Bud Davis vs. Hollis Thurston — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Hollis Thurston
Lost GenerationNebraskaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Hollis Thurston 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 4.24 and 1.444 for Hollis Thurston. 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 Hollis Thurston

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
288
1.68
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
1.04
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.52
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.86
50.86
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.81
61.81
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.55
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.05
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 9 Innings
727
4.24
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.38
4.38
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4628
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1542.2
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 9 Innings
1859
10.85
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.85
10.85
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 9 Innings
93
0.54
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
2.15
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
306
1.79
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.79
1.79
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.06
1.06
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.438
0.438
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.11
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.13
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6712
39.16
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
0.52
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
839
4.89
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.89
4.89
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.444
1.444
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6320
36.87
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.16
39.16

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Hollis Thurston

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
390
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
476
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
461
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.85
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.595
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Hollis Thurston

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
343
294.84
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
698
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
648
557.02
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 600 PA
0.697
0.697
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
175
150.43
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
122
104.87
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
38
32.66
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
8.6
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.3
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
45.56
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 600 PA
0.303
0.303
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73.27
62.98
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
248
213.18
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
202
173.64
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 600 PA
0.299
0.299
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 600 PA
0.383
0.383
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 600 PA
0.682
0.682
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 600 PA
0.581
0.581
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
55.87
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
67.91
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
139
119.48
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80.92
69.56
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.58
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
20.63
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 600 PA
91
78.22
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 600 PA
7.67
7.67
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
19.77
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Hollis Thurston
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.86
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.86
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.86
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.72
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Hollis Thurston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50