Bud Davis vs. Dusty Rhodes — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dusty Rhodes
UnknownLouisville Black CapsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dusty Rhodes 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 4.55 and 1.232 for Dusty Rhodes. 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 Dusty Rhodes

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.42
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.85
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.57
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.05
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
4.55
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
27
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.2
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
8.78
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
8.53
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.53
8.53
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.06
0.06
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.56
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
5.4
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.884
0.884
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
133
37.8
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.57
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
5.4
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.85
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.232
1.232
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
34.11
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.8
37.8

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Dusty Rhodes

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.42
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.85
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.2
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.56
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.84
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.84
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Dusty Rhodes

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 600 PA
5
214.29
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
600
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 600 PA
12
514.29
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.769
0.769
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.116
1.116
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 600 PA
4
171.43
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
2
46.15
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
23.08
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
128.57
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
3.38
78.11
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.46
148.24
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
276.92
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
342.86
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
257.14
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.462
0.462
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.769
0.769
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.095
1.095
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.254
0.254
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.667
0.667
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.375
1.375
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
128.57
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
161.54
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
214.29
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.84
88.53
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.34
143.19
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dusty Rhodes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Dusty Rhodes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100