Bud Davis vs. Junius Savage — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Junius Savage
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows RightNorth AmericaMemphis Red SoxNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Junius Savage 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. Junius Savage posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.96 and WHIP 1.293 compared to 4.05 and 1.860 for Bud Davis. By the career numbers, Junius Savage had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Davis and Junius Savage

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.7
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
4.05
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.96
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.62
2.62
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.197
0.197
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
27
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.2
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
8.78
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
6.28
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.28
6.28
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.06
0.06
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
5.35
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.35
5.35
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
7.91
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.155
1.155
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.474
1.474
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
163
37.94
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.4
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
4.19
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.16
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.293
1.293
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
32.13
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
31.89
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.94
37.94

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Junius Savage

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.7
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.2
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.56
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.79
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.79
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
30
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Junius Savage

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
10
400
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
600
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
13
520
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0.567
0.567
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
3
120
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0.86
34.51
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
3
120
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
4
160
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0.517
0.517
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
2
80
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
3
120
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
1.18
47.05
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Junius Savage
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Junius Savage
Career
Per 600 PA