Bud Davis vs. Buck Ross — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Buck Ross
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Buck Ross 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 4.94 and 1.551 for Buck Ross. 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 Buck Ross

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
1.56
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
1.2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.37
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Buck Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.63
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.09
37.09
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.79
76.79
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.43
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.05
Buck Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
749
4.94
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Buck Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Buck Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4096
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1365.1
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Buck Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1545
10.18
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Buck Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.18
10.18
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Buck Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
0.75
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Buck Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Buck Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Buck Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
573
3.78
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
2.37
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Buck Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.52
1.52
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Buck Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.683
0.683
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Buck Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.24
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Buck Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Buck Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6141
40.48
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.22
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Buck Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
882
5.81
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.81
5.81
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Buck Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.551
1.551
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5561
36.66
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Buck Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Buck Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.48
40.48

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Buck Ross

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
204
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Buck Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
270
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
257
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.19
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Buck Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.084
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Buck Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Buck Ross

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
237
284.4
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
500
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
448
537.6
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Buck Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Buck Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.442
0.442
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
82.8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
66
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
13.2
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Buck Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.6
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
16.8
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Buck Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.044
0.044
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.46
20.96
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
89
106.8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
109.2
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Buck Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Buck Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Buck Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.392
0.392
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Buck Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Buck Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Buck Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Buck Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
28.8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
32.4
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
57.6
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.18
12.21
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.4
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
24
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Buck Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
141
169.2
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Buck Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
3.55
3.55
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
36
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Buck Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
8
9.6
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Buck Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Buck Ross
Career
Per 600 PA