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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1930 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1930 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	PHI	@	BRO	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 19	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 20	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
4	4	Apr 21	PHI	@	NYG	L,6-8	CG	43	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
5	5	Apr 22	PHI		BRO	W,6-5	GS	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 23	PHI		BRO	W,16-15	GS	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 26 (1)	PHI		NYG	L,2-13	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
8	8	Apr 26 (2)	PHI		NYG	L,5-7	GS	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 27	PHI	@	BSN	L,4-13	CG	51	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
10	12 (2)	Apr 30	PHI		BSN	L,3-9	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	14 (1)	May 3	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-1	GF	13	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
12	17 (2)	May 8	PHI	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	5	2	1	8	0
13	18	May 9	PHI	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
14	21 (2)	May 12	PHI	@	CIN	L,6-7	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
15	22	May 13	PHI	@	PIT	W,14-8	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
16	23	May 17	PHI		BRO	W,14-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
17	24	May 18 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
18	27 (2)	May 21	PHI	@	NYG	L,4-11	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	28	May 22	PHI	@	NYG	W,10-8	CG	51	12.0	3	1	0	4	0
20	29	May 23	PHI		NYG	W,9-8	GS	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
21	30	May 24	PHI		NYG	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
22	32 (1)	May 30 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,1-11	GS	15	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	33	May 30 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	L,9-11	CG	44	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
24	34	May 31	PHI	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	35	Jun 1	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-10	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
26	36	Jun 2	PHI		STL	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
27	37	Jun 3	PHI		STL	L,10-11	CG	48	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
28	38	Jun 4	PHI		STL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
29	40 (1)	Jun 6	PHI		CIN	W,14-5	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
30	41	Jun 8 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	42	Jun 8 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
32	43	Jun 10	PHI		CHC	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	45 (1)	Jun 12	PHI		CHC	W,5-3	CG	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	46	Jun 13	PHI		CHC	L,5-7	GS	39	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
35	48 (1)	Jun 14 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
36	50 (1)	Jun 17	PHI		PIT	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
37	51	Jun 20	PHI	@	STL	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
38	52	Jun 21	PHI	@	STL	W,13-3	CG	44	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
39	54 (1)	Jun 22 (2)	PHI	@	STL	L,3-9	GS	0	4.1	2	0	0	2	0
40	55	Jun 23	PHI	@	CHC	L,8-21	CG	51	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
41	56	Jun 24	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
42	57	Jun 25	PHI	@	CHC	L,12-13	CG	43	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
43	58	Jun 26 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	59	Jun 26 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,5-11	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	60	Jun 27	PHI	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
46	61	Jun 28 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	63 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	66 (2)	Jul 5 (2)	PHI		BSN	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
49	68 (1)	Jul 6 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-6	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
50	70 (1)	Jul 8	PHI		NYG	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
51	71	Jul 9	PHI		NYG	W,5-4	GS	26	6.0	2	1	0	3	0
52	73 (1)	Jul 11	PHI		CIN	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
53	74	Jul 12 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,5-9	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
54	76 (1)	Jul 15	PHI		STL	L,6-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	79 (2)	Jul 18	PHI		CIN	L,6-13	GS	21	4.0	1	0	1	2	0
56	81 (1)	Jul 19 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
57	82	Jul 21	PHI		PIT	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	85 (2)	Jul 23 (2)	PHI		PIT	L,15-16	GS	26	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	86	Jul 24	PHI		CHC	L,15-19	CG	52	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
60	87	Jul 25	PHI		CHC	L,5-9	GS	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
61	88	Jul 26	PHI		CHC	L,2-16	CG	53	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
62	89	Jul 27 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,6-10	GS	34	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
63	91 (1)	Jul 28	PHI	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	4	0	1	5	0
64	93 (1)	Jul 30 (1)	PHI		BRO	L,5-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	94	Jul 30 (2)	PHI		BRO	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	97 (2)	Aug 2 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	100 (2)	Aug 3 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
68	101	Aug 4	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	103 (1)	Aug 6	PHI	@	BSN	L,4-5	GS	24	6.0	2	1	0	3	0
70	106 (2)	Aug 10 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	W,18-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
71	109 (2)	Aug 12 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,7-8	GS	25	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
72	113 (3)	Aug 15 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
73	114	Aug 16 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,9-10	GS	31	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
74	115	Aug 16 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	T,3-3	CG	46	11.0	9	0	0	9	0
75	118 (2)	Aug 19 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
76	120 (1)	Aug 20	PHI	@	CHC	W,10-8	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
77	121	Aug 21	PHI	@	STL	L,6-16	CG	45	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
78	122	Aug 22	PHI	@	STL	L,8-10	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	124 (1)	Aug 24 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
80	128 (3)	Aug 29	PHI		BSN	L,8-9	CG	0	11.0	5	2	0	7	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	131 (2)	Sep 1 (1)	PHI		NYG	L,4-8	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
82	134 (2)	Sep 6	PHI	@	BRO	L,8-22	CG	52	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
83	136 (1)	Sep 7 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
84	138 (1)	Sep 8 (2)	PHI		BRO	L,4-11	GS	35	7.0	3	1	0	4	0
85	139	Sep 9	PHI		CIN	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
86	140	Sep 10	PHI		CIN	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
87	141	Sep 11	PHI		CIN	W,15-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	142	Sep 12	PHI		CHC	L,4-17	CG	54	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
89	143	Sep 13	PHI		CHC	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
90	144	Sep 15 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,12-11	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
91	146 (1)	Sep 16	PHI		PIT	W,15-14	GS	37	7.0	3	1	0	4	0
92	147	Sep 17	PHI		PIT	L,5-12	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
93	148	Sep 18	PHI		PIT	L,5-6	GS	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
94	149	Sep 19	PHI		STL	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
95	150	Sep 20 (1)	PHI		STL	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
96	152 (1)	Sep 22	PHI		STL	L,7-15	GS	44	7.0	3	1	0	4	0
97	155 (2)	Sep 27	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
							96gm		731.0	307	50	5	362	6