Bud Davis vs. Mo Sanford — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mo Sanford
Gen XGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mo Sanford 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 4.81 and 1.591 for Mo Sanford. 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 Mo Sanford

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.95
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.22
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.44
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.74
40.74
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.05
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
4.81
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.81
4.81
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.22
5.22
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
247
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82.1
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
8.78
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
7.87
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.87
7.87
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.53
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.53
1.53
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
6.34
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.34
6.34
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
9.18
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.18
9.18
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.11
3.11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.155
1.155
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.725
1.725
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.77
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.33
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
373
40.77
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.77
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
5.47
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.47
5.47
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.44
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.44
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.579
1.579
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
33.45
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.85
1.85
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.77
40.77

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Mo Sanford

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.95
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.1
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.55
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.33
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.2
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.87
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.74
40.74
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Mo Sanford

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
21
484.62
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
810
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
600
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
16
480
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.2
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.28
-38.52
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
9
270
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
2.22
2.22
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mo Sanford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Mo Sanford
Career
Per 600 PA