Bud Davis vs. Rich Robertson — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rich Robertson
Gen XTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rich Robertson 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 5.4 and 1.700 for Rich Robertson. 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 Rich Robertson

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
2.47
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.32
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.37
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.65
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.17
36.17
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.51
53.51
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.13
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.05
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
5.4
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.64
5.64
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.22
5.22
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1246
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
415.1
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
460
9.97
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.97
9.97
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
1.08
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
5.05
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.28
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.05
5.05
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
5.14
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.14
5.14
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.132
1.132
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.37
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.33
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
303
40.91
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1898
41.13
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.3
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
5.96
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.96
5.96
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.26
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.35
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.08
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.669
1.669
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1622
35.15
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.91
40.91
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.13
41.13

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Rich Robertson

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
2.47
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.32
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1246
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
415.1
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.54
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.15
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.09
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
1.78
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1.69
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.12
95.12
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.684
0.684
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.51
53.51
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Rich Robertson

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
21
484.62
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
114
7600
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
600
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
600
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.444
0.444
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
133.33
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
11.71
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
133.33
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
133.33
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.444
0.444
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.348
0.348
Rich Robertson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
333.33
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.8
1.8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Rich Robertson
Career
Per 600 PA