Bud Davis vs. Ollie Smith — Career Comparison

Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati-Indianapolis ClownsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ollie 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. Bud Davis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.05 and WHIP 1.860 compared to 9.64 and 2.786 for Ollie Smith. 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 Ollie Smith

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.86
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.05
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9.64
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.64
9.64
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.9
5.9
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.37
11.37
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.93
4.93
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.417
0.417
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
19.29
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.29
19.29
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.06
0.06
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.79
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.79
5.79
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
0.643
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
303
40.91
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
52.07
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
7.16
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
13.5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.16
7.16
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.786
2.786
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
46.29
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.417
0.417
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.91
40.91
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.07
52.07

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Ollie Smith

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.86
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Ollie Smith

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
600
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.769
0.769
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
115.38
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.38
78.11
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
93.62
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
200
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
184.62
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.462
0.462
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.769
0.769
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.254
0.254
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.667
0.667
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.348
0.348
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
92.31
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
161.54
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.84
88.53
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.56
112.48
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Ollie Smith
Career
Per 600 PA