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Roosevelt Davis

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 168lb (175cm, 76kg)

Born: November 19, 1904 in Bartlesville, OK us

Died: December 28, 1968 in Chicago, IL

Buried: Burr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, IL

Debut: 1924 (5,839th in major league history)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1924 season

Full Name: Roosevelt Davis

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.8

ERA

4.07

303

166

1536.0

671

WHIP

1.361

Negro League player stats include league games, interleague games (against major Negro League competition), and games against select top-level independent Black Baseball teams. Player stats do not include the extensive amount of exhibitions and barnstorming games Negro League teams often played. Negro League data is not complete. Research is still ongoing and we’ll continue to publish updates as more information becomes available. More about data coverage

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1924	19	SLS	NNL	7	4	.636	4.62	25	12	7	6	0	0	120.2	142	82	62	7	31		51	3	0	2	551	93	3.50	1.434	10.6	0.5	2.3	3.8	1.65
1925	20	SLS	NNL	16	6	.727	4.45	35	19		9	0	0	168.0	175	88	83		26		48	1		0	697	118		1.196	9.4		1.4	2.6	1.85
1926	21	SLS	NNL	7	5	.583	5.21	36	18	12	1	0	3	145.0	182	105	84	8	46		49	11	0	1	655	87	4.25	1.572	11.3	0.5	2.9	3.0	1.07
1927	22	SLS	NNL	11	8	.579	4.30	35	17		9	0	2	169.2	204	91	81		36		67	4		0		87		1.415	10.8		1.9	3.6	1.86
1928	23	SLS	NNL	8	0	*1.000*	3.31	24	9		5	1	1	98.0	108	46	36	2	13		36	1		1	408	122	2.99	1.235	9.9	0.2	1.2	3.3	2.77
1929	24	TOT	NNL	6	7	.462	3.93	34	16		8	3	3	144.1	151	76	63		37		46	1		4		109		1.303	9.4		2.3	2.9	1.24
1929	24	SLS	NNL	6	7	.462	3.70	33	15		8	3	3	143.1	146	72	59		36		46	1		4		116		1.270	9.2		2.3	2.9	1.28
1929	24	CAG	NNL	0	0		36.00	1	1		0	0	0	1.0	5	4	4		1		0	0		0		16		6.000	45.0		9.0	0.0	0.00
1930	25	TOT	NNL	11	3	.786	4.13	21	11		7	0	0	117.2	143	76	54		42		68	3		0		115		1.572	10.9		3.2	5.2	1.62
1930	25	SLS	NNL	10	3	.769	3.86	19	11		7	0	0	112.0	130	69	48		36		65	3		0		123		1.482	10.4		2.9	5.2	1.81
1930	25	KCM	NNL	1	0	1.000	9.53	2	0		0	0	0	5.2	13	7	6		6		3	0		0		53		3.353	20.6		9.5	4.8	0.50
