Yancy Davis

Yancy Davis
(Yank)

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 5' 10", Weight 170 lb.
• Born August 5, 1891
• Died July 1972

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Biographical Information

Outfielder Yancy Davis played in the minor leagues from 1909 to 1927. He hit over 200 career home runs.

He began his professional career at 17 years old, playing for the Webb City Webbfeet and Sapulpa Oilers and hitting .332 with 26 hits in 62 games. Had he qualified, he would have finished fourth in the Western Association in batting average. He also pitched in 33 games and went 13-12. In 1910, Davis played for Sapulpa (110 G, 2 HR, .302 BA) and the Wichita Jobbers (34 G, 0 HR, .248) and hit a combined .291 with 164 hits in 150 games. He finished third in the Western Association in hits (137).

With the Wichita Jobbers and Pueblo Indians in 1911, Davis hit .323 with seven home runs, 13 triples and 138 hits in 116 games. He played for Wichita - now known as the Witches - in 1912 and hit .311 with four home runs, 14 triples and 174 hits in 145 games. He placed led the the Western League in hits, triples and total bases (233), finished second in at-bats (560, behind George Hughes), tied for second in home runs and placed third in batting average and slugging (.416). He returned to Wichita in 1913 and slumped to .267 with one home run in 60 games.

Yancy split 1914 between the Terre Haute Terre-iers (79 G. 0 HR, .274 BA) and St. Joseph Drummers (50 G, 2 HR, .277 BA) and hit .275 with 127 hits in 129 games. He was with the Moline Plowboys in 1915 and hit .282 with three home runs and 122 hits in 121 games. With Moline again in 1916, Davis hit .346 with seven home runs, 14 triples and 170 hits in 136 games. He led the Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League in games played, finished second among qualifying batters in batting average (behind Howard Wakefield's .352) and placed third in hits. Davis split 1917 between the Plowboys (65 G, 2 HR, .299 BA) and the Joplin Miners (59 G, 0 HR, .229 BA) and hit .269 with 126 hits in 124 games. He served as the Miners' manager for part of the season. In 1918, he played for the Hutchinson Salt Packers and Oklahoma City Indians, hitting a combined .237 with no home runs in 11 games.

He joined the Tulsa Oilers in 1919, with whom he would remain for six seasons, until 1924. In his first year with the squad, he hit .302 with nine home runs and 150 hits in 140 games, placing third in the Western League in home runs. In 1920, he hit .280 with 20 home runs and 10 triples and a .563 slugging percentage in 151 games, once again finishing third in the WL in homers. He hit .364 with 21 home runs, 42 double and 200 hits in 144 games in 1921, but did not place high in the leaderboards in any major category in the high-flying league.

He continued his hot hitting in 1922, batting .340 with 35 home runs, 43 doubles, 230 hits, 403 total bases and a .596 slugging percentage in 166 games. He led the Western League in home runs and finished fourth in total bases. In 1923, he hit .352 with 32 home runs, 54 doubles, 240 hits, 402 total bases and a .590 slugging percentage in 166 games. He finished second in the Western League in total bases (behind Jim Blakesley's 439 and was third in home runs. 1924 was his final Western League season. He hit .338 with a career-high 42 home runs, 39 doubles, 231 hits, 408 total bases and a .596 slugging percentage in 158 games. He was second in the loop in home runs (trailing James Washburn's 48) and was third in total bases.

Davis moved to the Nashville Volunteers of the Southern Association in 1925 and hit .320 with 11 home runs, 35 doubles and 191 hits in 150 games. He played for the Corsicana Oilers and Beaumont Exporters in 1926 and the Muskogee Chiefs in 1927 to wrap up his career.

He hit .313 with 208 home runs, 458 doubles, 116 triples and 2,701 hits in 2,282 games.

Year-By-Year Managerial Record

Year	Team	League	Record	Finish	Playoffs	Notes
1917	Joplin Miners	Western League		--		Replaced Jack Dalton, replaced by John Savage