Daisy Davis vs. Joe Sparma — Career Comparison

Daisy Davis
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Joe Sparma
Silent GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Sparma built a career as a starting pitcher and Daisy Davis as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Daisy Davis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.78 and WHIP 1.319 compared to 3.94 and 1.417 for Joe Sparma. By the career numbers, Daisy Davis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Daisy Davis and Joe Sparma

Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.11
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
1.9
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
1.08
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.48
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.44
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.54
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.58
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.54
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.24
43.24
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.5
97.5
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.6
77.6
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.92
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.32
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.1
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.78
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
379
3.94
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
971
27
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2594
27
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
323.2
9
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
864.2
9
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
9.9
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
774
8.06
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.9
9.9
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.06
8.06
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.14
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.8
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.97
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
436
4.54
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.16
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.97
1.97
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
5.17
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
6.1
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.1
6.1
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.794
0.794
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.182
1.182
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.7
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.44
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.39
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.28
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1407
39.12
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3755
39.08
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.19
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
207
5.76
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
423
4.4
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.76
5.76
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.399
1.399
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1322
36.76
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3288
34.22
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.12
39.12
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.08
39.08

Fielding Stats for Daisy Davis and Joe Sparma

Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.18
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
1.91
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
1.48
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1029
27
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2593
27
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
343
9
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
864.1
9
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.39
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.59
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.47
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
1.02
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.39
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
2.26
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
170
1.77
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.86
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
1.61
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
82.56
82.56
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.18
91.18
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.578
1.578
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.847
0.847
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.6
77.6
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.07
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Daisy Davis and Joe Sparma

Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
40
164.38
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
185
359.22
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
309
600
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
140
575.34
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
269
522.33
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
0.39
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
90.41
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
62.14
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
78.08
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
52.43
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.22
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
5.83
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
3.88
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.33
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
9.71
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.08
20.89
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.92
11.49
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
106.85
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
75.73
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
115.07
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
81.55
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.295
0.295
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
21.36
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
3
12.33
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
21.36
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
49.32
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
42.72
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.69
15.15
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.86
-1.66
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
24.66
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
19.42
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
82.19
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
108
209.71
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.3
7.3
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
2.86
2.86
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
56.31
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.94
Daisy Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.94
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Daisy Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Sparma
Career
Per 600 PA