Bud Davis vs. Lefty Smart — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lefty Smart
UnknownThrows LeftIndianapolis ABCsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lefty Smart 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. Lefty Smart posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.78 and WHIP 1.191 compared to 4.05 and 1.860 for Bud Davis. By the career numbers, Lefty Smart had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Davis and Lefty Smart

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.67
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.84
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.56
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.84
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.84
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
4.05
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.78
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
194
27
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.2
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
8.78
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
7.93
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.93
7.93
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.06
0.06
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.78
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.78
2.78
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.18
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.773
0.773
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.56
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
281
39.11
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.7
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
3.76
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.84
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.7
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.191
1.191
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
34.93
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.11
39.11

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Lefty Smart

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.73
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.81
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.2
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.2
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.32
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.52
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.52
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.882
0.882
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.06
47.06
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Lefty Smart

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
19
285
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
540
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
5
75
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
4
60
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
1.16
17.41
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
6
90
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
7
105
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.351
0.351
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.028
0.028
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
2
30
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
3
45
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0.69
10.42
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
30
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
30
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Smart
Career
Per 600 PA