Bud Davis vs. Clayton Richard — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Clayton Richard
MillenialIndianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Clayton Richard 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 4.51 and 1.449 for Clayton Richard. 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 Clayton Richard

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
275
1.93
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
1.47
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.48
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.59
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.1
45.1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.36
76.36
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.05
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
644
4.51
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3854
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1284.2
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1398
9.79
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.79
9.79
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
1.04
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
438
3.07
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.18
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
824
5.77
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.77
5.77
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.982
0.982
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.3
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.28
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5543
38.83
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
711
4.98
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.98
4.98
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.27
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
1.15
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.429
1.429
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4999
35.02
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.83
38.83

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Clayton Richard

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
1.93
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
1.47
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3854
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1284.2
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.46
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
1.81
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
353
2.47
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
2.28
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.07
92.07
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.182
1.182
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.36
76.36
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.08
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Clayton Richard

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
285
450
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
380
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
325
513.16
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.405
0.405
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
58.42
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
37.89
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
15.79
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.74
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
20.53
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.351
0.351
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.91
15.65
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
88.42
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
77.37
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
30
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
44.21
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
69.47
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.91
-1.43
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.32
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
12.63
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
158
249.47
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
2.41
2.41
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
63.16
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Richard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
4.74
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.16
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Clayton Richard
Career
Per 600 PA