Dixie Davis vs. Dizzy Royal — Career Comparison

Dixie Davis
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dizzy Royal
Greatest GenerationIllinoisNorth AmericaIndianapolis AthleticsNegro American LeagueRelief Pitcher

Dixie Davis built a career as a starting pitcher and Dizzy Royal as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dizzy Royal posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 0 and WHIP 2.250 compared to 3.97 and 1.516 for Dixie Davis. By the career numbers, Dizzy Royal had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dixie Davis and Dizzy Royal

Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
1.63
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
13.5
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
1.13
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.51
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.48
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.37
51.37
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.04
69.04
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.53
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
581
3.97
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.88
8.88
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.59
4.59
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3956
27
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
27
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1318.2
9
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
9
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1311
8.95
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.95
8.95
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.43
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
688
4.7
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
13.5
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.7
4.7
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
460
3.14
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
13.5
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13.5
13.5
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.871
0.871
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.15
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.31
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
6.75
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5844
39.89
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
54
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.31
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
722
4.93
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.93
4.93
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.516
1.516
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5111
34.88
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
33.75
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.02
3.02
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.89
39.89
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
54

Fielding Stats for Dixie Davis and Dizzy Royal

Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
13.5
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
27
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
9
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
268
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
354
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
337
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.2
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.41
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dixie Davis and Dizzy Royal

Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
240
289.16
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
400
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
498
600
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
441
531.33
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.514
0.514
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
104.82
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
91.57
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
12.05
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
13.25
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.126
0.126
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24.47
29.48
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
119.28
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
114
137.35
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.468
0.468
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.355
0.355
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
38.55
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
36.14
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
74.7
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27.51
33.15
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.17
-33.76
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
32.53
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
42
50.6
Dizzy Royal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.86
11.86
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
36.14
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.2
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dixie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dizzy Royal
Career
Per 600 PA