Bob Davis (davisbo01)

Robert Edward Davis

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 170 lb.
• School Yale University
• Debut July 26, 1958
• Final Game October 1, 1960
• Born September 11, 1933 in New York, NY USA
• Died December 22, 2001 in New York, NY USA

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Biographical Information

Righthander Bob Davis, a Yale University graduate, was signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent before the 1955 season. He spent that year with both the Burlington A's and the Savannah A's. He experienced little action, winding up the year appearing in only 12 games for a 2-3 record.

Davis was with the Columbia Gems in 1956 where he appeared in 30 games, going 4-7 with a 6.00 ERA. He was with Columbia again in 1957, appearing in 41 outings and winning 12 games while losing 13 with a much better 3.12 ERA.

Davis had his first winning season in 1958 with the Little Rock Travelers, going 11-8 in 25 appearances with a 2.17 ERA. This got him a look by the Kansas City A's, but he left his good stuff in Little Rock, as he went 0-4 in 8 appearances with a 7.84 ERA for the major league A's.

That put him back with the Portland Beavers and the Shreveport Sports for the 1959 season. He made 34 appearances and won 16 and lost 13 which earned him another look by the Athletics in 1960. He had no decisions in 21 games with a 3.66 ERA. This ended his major league career with a 0-4 record in 29 games and 63 innings pitched with a life-time 5.71 ERA.

Bob spent most of 1960 with the Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers and went 4-4 in 37 games with a 4.73 ERA. He came out on the right side of his minor league career records, appearing in 181 games, winning 49 and losing 48, pitching 816 innings and ending up with a 4.08 ERA.

Davis was selected by the Los Angeles Angels in the 1961 expansion draft but left baseball to return to Yale University, where he earned a degree in clinical psychology.

A licensed psychologist, Bob was with I.T. & T. for fifteen years as a vice-president for human resources. He later became an independent consultant specializing in management development, executive evaluation and career development counseling, with an office in New York City, where he died December 22, 2001, at age 68.

Sources

Baseball-Reference.com
Baseball Players of the 1950s
SABR MILB Database:page