Bud Davis vs. Lee Wade — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Lee Wade
Lost GenerationThrows RightSt. Louis GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Lee Wade 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. Lee Wade posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.77 and WHIP 1.309 compared to 4.05 and 1.860 for Bud Davis. By the career numbers, Lee Wade had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Davis and Lee Wade

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
1.24
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.99
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.48
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.51
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.08
48.08
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.76
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.05
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
3.77
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1419
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
473
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
8.78
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
504
9.59
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.78
8.78
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.59
9.59
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.4
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
2.19
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
4.22
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.22
4.22
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.713
0.713
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2051
39.03
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
275
5.23
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.23
5.23
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
1.18
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.55
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.309
1.309
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1860
35.39
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.03
39.03

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Lee Wade

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
1.28
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1713
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.79
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.69
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.24
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
2.71
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
2.47
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.28
91.28
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.938
1.938
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Lee Wade

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
187.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
535
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.525
0.525
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
102.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
80
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
20
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
22.5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.34
33.36
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
130
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
55
137.5
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.484
0.484
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
57.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
42.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
97.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.97
34.92
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
32.5
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
69.23
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
30
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Lee Wade
Career
Per 600 PA