

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
1.52
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
278
1.42
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5281
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1760.1
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.72
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
1.14
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.07
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
376
1.92
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
1.86
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.54
96.54
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.218
1.218
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.29
93.29
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.13
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Sidney Ponson

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
21
484.62
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
298
2235
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
487.5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.463
0.463
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
67.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
45
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
22.5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
22.5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.9
14.23
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
12
90
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
90
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
30
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
37.5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.51
3.85
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
22.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
22
165
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
3.64
3.64
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
90
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sidney Ponson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Sidney Ponson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0