Bud Davis vs. Victor Zambrano — Career Comparison

Bud Davis
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Victor Zambrano
Gen XVenezuelaThrows RightBats SwitchSouth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Victor Zambrano 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 4.64 and 1.538 for Victor Zambrano. 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 Victor Zambrano

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.43
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
187
2.38
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.57
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.56
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.56
50.56
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.48
53.48
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.27
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
4.05
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
364
4.64
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.85
4.85
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.92
4.92
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
27
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2119
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.2
9
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
706.1
9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
8.78
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
669
8.52
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.99
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
7.97
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
404
5.15
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.17
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.15
5.15
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.43
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
529
6.74
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.74
6.74
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.155
1.155
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.59
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.81
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.8
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
40.91
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3187
40.61
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.03
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.46
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
7.16
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
399
5.08
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.16
7.16
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.08
5.08
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.27
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.46
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.78
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.519
1.519
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
238
32.13
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2663
33.93
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.91
40.91
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.61
40.61

Fielding Stats for Bud Davis and Victor Zambrano

Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
2.38
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2119
27
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
706.1
9
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.74
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.87
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.11
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
1.72
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
1.61
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.33
93.33
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.674
0.674
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.48
53.48
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bud Davis and Victor Zambrano

Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
21
484.62
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
1368.29
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
26
600
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
600
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
600
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
534.15
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
0.372
0.372
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
115.38
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
51.22
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
46.15
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
23.08
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.63
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
78.11
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
1.65
12.08
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
276.92
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
12
87.8
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
184.62
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
73.17
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.769
0.769
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
0.102
0.102
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
92.31
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
161.54
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
6
43.9
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
88.53
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-1.64
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
69.23
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
28
204.88
Bud Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.67
8.67
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
2.93
2.93
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Zambrano
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
58.54
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bud Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Victor Zambrano
Career
Per 600 PA