Bud Davis vs. Pete Smith — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Pete Smith
Silent GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Pete 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 6.75 and 1.500 for Pete 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 Pete Smith

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.38
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.96
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.48
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.05
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
6.75
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.1
5.1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.58
5.58
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.02
7.02
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
27
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.2
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
8.78
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
8.68
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.68
8.68
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.41
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.86
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.96
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.38
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.804
0.804
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
38.09
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.96
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
6.75
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.393
1.393
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
34.23
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.09
38.09

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Pete Smith

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.38
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.96
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18.2
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.48
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.93
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.41
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.41
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.714
0.714
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Pete Smith

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
484.62
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
1400
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
600
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
600
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-60
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA