Bud Davis vs. Jorge Sosa — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jorge Sosa
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jorge Sosa 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 4.72 and 1.525 for Jorge Sosa. 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 Jorge Sosa

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
3.42
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
1.05
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.51
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.62
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.36
45.36
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.61
30.61
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.05
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
405
4.72
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.02
5.02
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2318
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
772.2
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
791
9.21
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.21
9.21
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
1.3
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.3
1.3
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
4.12
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.38
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
491
5.72
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.72
5.72
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.094
1.094
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.3
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.09
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3404
39.65
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.64
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
441
5.14
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.14
5.14
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.37
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.3
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.69
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.482
1.482
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2984
34.76
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.65
39.65

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Jorge Sosa

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
294
3.42
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
1.05
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2318
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
772.2
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.29
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.57
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.86
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.1
96.1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.61
30.61
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Jorge Sosa

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
21
484.62
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
296
1741.18
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
83
488.24
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.564
0.564
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
70.59
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
41.18
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
11.76
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
17.65
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
29.41
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.11
35.95
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
135.29
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
111.76
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.277
0.277
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.488
0.488
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
29.41
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
23.53
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
6
35.29
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.32
25.43
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
41.18
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
37
217.65
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
2.76
2.76
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jorge Sosa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
70.59
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.88
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Jorge Sosa
Career
Per 600 PA