Bud Davis vs. Les Tietje — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Les Tietje
Greatest GenerationIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Les Tietje 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 5.11 and 1.642 for Les Tietje. 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 Les Tietje

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
1.84
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.14
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.39
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Les Tietje
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.72
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34.92
34.92
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.9
61.9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.39
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Les Tietje
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.05
Les Tietje
Career
Per 9 Innings
291
5.11
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Les Tietje
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.16
5.16
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.07
5.07
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Les Tietje
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1538
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
512.2
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Les Tietje
Career
Per 9 Innings
560
9.83
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Les Tietje
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.83
9.83
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Les Tietje
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.79
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Les Tietje
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Les Tietje
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Les Tietje
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
4.95
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Les Tietje
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
3.39
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.84
1.84
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Les Tietje
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.927
0.927
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Les Tietje
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.26
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Les Tietje
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Les Tietje
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
303
40.91
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2332
40.94
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.3
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Les Tietje
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
323
5.67
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.67
5.67
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Les Tietje
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Les Tietje
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Les Tietje
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.642
1.642
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2044
35.88
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Les Tietje
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.91
40.91
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.94
40.94

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Les Tietje

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Les Tietje
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Les Tietje
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Les Tietje
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.29
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Les Tietje
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.095
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Les Tietje
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Les Tietje
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Les Tietje
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Les Tietje
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Les Tietje
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Les Tietje

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
108
339.27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
191
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
171
537.17
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Les Tietje
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Les Tietje
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
53.4
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
37.7
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
15.71
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Les Tietje
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Les Tietje
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
15.71
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Les Tietje
Career
Per 600 PA
0.294
0.294
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Les Tietje
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Les Tietje
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Les Tietje
Career
Per 600 PA
3.31
10.41
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
69.11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
78.53
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Les Tietje
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Les Tietje
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Les Tietje
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Les Tietje
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Les Tietje
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Les Tietje
Career
Per 600 PA
0.195
0.195
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Les Tietje
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
37.7
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
28.27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
65.97
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Les Tietje
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.42
-7.61
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Les Tietje
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
25.13
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Les Tietje
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Les Tietje
Career
Per 600 PA
50
157.07
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Les Tietje
Career
Per 600 PA
3.82
3.82
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Les Tietje
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
37.7
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Les Tietje
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Les Tietje
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Les Tietje
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Les Tietje
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Les Tietje
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Les Tietje
Career
Per 600 PA