Bud Davis vs. Sal Romano — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Sal Romano
MillenialNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Sal Romano 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 5.23 and 1.522 for Sal Romano. 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 Sal Romano

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
2.88
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.34
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.49
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.69
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.67
41.67
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.59
46.59
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.05
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
5.23
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.7
4.7
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
826
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
275.1
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
9.77
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.77
9.77
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.34
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.34
1.34
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
3.56
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.36
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
6.9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.9
6.9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.4
2.4
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.155
1.155
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.162
1.162
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.42
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.33
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1227
40.11
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.39
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
5.72
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.72
5.72
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.29
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.36
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.59
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.482
1.482
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1088
35.56
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.99
1.99
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Sal Romano

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
2.91
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
1.36
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
816
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.89
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.26
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
2.25
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
2.15
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.59
95.59
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.739
0.739
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.59
46.59
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Sal Romano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Sal Romano

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
21
484.62
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
88
713.51
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
518.92
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.22
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.22
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
2.35
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
5
40.54
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
4
32.43
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
0.062
0.062
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
0.031
0.031
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.22
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
3
24.32
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.31
-34.94
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
41
332.43
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
1.8
1.8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Romano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
72.97
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Sal Romano
Career
Per 600 PA