Bud Davis vs. Pete Smith — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Pete Smith
Gen XMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational 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 4.55 and 1.434 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
11
11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
2.03
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
1.43
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.41
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.62
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.83
39.83
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.56
70.56
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.05
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
518
4.55
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.56
4.56
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3077
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1025.2
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1043
9.15
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.15
9.15
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
1.11
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
404
3.55
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.21
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
640
5.62
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.62
5.62
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.77
2.77
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.018
1.018
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.25
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.09
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.24
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4423
38.81
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.17
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
557
4.89
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.89
4.89
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.43
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.35
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.61
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.411
1.411
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3920
34.4
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Pete Smith

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
2.03
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
1.43
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3077
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1025.2
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.58
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
1.21
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
1.86
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
1.79
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.23
96.23
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Pete Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.883
0.883
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.56
70.56
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.07
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
11
11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
234
416.62
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
337
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
279
496.74
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.42
0.42
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
58.75
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
48.07
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
7.12
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
3.56
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
10.68
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
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 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.45
13.26
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
73
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
92.58
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.321
0.321
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
26.71
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
26.71
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
53.41
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2.2
3.92
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
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
33.83
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
83
147.77
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
4.06
4.06
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
67.66
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.78
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Pete Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.56
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