Bud Davis vs. Ewald Pyle — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ewald Pyle
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ewald Pyle 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 1.580 for Ewald Pyle. 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 Ewald Pyle

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
2.23
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.37
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.7
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.38
34.38
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.73
53.73
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.17
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.05
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
151
5.03
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
811
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
270.1
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
277
9.22
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.22
9.22
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.53
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
4.99
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.99
4.99
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
4.06
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.82
1.82
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.006
1.006
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.17
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.23
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
303
40.91
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1238
41.22
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.43
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
5.76
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.76
5.76
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.58
1.58
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1081
35.99
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.91
40.91
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.22
41.22

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Ewald Pyle

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.45
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Ewald Pyle

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
432.26
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
541.94
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.403
0.403
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
77.42
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
70.97
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.45
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.45
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
2.66
17.16
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
83.87
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
122.58
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.364
0.364
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.274
0.274
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
4
25.81
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
32.26
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
58.06
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
1.86
11.98
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
45.16
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
14
90.32
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
6.64
6.64
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ewald Pyle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
12.9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.45
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Ewald Pyle
Career
Per 600 PA