Bud Davis vs. Jack Rowan — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jack Rowan
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jack Rowan 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. Jack Rowan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.07 and WHIP 1.334 compared to 4.05 and 1.860 for Bud Davis. By the career numbers, Jack Rowan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Davis and Jack Rowan

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
1.6
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.99
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.42
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.54
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.66
43.66
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.18
62.18
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.59
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.05
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
3.07
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2012
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
670.2
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
8.78
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
623
8.36
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.36
8.36
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.07
0.07
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
3.65
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
3.58
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.16
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.2
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2742
36.8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.47
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
4.2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.335
1.335
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2455
32.94
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.8
36.8

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Jack Rowan

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.97
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.01
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1635
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
545
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
2.44
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.18
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
2.82
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
2.64
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.57
93.57
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.345
1.345
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.26
51.26
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Jack Rowan

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
119
310.43
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
199
519.13
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.479
0.479
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
78.26
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
70.43
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.61
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
5.22
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.83
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.28
26.81
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
91.3
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
143.48
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.421
0.421
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.367
0.367
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
23.48
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
33.91
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
57.39
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.89
25.79
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.61
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
62.61
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
76
198.26
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
3.03
3.03
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
15.65
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.22
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Rowan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.22
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Rowan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100