Bud Davis vs. Dazzy Vance — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dazzy Vance
Lost GenerationIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherMVP

Dazzy Vance 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. Dazzy Vance posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.24 and WHIP 1.230 compared to 4.05 and 1.860 for Bud Davis. By the career numbers, Dazzy Vance had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Davis and Dazzy Vance

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
1.34
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
347
1.05
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
0.6
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
0.42
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.46
58.46
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.51
78.51
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
0.66
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.09
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.03
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.05
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1068
3.24
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8900
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2966.2
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
8.78
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2809
8.52
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
132
0.4
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
840
2.55
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2045
6.2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.2
6.2
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.973
0.973
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.11
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.23
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12369
37.52
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.16
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1246
3.78
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11452
34.74
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.82
2.82
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.52
37.52

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Dazzy Vance

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
570
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
714
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
696
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.48
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.575
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Dazzy Vance

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
442
238.49
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1112
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
971
523.92
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.47
0.47
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
78.78
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
115
62.05
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
12.41
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.54
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.78
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
16.73
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47.63
25.7
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
192
103.6
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
232
125.18
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.337
0.337
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
36.69
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
40.47
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
136
73.38
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37.96
20.48
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.78
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
42.63
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
287
154.86
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
3.87
3.87
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
29.68
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.16
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100