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	23-29 / in Starts: 9-11
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	25 games
Most Games w/o RBI	19 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 103 PAs	14
Actual Runners on Base	52 (21-22-9) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 103 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	67 (34-22-10)

Most Driven In
B Dahlgren	3
T O'Brien	2
A Lopez	2
F Colman	1
J Russell	1
F Zak	1
Self	1
B Elliott	0

Most Driven In By
F Zak	2
R Sewell	1
Self	1
V DiMaggio	1

1944 Batting Game Log

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1944 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	1382	8 (7)	Apr 30 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					8						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	1383	9	May 2	PIT		STL	W,3-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					8						C
3	1384	12 (2)	May 7 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-5	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0			0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8						C
4	1385	13	May 7 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9						PH
5	1386	20 (6)	May 15	PIT		NYG	L,7-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8						C
6	1387	22 (1)	May 18	PIT		BRO	W,4-3	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	2.55	0.064	6.18	0.09%	1.00	C
7	1388	23	May 19	PIT		BRO	W,5-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	8	.11	-0.003	.27	0.00%	-0.23	C
8	1389	26 (2)	May 21 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,4-9	0-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8						C
9	1390	28 (1)	May 25	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8						C
10	1391	30 (1)	May 28 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	.61	0.009	2.13	0.02%	-0.17	C
11	1392	31	May 28 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-8	9-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.308	.308	.385	.692	9	.07	0.005	.26	0.01%	1.49	PH
12	1393	32	May 29	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-2	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.357	.643	9	1.61	-0.044	5.56	-0.09%	-0.21	PH
13	1394	33	May 30 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-9	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.313	.563	9	.45	-0.023	1.52	-0.05%	-0.57	PH C
14	1395	34	May 30 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.294	.294	.353	.647	8	2.79	0.067	9.67	0.14%	1.00	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
15	1396	36 (1)	Jun 1	PIT	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.300	.550	6	.81	-0.061	2.58	-0.12%	-0.46	C
16	1397	37	Jun 2	PIT	@	NYG	L,4-6	GS-8	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.292	.375	.667	6	.97	0.106	3.19	0.21%	0.57	C
17	1398	38	Jun 3	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-6	10-10	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.320	.320	.400	.720	8	4.41	0.360	13.92	0.68%	1.00	PH
18	1399	40 (1)	Jun 4 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-4	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.320	.346	.400	.746	8	3.26	0.004	11.19	0.01%	0.17	PH
19	1400	42 (1)	Jun 8	PIT		CHC	L,6-10	GS-5	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.321	.345	.393	.738	7	.91	0.070	3.30	0.15%	0.40	C
20	1401	45 (2)	Jun 11 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.290	.313	.355	.667	7						C
21	1402	50 (4)	Jun 17	PIT	@	STL	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.303	.344	.647	7	2.09	-0.052	9.90	-0.15%	-0.16	PH
22	1403	55 (4)	Jun 22 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,9-4	GS-7	3	3	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.343	.361	.429	.790	7	1.48	0.335	3.36	0.46%	2.37	C
23	1404	57 (1)	Jun 23	PIT		STL	T,5-5	2-2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.361	.378	.472	.851	9	1.91	0.199	7.92	0.50%	1.83	PH
24	1405	59 (1)	Jun 25 (1)	PIT		STL	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.325	.341	.425	.766	7	2.41	-0.299	8.10	-0.60%	-1.28	C
25	1406	60	Jun 25 (2)	PIT		STL	T,5-5	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.341	.357	.512	.869	9	1.70	0.488	4.83	0.83%	1.74	PH
26	1407	63 (2)	Jun 30 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,5-7	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.318	.348	.477	.825	7	1.65	-0.091	4.17	-0.14%	-0.75	C
27	1408	64	Jun 30 (2)	PIT		NYG	W,9-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.318	.348	.477	.825	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
28	1409	65	Jul 1	PIT		BSN	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.298	.327	.447	.773	8						C
29	1410	66	Jul 2 (1)	PIT		BSN	L,1-4	GS-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.300	.327	.440	.767	8						C
30	1411	67	Jul 2 (2)	PIT		BSN	W,7-6	0-0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.314	.340	.471	.810	1						PH
31	1412	68	Jul 4 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.309	.333	.455	.788	7	1.23	0.107	2.37	0.12%	0.43	C
32	1413	74 (5)	Jul 9 (1)	PIT		BRO	W,10-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.310	.344	.448	.793	5	.39	0.002	.70	0.00%	-0.11	C
33	1414	76 (1)	Jul 13	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.305	.339	.441	.779	7	.62	-0.015	1.07	-0.02%	-0.22	C
34	1415	78 (1)	Jul 15	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-4	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.317	.349	.450	.799	9	1.01	0.031	1.78	0.03%	0.12	PH
35	1416	79	Jul 16 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.343	.438	.781	5	1.42	-0.088	2.32	-0.09%	-0.24	C
36	1417	82 (2)	Jul 19	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-4	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.308	.338	.431	.769	7						PH
37	1418	83	Jul 20 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.361	.464	.825	7	.58	0.081	.64	0.05%	0.97	C
38	1419	84	Jul 20 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-3	10-10	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.343	.370	.486	.856	9	2.26	0.173	2.62	0.12%	0.61	PH
39	1420	86 (1)	Jul 22	PIT	@	BRO	W,11-0	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.333	.360	.472	.832	7	.01	0.000	.01	0.00%	-0.10	C
40	1421	87	Jul 23 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,7-5	GS-6	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.329	.372	.466	.838	7	1.15	0.042	1.37	0.03%	0.26	C
41	1422	88	Jul 23 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,9-4	10-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.324	.367	.459	.827	8	4.40	-0.110	4.90	-0.07%	-0.42	PH C
42	1423	93 (4)	Jul 29	PIT	@	BSN	W,3-0	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.325	.373	.455	.828	7	.57	-0.015	.23	0.00%	-0.10	C
43	1424	94	Jul 30 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,4-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.325	.379	.450	.829	7	.69	-0.013	.25	0.00%	0.04	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
44	1425	100 (5)	Aug 4	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.321	.375	.444	.819	8						PH
45	1426	101	Aug 5	PIT		CHC	L,2-7	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			1	0	0	.302	.355	.419	.773	7						C
46	1427	114 (12)	Aug 17 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.299	.351	.414	.765	9						PH
47	1428	115	Aug 18	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.295	.347	.409	.756	9						PH
48	1429	126 (10)	Aug 30 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,5-12	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.344	.404	.748	5	.02	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.42	C
49	1430	127	Aug 30 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.344	.404	.748	5						C
Sep/Oct		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
50	1431	129 (1)	Sep 2	PIT		STL	W,5-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.289	.340	.400	.740	9	5.36	-0.133	.01	0.00%	-0.77	PH
51	1432	137 (7)	Sep 10 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-2	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.289	.347	.400	.747	9	.91	0.043	.00	0.00%	0.25	PH
52	1433	146 (8)	Sep 17 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,1-2	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.343	.396	.739	7	5.36	-0.133	.00	0.00%	-0.77	PH
53	1434	153 (6)	Sep 25	PIT	@	BSN	L,4-5	0-GF(13)	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.293	.356	.402	.759	8						C
54	1435	158 (4)	Oct 1 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-7	GS-0	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.301	.369	.441	.810	5						C
							23-29		103	93	6	28	7	0	2	14	10	4	8	0	0		2	2	0	0	.301	.369	.441	.810		1.30	1.106	2.85	2.13%	7.28

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