Willie Davis vs. Carl Sumner — Career Comparison

Willie Davis
Silent GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueCenter FielderGold GloveAll-Star
Carl Sumner
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueLeft Fielder

Looking at the career totals, Willie Davis and Carl Sumner are closely matched on the surface stats. Willie Davis posted a career OPS of .728 against Carl Sumner's .762. On the surface stats, Willie Davis and Carl Sumner are difficult to separate — a proper verdict would need era context to resolve.

Hitting Stats for Willie Davis and Carl Sumner

Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2429
148.38
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
282.35
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9822
600
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 600 PA
34
600
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9174
560.42
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 600 PA
29
511.76
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.276
0.276
Willie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.756
0.756
Carl Sumner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.779
0.779
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2561
156.44
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 600 PA
8
141.18
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1846
112.77
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 600 PA
6
105.88
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
395
24.13
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
138
8.43
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
182
11.12
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
715
43.68
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.279
0.279
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1193.33
72.9
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.78
84.35
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3778
230.79
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 600 PA
11
194.12
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3030
185.09
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
229.41
Willie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.311
0.311
Carl Sumner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.412
0.412
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.379
0.379
Willie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.723
0.723
Carl Sumner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.762
0.762
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Willie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Carl Sumner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Willie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.676
0.676
Carl Sumner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.762
0.762
Willie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.293
0.293
Carl Sumner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1217
74.34
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
105.88
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1053
64.32
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 600 PA
3
52.94
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2088
127.55
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
158.82
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1261.59
77.07
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.08
89.68
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
3.12
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
418
25.53
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
88.24
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
4.58
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Davis
Career
Per 600 PAverified
977
59.68
Carl Sumner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
105.88
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.05
10.05
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 600 PA
5.67
5.67
Willie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
0.43
0.43
Carl Sumner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.83
0.83
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
5.07
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96
5.86
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Davis
Career
Per 600 PA
128
7.82
Carl Sumner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
398
24.31
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
131
8
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
529
32.32
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75.24
75.24
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 600 PA

Fielding Stats for Willie Davis and Carl Sumner

Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2323
1.05
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2219
1
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59615
27
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19871.2
9
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5449
2.47
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.06
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
0.06
Carl Sumner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5719
2.59
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5592
2.53
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.78
97.78
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.31
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.407
2.407
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.52
95.52
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Davis
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.01
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Davis
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Sumner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0