Bud Davis vs. Rollie Sheldon — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rollie Sheldon
Silent GenerationConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rollie Sheldon 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 4.09 and 1.332 for Rollie Sheldon. 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 Rollie Sheldon

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.99
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.25
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.47
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.45
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.35
51.35
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.13
63.13
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.21
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.05
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
329
4.09
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2174
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
724.2
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
741
9.2
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.2
9.2
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.08
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
2.57
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.21
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
4.61
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.61
4.61
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.798
0.798
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.3
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.17
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3062
38.03
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.24
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
358
4.45
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2841
35.28
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.03
38.03

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Rollie Sheldon

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
1.99
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
1.25
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2174
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
724.2
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.6
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
1.48
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
2.11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
2.07
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.24
98.24
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.044
1.044
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.13
63.13
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.15
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Rollie Sheldon

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
161
404.18
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
239
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
209
524.69
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.315
0.315
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
50.21
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
50.21
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
2.07
5.19
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
50.21
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
77.82
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.53
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
17.57
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
25.1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
-6.03
-15.14
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
25.1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
113
283.68
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
2.12
2.12
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
47.7
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
4
10.04
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rollie Sheldon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.51
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Rollie Sheldon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0