Bud Davis vs. Fred Shepherd — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Shepherd
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Shepherd 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 20.25 and 3.750 for Fred Shepherd. 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 Fred Shepherd

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.05
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
20.25
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.25
20.25
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.9
5.9
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.12
14.12
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.75
9.75
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
27
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
13.5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.06
0.06
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
7.97
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
20.25
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.97
7.97
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.25
20.25
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.155
1.155
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
303
40.91
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
60.75
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
7.16
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
20.25
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.16
7.16
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.25
20.25
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
40.5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.91
40.91
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.75
60.75

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Fred Shepherd

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Fred Shepherd

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
484.62
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
600
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
600
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
161.54
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Fred Shepherd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Shepherd
Career
Per 600 PA