Virgil Davis

Name Note: Name presented as Spud Davis in some sources

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 197lb (185cm, 89kg)

Born: December 20, 1904 in Birmingham, AL us

Died: August 14, 1984 in Birmingham, AL

Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL

High School: Gulf Coast Military Academy (Gulfport, MS)

Debut: April 30, 1928 (Age 23-132d, 6,733rd in major league history)
vs. CIN 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 5, 1945 (Age 40-259d)
vs. BRO 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1928 season

Full Name: Virgil Lawrence Davis

Nicknames: Spud

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1934 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.3

4255

1312

.308

388

RBI

647

OBP

.369

SLG

.430

OPS

.799

OPS+

110

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-52 / in Starts: 14-30
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	30 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 188 PAs	19
Actual Runners on Base	90 (46-28-16) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 188 PAs	21
Avg. Runners on Base	124 (62-38-23)

Most Driven In
P Whitney	5
F Leach	2
Self	2
F Thompson	1
R Blades	1
B Deitrick	1
H Sand	1
B Friberg	1

Most Driven In By
D Sothern	3
F Thompson	3
Self	2
J Ring	2
C Klein	1
C Willoughby	1
H Sand	1
H Haid	1

1928 Batting Game Log

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1928 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	15 (14)	Apr 30	STL		CIN	L,4-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	1.08	-0.085	3.34	-0.16%	-0.73	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
2	2	23 (7)	May 8	STL		PHI	W,15-4	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	7	.62	0.011	1.48	0.02%	0.88	C
				Player went from St. Louis Cardinals to Philadelphia Phillies
3	3	25	May 14	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-8	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	8	.91	-0.085	.44	-0.03%	-0.88	C
4	4	28 (2)	May 19	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.100	.182	.100	.282	8	1.00	0.096	.36	0.02%	0.94	C
5	5	29	May 20	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-11	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.200	.143	.343	8	.43	0.005	.14	0.00%	-0.32	C
6	6	30	May 22	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-3	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.188	.133	.321	9	.59	-0.017	.17	0.00%	-0.23	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	7	43 (12)	Jun 8	PHI		CHC	W,6-5	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.300	.389	.689	8	1.97	0.426	.03	0.00%	1.86	C
8	8	44	Jun 9	PHI		CHC	L,11-13	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.286	.368	.654	8	5.02	-0.317	.07	0.00%	-1.77	C
9	9	45	Jun 11	PHI		PIT	W,6-4	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.174	.240	.304	.544	8	1.09	0.031	.02	0.00%	-0.19	C
10	10	47 (1)	Jun 13	PHI		PIT	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.214	.269	.484	8	1.26	-0.081	.01	0.00%	-0.64	C
11	11	50 (2)	Jun 16 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.258	.286	.544	8	1.16	0.060	.02	0.00%	0.56	C
12	12	51	Jun 18	PHI		BRO	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.172	.250	.276	.526	9	4.82	-0.118	.10	0.00%	-0.32	PH
13	13	56 (4)	Jun 25 (1)	PHI		NYG	L,4-12	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.172	.250	.276	.526	8						C
14	14	57	Jun 25 (2)	PHI		NYG	L,2-8	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.242	.267	.509	9	.21	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.26	PH
15	15	58	Jun 26	PHI		NYG	L,6-7	GS-6	2	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.286	.323	.608	8	1.11	0.078	.01	0.00%	0.76	C
16	16	62 (3)	Jun 30 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	L,5-13	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.278	.313	.590	9	.03	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.37	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	17	64 (1)	Jul 2 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.194	.275	.306	.581	8						C
18	18	70 (5)	Jul 9	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.225	.295	.350	.645	8	1.21	0.189	.00	0.00%	1.74	C
19	19	73 (2)	Jul 14 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-10	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.244	.311	.366	.677	9	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.27	PH
20	20	74	Jul 14 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.238	.304	.357	.661	9	2.15	-0.054	.00	0.00%	-0.17	PH
21	21	77 (2)	Jul 17	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.298	.349	.647	9	2.15	-0.054	.00	0.00%	-0.17	PH
22	22	79 (1)	Jul 20	PHI	@	STL	L,4-5	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.313	.364	.676	9	.20	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.39	PH
23	23	81 (1)	Jul 22	PHI	@	STL	L,7-8	6-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.327	.378	.704	8	3.42	0.125	.00	0.00%	0.62	C
24	24	82	Jul 24	PHI		CIN	L,1-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.320	.370	.690	9	.68	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.26	PH
25	25	83	Jul 25 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,5-16	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.315	.360	.675	8	1.04	-0.114	.00	0.00%	-0.86	C
26	26	87 (3)	Jul 28 (1)	PHI		STL	L,6-7	8-12	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.333	.377	.711	8	1.94	0.153	.00	0.00%	0.69	PH C
27	27	89 (1)	Jul 30	PHI		STL	W,8-7	8-GF(16)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.339	.368	.707	9	3.57	0.283	.00	0.00%	0.88	PH C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	28	91 (1)	Aug 2	PHI		PIT	L,4-18	0-GF	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.305	.359	.390	.749	9						C
29	29	92	Aug 3	PHI		PIT	L,6-14	0-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0	0	.317	.369	.400	.769	8						PH
30	30	93	Aug 4 (1)	PHI		PIT	L,8-14	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.311	.364	.393	.757	8						C
