Bud Davis vs. Herb Smith — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Herb Smith
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaNorth AmericaBaltimore Black SoxNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Herb Smith 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. Herb Smith posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.06 and WHIP 1.330 compared to 4.05 and 1.860 for Bud Davis. By the career numbers, Herb Smith had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Davis and Herb Smith

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
1.46
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.06
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.73
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.33
73.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72.73
72.73
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.6
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.05
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
3.06
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
406
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135.1
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
8.78
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
7.58
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.58
7.58
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
4.39
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.26
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.23
2.23
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
591
39.3
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
3.86
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.26
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
501
33.32
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.3
39.3

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Herb Smith

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.47
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
442
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147.1
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.31
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
2.69
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.31
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
3.3
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
2.99
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.74
90.74
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.042
2.042
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Herb Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Herb Smith

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
251.61
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
425.81
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.637
0.637
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
77.42
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
67.74
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.68
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.68
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.57
34.55
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
9
87.1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
164.52
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.525
0.525
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
58.06
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
48.39
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
106.45
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.66
45.1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.68
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
77.42
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
87.1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Herb Smith
Career
Per 600 PA