Bud Davis vs. Jim Scott — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Scott
Lost GenerationSouth DakotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Scott 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. Jim Scott posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.3 and WHIP 1.180 compared to 4.05 and 1.860 for Bud Davis. By the career numbers, Jim Scott had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Davis and Jim Scott

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
317
1.51
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
1.08
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
0.51
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.54
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.64
48.64
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.29
71.29
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.59
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.12
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.04
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.05
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
2.3
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5676
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1892
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
8.78
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1624
7.73
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.73
7.73
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.07
0.07
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
609
2.9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.9
2.9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
945
4.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.821
0.821
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.16
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.25
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7470
35.53
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
0.3
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
686
3.26
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.18
1.18
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6808
32.38
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.53
35.53

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Jim Scott

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
317
5.94
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.98
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1440
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
480
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.01
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
10.71
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.75
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
665
12.47
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
625
11.72
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.98
93.98
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.972
1.972
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16.4
16.4
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.34
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Scott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Jim Scott

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
317
280.12
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
679
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
614
542.56
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Jim Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Jim Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.381
0.381
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
69.81
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
58.32
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
9.72
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jim Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.88
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.88
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
11.49
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Jim Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.165
0.165
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.26
16.14
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
95
83.95
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
101.62
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Jim Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Jim Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Jim Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Jim Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Jim Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jim Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Jim Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
26.51
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
30.04
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
55.67
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.91
5.22
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.77
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
30.04
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jim Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
182
160.82
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Jim Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
3.73
3.73
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
25.63
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Scott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.65
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.77
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.42
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Scott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60