Bud Davis vs. Mike Soroka — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Soroka
Gen ZCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Mike Soroka 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. Mike Soroka posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.85 and WHIP 1.227 compared to 4.05 and 1.860 for Bud Davis. By the career numbers, Mike Soroka had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Davis and Mike Soroka

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
1.97
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.49
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.43
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.56
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.48
43.48
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.82
75.82
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.05
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
3.85
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1247
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
415.2
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
8.78
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
7.97
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.97
7.97
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
1.06
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.03
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
379
8.21
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.21
8.21
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.155
1.155
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.249
1.249
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.26
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.65
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1742
37.72
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.17
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
4.29
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.17
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.82
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.222
1.222
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1557
33.71
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.72
37.72

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Mike Soroka

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.97
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
1.49
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1247
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
415.2
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.93
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.47
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.43
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.06
97.06
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.725
0.725
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.82
75.82
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Mike Soroka

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
21
484.62
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
769.01
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
507.04
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.324
0.324
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
5
42.25
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
5
42.25
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.58
4.89
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
5
42.25
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
76.06
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.084
0.084
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.35
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
5
42.25
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.66
-14.03
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
23
194.37
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
3.09
3.09
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
59.15
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.45
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Soroka
Career
Per 600 PA