Ron Davis vs. Dick Redding — Career Comparison

Ron Davis
Baby BoomersTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Dick Redding
Lost GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Redding built a career as a starting pitcher and Ron Davis as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Redding posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.88 and WHIP 1.217 compared to 4.05 and 1.461 for Ron Davis. By the career numbers, Dick Redding had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ron Davis and Dick Redding

Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
5.8
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
214
1.25
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
0.96
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.57
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.62
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.64
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.42
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
47
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.55
59.55
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.64
76.64
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
0.86
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.1
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
1.57
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
4.05
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
493
2.88
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2240
27
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4616
27
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
746.2
9
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1538.2
9
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
735
8.86
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1438
8.41
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.86
8.86
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.41
8.41
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.99
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.25
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.2
0.2
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
300
3.62
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
435
2.54
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.68
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.54
2.54
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
597
7.2
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
918
5.37
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.2
7.2
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.201
1.201
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.879
0.879
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.47
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.15
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.27
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.22
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.1
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3217
38.78
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6246
36.53
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
4.1
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.13
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
361
4.35
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
670
3.92
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.42
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
168
0.98
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.41
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.68
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
0.63
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.386
1.386
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2826
34.06
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5606
32.79
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.13
3.13
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.78
38.78
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.53
36.53

Fielding Stats for Ron Davis and Dick Redding

Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
5.8
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
239
1.33
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.59
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
2240
27
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4858
27
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
746.2
9
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1619.1
9
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.42
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
0.42
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
1
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
471
2.62
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.24
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
1.47
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
590
3.28
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
1.42
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
547
3.04
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.72
96.72
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.71
92.71
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.245
0.245
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.289
2.289
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.35
44.35
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.12
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Davis and Dick Redding

Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
481
48100
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PA
263
212.1
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
744
600
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
685
552.42
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.632
0.632
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
165
133.06
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
103.23
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
16.13
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
7.26
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
6.45
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
29.84
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.049
0.049
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64.65
52.13
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
227
183.06
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
198
159.68
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.331
0.331
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.607
0.607
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.506
0.506
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
62.9
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
70.16
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
126.61
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.64
-64.27
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72.86
58.76
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.81
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
25.81
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
400
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
7.26
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82.67
82.67
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.56
3.56
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
20.97
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.42
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.42
Ron Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Redding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100