Bud Davis vs. Saul Rogovin — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Saul Rogovin
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Saul Rogovin 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 4.06 and 1.361 for Saul Rogovin. 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 Saul Rogovin

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
1.53
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
1.23
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.49
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.49
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.67
80.67
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.44
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.05
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 9 Innings
399
4.06
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.42
4.42
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2651
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
883.2
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 9 Innings
888
9.04
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.04
9.04
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
0.85
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
3.14
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.07
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
388
3.95
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.788
0.788
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.14
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3764
38.34
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.14
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
435
4.43
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.354
1.354
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3446
35.1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.9
2.9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.34
38.34

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Saul Rogovin

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
5.22
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.43
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
776
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258.2
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.98
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
4.56
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.49
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
7.03
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
6.54
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.07
93.07
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.253
1.253
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.33
27.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.45
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Saul Rogovin

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
154
278.31
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
332
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
300
542.17
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.515
0.515
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
97.59
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
74.1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
18.07
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.42
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
23.49
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.01
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.76
32.09
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
131.93
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
135.54
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.477
0.477
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.166
0.166
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.383
0.383
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
52.41
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
43.37
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
90.36
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.44
27.91
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.61
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
34.34
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 600 PA
64
115.66
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 600 PA
5.19
5.19
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
19.88
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Saul Rogovin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
9.04
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.42
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.61
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.04
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Saul Rogovin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60