Bud Davis vs. Doc Sykes — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Doc Sykes
Lost GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore Black SoxNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Doc Sykes 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. Doc Sykes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.61 and WHIP 1.304 compared to 4.05 and 1.860 for Bud Davis. By the career numbers, Doc Sykes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Davis and Doc Sykes

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
1.29
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.15
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.48
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.46
47.46
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.33
89.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.72
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.05
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
3.61
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1569
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
523
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
518
8.91
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.91
8.91
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.21
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
2.82
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.82
2.82
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
3.98
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.755
0.755
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.28
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2245
38.63
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
4.92
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.92
4.92
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
1.31
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.69
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.304
1.304
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1989
34.23
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.63
38.63

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Doc Sykes

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
1.35
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.61
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1625
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
541.2
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
2.87
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.25
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
3.46
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
3.21
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.79
92.79
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.383
2.383
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.68
45.68
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Doc Sykes

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
207.89
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
228
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
209
550
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.563
0.563
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
115.79
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
86.84
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
21.05
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
5.26
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.63
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
28.95
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.023
0.023
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.99
39.45
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
155.26
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
136.84
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.522
0.522
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.072
0.072
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.424
0.424
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
57.89
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
39.47
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
94.74
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
42.1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.63
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
18.42
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
15.79
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
8.67
8.67
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
38
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.17
1.17
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
28.95
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.89
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.89
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc Sykes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100