Bud Davis vs. Donald Troy — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Donald Troy
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore Elite GiantsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Donald Troy 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. Donald Troy posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.1 and WHIP 1.264 compared to 4.05 and 1.860 for Bud Davis. By the career numbers, Donald Troy had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Davis and Donald Troy

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Donald Troy
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.45
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.93
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.62
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Donald Troy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.29
64.29
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.62
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Donald Troy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
4.05
Donald Troy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
3.1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.217
0.217
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
261
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
8.78
Donald Troy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
7.34
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.34
7.34
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Donald Troy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Donald Troy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.07
0.07
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
4.03
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Donald Troy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
4.66
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Donald Troy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.966
0.966
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Donald Troy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.62
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.52
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Donald Troy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
378
39.1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Donald Troy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.41
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
4.03
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Donald Troy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.62
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Donald Troy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.14
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.264
1.264
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
33.93
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Donald Troy
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.1
39.1

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Donald Troy

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Donald Troy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.45
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.93
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
2.17
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
Donald Troy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
2.38
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.28
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.65
95.65
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.571
1.571
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.29
64.29
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Donald Troy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Donald Troy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Donald Troy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Donald Troy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Donald Troy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Donald Troy

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Donald Troy
Career
Per 600 PA
14
233.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
500
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Donald Troy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Donald Troy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Donald Troy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
50
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Donald Troy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
33.33
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Donald Troy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Donald Troy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Donald Troy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Donald Troy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Donald Troy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Donald Troy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Donald Troy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Donald Troy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.9
15.03
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Donald Troy
Career
Per 600 PA
5
83.33
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Donald Troy
Career
Per 600 PA
5
83.33
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Donald Troy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Donald Troy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Donald Troy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.323
0.323
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Donald Troy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Donald Troy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Donald Troy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Donald Troy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Donald Troy
Career
Per 600 PA
2
33.33
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Donald Troy
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Donald Troy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
50
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Donald Troy
Career
Per 600 PA
0.34
5.71
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Donald Troy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
33.33
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Donald Troy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Donald Troy
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Donald Troy
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Donald Troy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
66.67
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Donald Troy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Donald Troy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Donald Troy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Donald Troy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Donald Troy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Donald Troy
Career
Per 600 PA