Dixie Davis vs. Jim McKee — Career Comparison

Dixie Davis
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim McKee
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dixie Davis built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim McKee as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dixie Davis posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.97 and WHIP 1.516 compared to 4.78 and 1.594 for Jim McKee. By the career numbers, Dixie Davis had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dixie Davis and Jim McKee

Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
1.63
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
4.78
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
1.13
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.28
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.51
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.28
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.48
Jim McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.37
51.37
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.04
69.04
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.53
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
581
3.97
Jim McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
4.78
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Jim McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.53
4.53
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3956
27
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
27
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1318.2
9
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
9
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1311
8.95
Jim McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
9.28
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.95
8.95
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.28
9.28
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.43
Jim McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.43
0.43
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Jim McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
688
4.7
Jim McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
5.06
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.7
4.7
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
460
3.14
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
4.78
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Jim McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.871
0.871
Jim McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.094
1.094
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.15
Jim McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.31
Jim McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Jim McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.28
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5844
39.89
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
41.63
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.31
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.84
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
722
4.93
Jim McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
5.91
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.93
4.93
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.91
5.91
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.41
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.516
1.516
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.594
1.594
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5111
34.88
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
34.88
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.02
3.02
Jim McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.24
1.24
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.89
39.89
Jim McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.63
41.63

Fielding Stats for Dixie Davis and Jim McKee

Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
4.78
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.28
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
27
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
9
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
268
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.13
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
Jim McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.56
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.69
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
337
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.13
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.2
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.41
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McKee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.88
5.88
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jim McKee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dixie Davis and Jim McKee

Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
289.16
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
2550
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
498
600
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
441
531.33
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.514
0.514
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
104.82
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
91.57
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
12.05
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
13.25
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.126
0.126
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24.47
29.48
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
119.28
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
114
137.35
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.468
0.468
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.355
0.355
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
38.55
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
36.14
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
74.7
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27.51
33.15
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.42
-63.2
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
32.53
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
50.6
Jim McKee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
300
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.86
11.86
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
36.14
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McKee
Career
Per 600 PA