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	26-29 / in Starts: 14-13
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	48 games
Most Games w/o RBI	22 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 118 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	68 (37-18-13) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 118 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	78 (40-25-12)

Most Driven In
E Fletcher	2
S Martin	2
V DiMaggio	1
M Van Robays	0
A Vaughan	0

Most Driven In By
S Martin	2

1941 Batting Game Log

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1941 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	1325	5 (4)	Apr 20	PIT		CIN	L,3-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	.52	-0.014	1.26	-0.02%	-0.42	PH
2	1326	6	Apr 22	PIT	@	STL	L,8-9	10-GF(12)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	3.28	-0.362	7.82	-0.52%	-1.70	PH C
3	1327	7	Apr 23	PIT	@	STL	L,1-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8						C
4	1328	8	Apr 24	PIT		CHC	W,2-1	GS-11	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.000	.125	.000	.125	8	2.60	-0.281	4.61	-0.30%	-1.21	C
5	1329	9	Apr 25	PIT		CHC	L,7-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.091	.167	.091	.258	8	.55	-0.018	1.11	-0.02%	-0.48	C
6	1330	12 (2)	Apr 29	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-6	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.154	.368	8	.79	-0.009	1.06	-0.01%	0.03	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
7	1331	15 (2)	May 2	PIT	@	NYG	T,7-7	8-GF(13)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.188	.235	.188	.423	8	2.67	-0.145	3.21	-0.11%	-0.53	C
8	1332	20 (4)	May 11	PIT		STL	L,4-7	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.158	.200	.158	.358	8	.77	-0.058	1.02	-0.05%	-0.55	C
9	1333	21	May 12	PIT		STL	L,2-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.136	.174	.136	.310	8	1.36	-0.099	1.47	-0.06%	-0.66	C
10	1334	22	May 13	PIT		PHI	W,6-3	0-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			1	0	0	.125	.160	.125	.285	8						C
11	1335	23	May 14	PIT		PHI	W,12-7	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.120	.154	.120	.274	8	.04	-0.001	.03	0.00%	-0.42	C
12	1336	24	May 16	PIT		BRO	W,3-2	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.185	.154	.339	8	2.89	0.073	3.12	0.05%	0.38	C
13	1337	25	May 18	PIT		NYG	L,4-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.185	.154	.339	8						C
14	1338	32 (6)	May 25 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,3-4	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.148	.179	.148	.327	9	1.51	0.088	1.63	0.06%	0.62	PH
15	1339	35 (2)	May 30 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,6-7	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.161	.188	.161	.349	8	.98	0.029	.40	0.01%	0.39	C
16	1340	36	May 30 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.156	.182	.156	.338	8						C
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
17	1341	40 (3)	Jun 6 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	W,4-3	GS-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.171	.194	.171	.366	8						C
18	1342	41	Jun 7	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.171	.194	.171	.366	8						C
19	1343	43 (1)	Jun 8 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.205	.225	.205	.430	8						C
20	1344	48 (4)	Jun 15	PIT		BSN	L,1-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.225	.205	.430	8						C
21	1345	49	Jun 17	PIT		NYG	L,3-6	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.244	.225	.469	9	.86	0.044	.41	0.01%	0.38	PH
22	1346	50	Jun 18	PIT		NYG	T,2-2	10-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.238	.220	.458	8	1.34	-0.034	.52	-0.01%	-0.10	C
23	1347	51	Jun 19	PIT		NYG	L,6-9	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.238	.220	.458	8						C
24	1348	52	Jun 20	PIT		PHI	W,7-6	7-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.250	.214	.464	9	3.81	-0.051	.82	-0.01%	-0.08	PH C
25	1349	59 (6)	Jun 27	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.250	.214	.464	8						C
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
26	1350	67 (7)	Jul 4 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-4	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.250	.217	.467	8	.38	-0.012	.05	0.00%	0.20	C
27	1351	70 (2)	Jul 6 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,13-4	GS-0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0			0	0	0	.234	.294	.234	.528	8						C
28	1352	71	Jul 10	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.288	.229	.518	1	.07	-0.002	.02	0.00%	-0.14	C
