Bud Davis vs. Craig Swan — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Craig Swan
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Craig Swan 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. Craig Swan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.74 and WHIP 1.299 compared to 4.05 and 1.860 for Bud Davis. By the career numbers, Craig Swan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Davis and Craig Swan

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
1.68
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
1.35
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.43
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.52
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.04
45.04
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.09
80.09
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.18
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.05
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
3.74
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3707
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1235.2
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
8.78
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1199
8.73
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.73
8.73
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.84
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
2.68
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.28
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
673
4.9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.9
4.9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.843
0.843
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.09
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5163
37.6
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.11
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
575
4.19
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.41
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.31
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.55
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.268
1.268
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4686
34.13
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.278
0.278
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.6
37.6

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Craig Swan

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
1.68
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
1.35
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3707
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1235.2
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.58
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
1.01
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.08
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
1.66
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
1.58
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.18
95.18
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.939
0.939
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80.09
80.09
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Craig Swan

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
231
329.22
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
421
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
358
510.21
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.449
0.449
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
76.96
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
71.26
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
4.28
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.43
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
5.7
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.1
17.24
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
85.51
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
112.59
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.374
0.374
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
25.65
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
25.65
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
49.88
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.9
12.68
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.43
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
34.2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
131
186.7
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
3.21
3.21
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
54.16
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
5.7
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.43
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Swan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.43
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Craig Swan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0