1931	26	TOT	NNL	2	4	.333	4.47	7	4	1	3	0	0	50.1	60	34	25	5	23		27	0		2	230	95	4.73	1.649	10.7	0.9	4.1	4.8	1.17
1931	26	SLS	NNL	1	0	1.000	4.05	2	0	0	0	0	0	6.2	11	4	3	1	1		7	0		1	32	109	3.44	1.800	14.9	1.4	1.4	9.5	7.00
1931	26	AB2	NNL	1	4	.200	4.53	5	4	1	3	0	0	43.2	49	30	22	4	22		20	0		1	198	93	4.92	1.626	10.1	0.8	4.5	4.1	0.91
1932	27	TOT	EWL	3	3	.500	3.39	8	7	1	6	0	0	58.1	60	29	22	0	13		41	2		1	248	124	*2.16*	1.251	9.3	*0.0*	2.0	6.3	3.15
1932	27	CLS	EWL	1	2	.333	3.93	5	4	1	3	0	0	34.1	33	19	15	0	11		30	1		1	148	107	2.09	1.282	8.7	0.0	2.9	7.9	2.73
1932	27	CUP	EWL	2	1	.667	2.63	3	3	0	3	0	0	24.0	27	10	7	0	2		11	1		0	100	161	2.25	1.208	10.1	0.0	0.8	4.1	5.50
1933	28	CBB	NN2	2	2	.500	2.66	8	4		2	0	0	44.0	50	19	13	1	9		16	3		0	196	162	3.29	1.341	10.2	0.2	1.8	3.3	1.78
1934	29	PC	NN2	1	0	1.000	3.91	5	2		1	0	1	23.0	25	12	10	2	10		12	0		0	100	107	4.57	1.522	9.8	0.8	3.9	4.7	1.20
1935	30	PC	NN2	5	1	.833	3.14	13	8		5	1	1	86.0	87	38	30	5	24		49	1		0	361	163	3.67	1.291	9.1	0.5	2.5	5.1	2.04
1936	31	NBY	NN2	2	4	.333	4.19	14	9		4	1	1	66.2	76	38	31	4	22		27	3		0	296	116	4.41	1.470	10.3	0.5	3.0	3.6	1.23
1937	32	TOT	NN2	2	4	.333	5.98	8	6	1	5	0	0	46.2	56	37	31	3	9	0	22	2	0	0	209	85	3.80	1.393	10.8	0.6	1.7	4.2	2.44
1937	32	NBY	NN2	0	0		27.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	6	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	21	11.20	3.500	27.0	4.5	4.5	0.0	0.00
1937	32	PC	NN2	2	4	.333	5.04	7	6	1	5	0	0	44.2	50	30	25	2	8	0	22	2	0	0	195	100	3.47	1.299	10.1	0.4	1.6	4.4	2.75
1938	33	TOT	NN2	0	3	.000	13.11	5	3	0	0	0	0	11.2	32	27	17	4	9		4	0		0	80	39	9.13	3.514	24.7	3.1	6.9	3.1	0.44
1938	33	NBY	NN2	0	2	.000	14.14	3	2	0	0	0	0	7.0	18	15	11	1	6		3	0		0	47	35	6.62	3.429	23.1	1.3	7.7	3.9	0.50
1938	33	NE	NN2	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	3	5	0	1	2		1	0		0	14		10.33	2.143	11.6	3.9	7.7	3.9	0.50
1938	33	PC	NN2	0	1	.000	23.14	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.1	11	7	6	2	1		0	0		0	19	23	15.48	5.143	42.4	7.7	3.9	0.0	0.00
1939	34	MRS	NAL	1	3	.250	3.82	4	4		3	0	0	33.0	31	21	14		4		16	0				103		1.061	8.5		1.1	4.4	4.00
1940	35	MRS	NAL	0	1	.000	1.13	1	1		1	0	0	8.0	6	3	1		3		5	0		0		353		1.125	6.8		3.4	5.6	1.67