29	1353	74 (2)	Jul 13 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-8	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.321	.240	.561	8	.65	-0.007	.32	0.00%	0.17	C
30	1354	80 (5)	Jul 18 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-4	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.235	.316	.235	.551	8						C
31	1355	81	Jul 20 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.316	.235	.551	8						C
32	1356	82	Jul 20 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-1	GS-9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.328	.255	.582	8	.82	-0.038	.24	-0.01%	-0.04	C
33	1357	86 (3)	Jul 24	PIT		PHI	W,3-2	GS-0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			1	0	0	.241	.323	.241	.564	8						C
34	1358	87	Jul 25 (1)	PIT		BRO	W,8-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.318	.237	.555	8	.07	-0.002	.03	0.00%	-0.31	C
35	1359	89 (1)	Jul 26	PIT		BRO	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.313	.233	.547	8	7.13	-0.161	6.33	-0.09%	-0.46	C
36	1360	90	Jul 27 (1)	PIT		BRO	W,4-3	GS-8	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.324	.266	.590	7	1.23	0.063	.76	0.02%	0.21	C
37	1361	92 (1)	Jul 29	PIT		BSN	W,5-3	GS-6	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.338	.262	.599	7	1.03	0.100	.75	0.04%	1.13	C
38	1362	93	Jul 30	PIT		BSN	L,2-3	8-8	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.347	.288	.635	7	2.46	0.175	1.92	0.08%	0.62	PH
39	1363	94	Jul 31	PIT		BSN	W,9-8	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.275	.367	.304	.671	8	.65	0.019	.34	0.01%	0.65	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
40	1364	98 (3)	Aug 3 (2)	PIT		NYG	W,10-4	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.282	.370	.310	.680	8	1.48	0.067	.88	0.02%	0.65	C
41	1365	101 (2)	Aug 6	PIT	@	CHC	W,13-3	GS-2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.378	.333	.711	8	1.08	0.113	.87	0.06%	1.16	C
42	1366	103 (1)	Aug 8	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-1	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.288	.373	.329	.702	9						PH
43	1367	104	Aug 9	PIT	@	STL	W,5-4	13-13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.284	.369	.324	.693	5	6.87	0.315	7.73	0.21%	1.00	PH
44	1368	105	Aug 10 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.273	.356	.312	.668	8	1.77	-0.231	3.29	-0.26%	-1.18	C
45	1369	108 (2)	Aug 14	PIT		CHC	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.341	.296	.637	8	.86	-0.088	.27	-0.02%	-1.08	C
46	1370	112 (3)	Aug 18	PIT	@	BRO	L,5-6	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.337	.293	.630	9	1.22	-0.029	.39	-0.01%	-0.29	PH
47	1371	113	Aug 19 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-9	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.337	.294	.631	8	.10	-0.006	.01	0.00%	-0.34	C
48	1372	117 (3)	Aug 22	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.323	.281	.604	8	.78	-0.082	.01	0.00%	-0.71	C
49	1373	119 (1)	Aug 23 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	W,4-3	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.324	.283	.606	8	1.51	-0.008	.04	0.00%	-0.33	C
50	1374	120	Aug 24 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-4	0-GF(12)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.324	.283	.606	8						C
51	1375	121	Aug 24 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	W,7-3	CG(6)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.314	.274	.588	8	1.27	-0.093	.02	0.00%	-1.16	C
52	1376	122	Aug 26 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.306	.265	.571	8	1.51	-0.089	.04	0.00%	-0.72	C
53	1377	125 (2)	Aug 28	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-2	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.232	.303	.263	.565	4						C
54	1378	127 (1)	Aug 31	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-3	5-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.306	.267	.574	7	2.28	0.216	.03	0.00%	0.66	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
55	1379	128	Sep 1 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,3-5	GS-9	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.248	.313	.286	.599	7	.67	0.044	.01	0.00%	0.20	C
56	1380	132 (3)	Sep 5 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,4-10	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.252	.316	.308	.625	8	1.77	0.052	.00	0.00%	0.16	C
57	1381	137 (4)	Sep 10	PIT		NYG	W,10-7	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.252	.322	.308	.630	9	2.56	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.22	PH
							26-29		118	107	3	27	4	1	0	6	11	3	11	0	0		3	6	0	0	.252	.322	.308	.630		1.37	-0.505	1.14	-0.90%	-4.09

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