Bud Davis vs. Fred Talbot — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Talbot
Silent GenerationDistrict of ColumbiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Talbot 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 4.12 and 1.416 for Fred Talbot. 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 Fred Talbot

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
2.06
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
1.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.4
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.59
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.43
40.43
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.62
64.62
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.13
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.04
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.05
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
391
4.12
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.68
4.68
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2561
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
853.2
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
844
8.9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.01
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
334
3.52
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
449
4.73
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.73
4.73
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.917
0.917
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.23
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.28
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3677
38.77
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.27
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
431
4.54
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.54
4.54
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.38
1.38
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3316
34.96
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.77
38.77

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Fred Talbot

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
2.06
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
1.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2562
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
854
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.73
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
1.51
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.09
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
2.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
2.23
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.93
95.93
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.087
1.087
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.62
64.62
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Fred Talbot

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
207
431.25
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
288
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
502.08
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
0.579
0.579
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
87.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
62.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
12.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
4.17
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
8.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
25
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.62
38.79
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
133.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
141.67
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
0.453
0.453
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
50
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
60.42
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
102.08
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.55
36.57
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.17
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
50
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
90
187.5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
3.2
3.2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
43.75
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.17
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.08
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.08
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Talbot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100