1943	38	CC	NAL	5	2	.714	2.35	9	6		6	1	2	61.1	45	20	16	1	10		37	0		0	243	163	2.15	*0.897*	6.6	0.1	1.5	5.4	3.70
1944	39	CC	NAL	5	2	.714	2.82	7	7	0	4	1	0	51.0	48	20	16	0	15	0	37	0	0	0	212	119	2.11	1.235	8.5	*0.0*	2.6	6.5	2.47
1945	40	TOT	NAL	2	0	1.000	1.65	4	3	1	2	0	0	32.2	19	9	6	1	9	0	13	1	0	0	126	247	3.21	*0.857*	*5.2*	0.3	2.5	3.6	1.44
1945	40	CC	NAL	0	0		4.26	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.1	4	4	3	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	25	99	4.74	1.421	5.7	0.0	7.1	1.4	0.20
1945	40	CBE	NAL	2	0	1.000	1.03	3	2	1	2	0	0	26.1	15	5	3	1	4	0	12	1	0	0	101	394	2.84	0.722	5.1	0.3	1.4	4.1	3.00
20 Yrs				96	62	.608	4.07	303	166	23	87	8	14	1536.0	1700	871	695	43	391	0	671	36	0	11	4612	108	3.12	1.361	10.0	0.3	2.3	3.9	1.72
162 Game Avg.				14	9	.608	4.07	44	24	3	13	1	2	223	246	126	101	6	57	0	97	5	0	2	669	108	3.12	1.361	10.0	0.3	2.3	3.9	1.72
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
SLS (8 yrs)				66	33	.667	4.26	209	101	19	45	4	9	963.1	1098	557	456	18	225		369	24	0	9	2343	104	1.41	1.373	10.3	0.2	2.1	3.4	1.64
PC (4 yrs)				8	6	.571	4.10	26	17	1	11	1	2	156.0	173	87	71	11	43	0	83	3	0	0	675	121	3.92	1.385	10.0	0.6	2.5	4.8	1.93
NBY (3 yrs)				2	6	.250	5.71	18	11	0	4	1	1	75.2	100	60	48	6	29	0	30	3	0	0	357	85	4.79	1.705	11.9	0.7	3.4	3.6	1.03
CC (3 yrs)				10	4	.714	2.65	17	14	0	10	2	2	118.2	97	44	35	1	30	0	75	0	0	0	480	137	2.27	1.070	7.4	0.1	2.3	5.7	2.50
MRS (2 yrs)				1	4	.200	3.29	5	5		4	0	0	41.0	37	24	15		7		21	0		0		120		1.073	8.1		1.5	4.6	3.00
CUP (1 yr)				2	1	.667	2.63	3	3	0	3	0	0	24.0	27	10	7	0	2		11	1		0	100	161	2.25	1.208	10.1	0.0	0.8	4.1	5.50
KCM (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	9.53	2	0		0	0	0	5.2	13	7	6		6		3	0		0		53		3.353	20.6		9.5	4.8	0.50
CLS (1 yr)				1	2	.333	3.93	5	4	1	3	0	0	34.1	33	19	15	0	11		30	1		1	148	107	2.09	1.282	8.7	0.0	2.9	7.9	2.73
CAG (1 yr)				0	0		36.00	1	1		0	0	0	1.0	5	4	4		1		0	0		0		16		6.000	45.0		9.0	0.0	0.00
NE (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	3	5	0	1	2		1	0		0	14		10.33	2.143	11.6	3.9	7.7	3.9	0.50
CBB (1 yr)				2	2	.500	2.66	8	4		2	0	0	44.0	50	19	13	1	9		16	3		0	196	162	3.29	1.341	10.2	0.2	1.8	3.3	1.78
AB2 (1 yr)				1	4	.200	4.53	5	4	1	3	0	0	43.2	49	30	22	4	22		20	0		1	198	93	4.92	1.626	10.1	0.8	4.5	4.1	0.91
CBE (1 yr)				2	0	1.000	1.03	3	2	1	2	0	0	26.1	15	5	3	1	4	0	12	1	0	0	101	394	2.84	0.722	5.1	0.3	1.4	4.1	3.00

NNL (8 yrs)				68	37	.648	4.33	217	106	20	48	4	9	1013.2	1165	598	488	22	254		392	24	0	10	2541	102	1.55	1.400	10.3	0.2	2.3	3.5	1.54
NN2 (6 yrs)				12	14	.462	4.27	53	32	1	17	2	3	278.0	326	171	132	19	83	0	130	9	0	0	1242	113	4.11	1.471	10.6	0.6	2.7	4.2	1.57
NAL (5 yrs)				13	8	.619	2.56	25	21	1	16	2	2	186.0	149	73	53	2	41	0	108	1	0	0	581	147	1.85	1.022	7.2	0.1	2.0	5.2	2.63
EWL (1 yr)				3	3	.500	3.39	8	7	1	6	0	0	58.1	60	29	22	0	13		41	2		1	248	124	2.16	1.251	9.3	0.0	2.0	6.3	3.15

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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