Bud Davis vs. Jason Ryan — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jason Ryan
Gen XNew JerseyThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jason Ryan 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 5.94 and 1.650 for Jason Ryan. 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 Jason Ryan

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
3.24
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.22
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.68
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16.67
16.67
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.5
37.5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.05
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
5.94
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.94
5.94
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.9
5.9
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.04
7.04
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.69
6.69
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
11.21
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.21
11.21
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
2.3
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.3
2.3
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
3.65
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
4.59
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.42
1.42
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.915
0.915
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.54
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
303
40.91
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
41.45
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
6.35
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.35
6.35
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.41
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.54
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.65
1.65
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
36.86
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.91
40.91
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.45
41.45

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Jason Ryan

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
3.24
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.22
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.2
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.68
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.68
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.62
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.35
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.417
0.417
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.5
37.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Jason Ryan

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Jason Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jason Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA