Bud Davis vs. Zip Zabel — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Zip Zabel
Lost GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Zip Zabel 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. Zip Zabel posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.71 and WHIP 1.220 compared to 4.05 and 1.860 for Bud Davis. By the career numbers, Zip Zabel had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bud Davis and Zip Zabel

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
2.01
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.76
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.36
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.43
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.15
46.15
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.88
37.88
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.3
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.05
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
2.71
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.71
2.71
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.215
0.215
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
888
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
8.78
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
7.02
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.02
7.02
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.24
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
3.95
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
3.34
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.155
1.155
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.811
0.811
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.18
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.21
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1214
36.91
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.94
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
3.8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1077
32.75
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.89
1.89
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.233
0.233
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.91
36.91

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Zip Zabel

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94.55
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.576
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Zip Zabel

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
484.62
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
394.12
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
94
552.94
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.331
0.331
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
64.71
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
64.71
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
1.91
11.23
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
11
64.71
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
88.24
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
4
23.53
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
23.53
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
47.06
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.29
-1.72
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
23.53
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
13
76.47
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
7.85
7.85
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
23.53
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.76
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.76
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Zip Zabel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100