31	31	96 (2)	Aug 6 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.323	.371	.400	.771	8	.59	0.026	.00	0.00%	0.36	C
32	32	97	Aug 7	PHI		CHC	W,4-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0		0	0	0				0	0	.324	.370	.441	.811	8						C
33	33	98	Aug 8	PHI		CHC	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0	0	.310	.364	.423	.786	8						C
34	34	101 (2)	Aug 12	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.311	.370	.419	.789	6	.72	0.018	.00	0.00%	0.11	C
35	35	102	Aug 14	PHI	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.312	.376	.416	.792	8	.89	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.00	C
36	36	103	Aug 15	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-11	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.360	.395	.755	8	.91	-0.093	.00	0.00%	-0.98	C
37	37	105 (1)	Aug 17 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-10	GS-8	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.310	.370	.405	.774	8	.86	0.106	.00	0.00%	1.29	C
38	38	108 (2)	Aug 18 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	W,11-8	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.307	.365	.398	.762	6	.39	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.41	C
39	39	110 (1)	Aug 21	PHI	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0		0		0	0	.308	.370	.396	.766	8	.97	0.016	.00	0.00%	0.07	C
40	40	111	Aug 22	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG(12)	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.352	.375	.727	6	1.59	-0.200	.00	0.00%	-1.41	C
41	41	113 (1)	Aug 25	PHI	@	STL	L,1-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.290	.349	.370	.719	8	1.10	-0.029	.00	0.00%	0.16	C
42	42	114	Aug 26	PHI	@	STL	L,1-6	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.287	.345	.366	.712	9	.63	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.25	PH
43	43	115	Aug 28 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-9	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.336	.356	.692	8	.51	-0.042	.00	0.00%	-0.76	C
44	44	117 (1)	Aug 29	PHI	@	PIT	W,4-0	CG(7)	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.345	.358	.703	8	.96	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.26	C
45	45	118	Aug 30	PHI	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.282	.342	.355	.696	8	1.26	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-0.10	C
46	46	120 (1)	Aug 31 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-4	GS-0	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0				0	0	.295	.363	.366	.729	8						C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
47	47	121	Sep 1 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,3-5	CG(11)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.282	.349	.350	.699	8	1.74	-0.195	.00	0.00%	-1.04	C
48	48	123 (1)	Sep 2	PHI	@	BRO	L,5-6	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0	0	.288	.354	.356	.710	5						PH
49	49	124	Sep 3 (1)	PHI		NYG	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.358	.361	.719	8	1.71	-0.035	.00	0.00%	0.29	C
50	50	125	Sep 3 (2)	PHI		NYG	L,3-9	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.358	.360	.718	8	.79	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.10	C
51	51	126	Sep 4 (1)	PHI		NYG	L,4-9	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.350	.352	.702	8	1.02	-0.103	.00	0.00%	-0.93	C
52	52	127	Sep 4 (2)	PHI		NYG	W,8-7	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.287	.348	.349	.696	9	1.15	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-0.26	PH
53	53	128	Sep 5	PHI		NYG	L,3-14	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.338	.338	.676	8	.22	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.95	C
54	54	129	Sep 7 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0	0	.279	.342	.338	.681	8						C
55	55	130	Sep 7 (2)	PHI		BSN	L,3-4	0-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.277	.340	.336	.676	5						PH
56	56	131	Sep 8 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,10-6	6-7	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.275	.338	.333	.671	5	3.07	0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.17	PH
57	57	132	Sep 8 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,4-0	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0	0	.279	.344	.336	.680	8						C
58	58	134 (1)	Sep 10 (2)	PHI		BRO	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.271	.335	.326	.662	8	.82	-0.101	.00	0.00%	-1.90	C
59	59	135	Sep 11 (1)	PHI		BRO	L,2-7	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.271	.335	.326	.662	8						C
60	60	137 (1)	Sep 12	PHI		BRO	L,1-6	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.333	.324	.657	9	.68	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.35	PH
61	61	141 (3)	Sep 15 (2)	PHI		STL	L,6-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.325	.315	.641	8	.97	-0.146	.00	0.00%	-1.35	C
62	62	142	Sep 17	PHI		STL	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.275	.335	.327	.662	8	.77	0.055	.00	0.00%	0.49	C
63	63	143	Sep 18	PHI		STL	L,2-4	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.271	.335	.323	.658	8	2.02	-0.012	.00	0.00%	0.25	C
64	64	144	Sep 20	PHI		PIT	L,4-6	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.272	.339	.342	.681	8	2.86	0.046	.00	0.00%	1.13	C
65	65	146 (1)	Sep 22 (1)	PHI		PIT	L,7-9	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.270	.337	.340	.677	9						PH
66	66	147	Sep 22 (2)	PHI		PIT	L,3-5	GS-0	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1				0	0	.278	.343	.346	.688	8						C
67	67	150 (2)	Sep 26	PHI		CHC	L,3-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.341	.344	.684	9	.02	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.12	PH
68	68	151	Sep 27	PHI		CIN	L,2-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.271	.335	.337	.673	8	.78	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.77	C
69	69	152	Sep 30	PHI	@	BRO	L,1-5	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	1				0	0	.278	.341	.343	.684	8						C
							17-52		188	169	17	47	2	0	3	19	16	3	11	0	2		2		0	0	.278	.341	.343	.684		1.22	-0.383	.12	-0.15%	-5.32

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