Bud Davis vs. Cándido Salazar — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cándido Salazar
Lost GenerationCubaCaribbeanCuban Stars WestNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Cándido Salazar 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 6.94 and 1.771 for Cándido Salazar. 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 Cándido Salazar

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.93
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Cándido Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.41
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cándido Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.26
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.77
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cándido Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
25
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Cándido Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.33
73.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Cándido Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.51
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.05
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
6.94
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.94
6.94
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Cándido Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.93
4.93
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Cándido Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Cándido Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Cándido Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
210
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Cándido Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
8.78
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
8.61
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Cándido Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.61
8.61
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Cándido Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
7.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Cándido Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.33
7.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Cándido Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
5.01
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Cándido Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.01
5.01
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cándido Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.155
1.155
Cándido Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.371
1.371
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Cándido Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.39
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Cándido Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.26
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
303
40.91
Cándido Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
42.81
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
7.16
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
7.84
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.16
7.16
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.84
7.84
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.29
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cándido Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.77
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Cándido Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.771
1.771
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Cándido Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
33.94
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.91
40.91
Cándido Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.81
42.81

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Cándido Salazar

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.93
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cándido Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.41
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cándido Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cándido Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.06
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Cándido Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.26
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.31
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.06
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Cándido Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.89
88.89
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.067
1.067
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cándido Salazar
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.33
73.33
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Cándido Salazar

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
15
281.25
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Cándido Salazar
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Cándido Salazar
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
543.75
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0.516
0.516
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
6
112.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
5
93.75
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.75
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
1.62
30.39
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
7
131.25
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
7
131.25
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0.475
0.475
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0.348
0.348
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
4
75
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
6
112.5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
1.81
34.02
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cándido Salazar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
18.75
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Cándido Salazar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cándido Salazar
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Cándido Salazar
Career
Per 600 PA