Bud Davis vs. Jim Slaton — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Slaton
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Jim Slaton 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 Slaton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.03 and WHIP 1.432 compared to 4.05 and 1.860 for Bud Davis. By the career numbers, Jim Slaton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Davis and Jim Slaton

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
496
1.66
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.21
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
0.51
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
0.53
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.87
48.87
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.58
72.58
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.29
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.07
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.05
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.05
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1202
4.03
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8051
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2683.2
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2773
9.3
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
277
0.93
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1004
3.37
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.22
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1191
3.99
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.4
2.4
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.818
0.818
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.33
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.16
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11535
38.68
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
0.24
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1335
4.48
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
0.32
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
0.34
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
0.69
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.407
1.407
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10285
34.49
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.69
2.69
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.68
38.68

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Jim Slaton

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
496
1.66
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
359
1.2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8052
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2684
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
0.6
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
378
1.27
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.08
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
582
1.95
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
558
1.87
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.88
95.88
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.125
1.125
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.38
72.38
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.12
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Jim Slaton

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
21
484.62
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
496
4376.47
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
502.94
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
6
52.94
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
52.94
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
1.01
8.9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
6
52.94
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
88.24
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
4
35.29
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
4
35.29
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-2.66
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
35.29
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
23
202.94
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
2.96
2.96
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Slaton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
61.76
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Slaton
Career
Per 600 PA