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.

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1931 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	PHI		NYG	L,5-9	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
2	2	Apr 15	PHI		NYG	W,10-7	CG	44	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
3	5 (2)	Apr 19	PHI	@	BRO	W,6-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	7 (1)	Apr 21	PHI		BRO	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
5	8	Apr 22	PHI	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	5	3	0	8	0
6	9	Apr 24	PHI	@	NYG	T,7-7	GS	34	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
7	10	Apr 25	PHI	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	36	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
8	11	Apr 27	PHI		BSN	L,0-2	GS	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
9	12	Apr 28	PHI		BSN	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
10	13	Apr 30	PHI	@	BRO	L,1-6	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	14	May 1	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
12	15	May 3	PHI	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
13	16	May 4	PHI	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	17	May 5	PHI	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	42	8.1	6	0	0	6	0
15	18	May 6	PHI	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	2
16	19	May 8	PHI		BRO	L,3-4	GS	29	7.0	4	2	0	6	0
17	21 (1)	May 9 (2)	PHI		BRO	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
18	22	May 11	PHI		STL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
19	23	May 15 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,5-10		5	0.2	0	1	0	1	0
20	24	May 15 (2)	PHI		CIN	L,5-7	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
21	25	May 16 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,5-1	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
22	26	May 16 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,6-17	CG	50	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
23	27	May 18	PHI		CHC	W,5-4	GS	32	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
24	28	May 19	PHI		PIT	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
25	29	May 20	PHI		PIT	W,11-7	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
26	30	May 22 (1)	PHI		BRO	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
27	31	May 22 (2)	PHI		BRO	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
28	32	May 23 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	W,8-5	GS	28	7.0	5	2	0	7	0
29	34 (1)	May 24	PHI	@	BRO	L,5-6	GF	16	3.2	1	1	0	2	0
30	35	May 26	PHI	@	BRO	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
31	36	May 29	PHI		BSN	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	37	May 30 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,10-0	GS	17	5.0	6	0	0	6	1
33	38	May 30 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,12-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	39	May 31	PHI	@	NYG	L,5-10	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	40	Jun 2	PHI	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
36	41	Jun 3	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-3	GS	10	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
37	42	Jun 4	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	44 (1)	Jun 6	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	32	8.2	2	1	0	3	0
39	45	Jun 9	PHI	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
40	46	Jun 10	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
41	47	Jun 11	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
42	48	Jun 12	PHI	@	CHC	L,4-7	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	49	Jun 13	PHI	@	CHC	L,6-7	GS	25	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	51 (1)	Jun 14 (2)	PHI	@	STL	L,4-13	CG	0	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
45	52	Jun 16	PHI	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	30	8.1	2	1	0	3	0
46	53	Jun 18	PHI		CIN	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
47	55 (1)	Jun 20 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
48	58 (2)	Jun 22	PHI		STL	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
49	59	Jun 24 (1)	PHI		STL	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
50	61 (1)	Jun 25	PHI		PIT	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	62	Jun 26	PHI		PIT	W,13-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	63	Jun 27 (1)	PHI		PIT	L,6-10	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
53	64	Jun 27 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
54	65	Jun 29	PHI		CHC	W,11-10	CG	51	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
55	66	Jun 30	PHI		CHC	L,3-14	CG	48	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	67	Jul 1	PHI		CHC	W,11-6	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
57	69 (1)	Jul 3 (1)	PHI		STL	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
58	71 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	72	Jul 4 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-4	GS	33	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	73	Jul 5	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	74	Jul 6	PHI		BRO	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
62	75	Jul 7	PHI		BRO	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
63	77 (1)	Jul 9	PHI		NYG	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	6	3	0	9	1
64	78	Jul 11 (1)	PHI		NYG	L,5-23	GS	26	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	79	Jul 11 (2)	PHI		NYG	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	81 (1)	Jul 12 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,4-9	CG	43	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
67	84 (2)	Jul 14 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	45	9.1	5	0	0	5	0
68	85	Jul 15	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
69	88 (2)	Jul 18	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
70	90 (1)	Jul 19 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	92 (1)	Jul 24 (2)	PHI	@	STL	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
72	93	Jul 25	PHI	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	4	3	0	7	0
73	95 (1)	Jul 27	PHI	@	CHC	W,7-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	97 (1)	Jul 29	PHI	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
75	98	Jul 31	PHI		BRO	L,4-6	GF	14	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	99	Aug 1	PHI		BRO	L,4-8	GS	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
77	100	Aug 2 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	W,5-2	GF	32	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
78	102 (1)	Aug 4 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
79	103	Aug 4 (2)	PHI		BSN	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
80	106 (2)	Aug 7	PHI		NYG	W,13-5	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	107	Aug 8	PHI		NYG	L,3-9	GS	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
82	108	Aug 9 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
83	109	Aug 9 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	111 (1)	Aug 12 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,1-12	CG	51	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
85	112	Aug 13	PHI		CHC	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
86	113	Aug 14	PHI		CHC	W,14-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
87	114	Aug 15 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
88	116 (1)	Aug 17 (1)	PHI		PIT	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
89	119 (2)	Aug 19 (1)	PHI		STL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
90	120	Aug 19 (2)	PHI		STL	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
91	121	Aug 22 (1)	PHI		STL	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
92	122	Aug 22 (2)	PHI		STL	W,6-5	GS	36	8.0	5	1	1	7	0
93	123	Aug 25 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,0-8	CG	47	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
94	126 (2)	Aug 26 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
95	128 (1)	Aug 30 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-8	CG	43	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
96	129	Aug 30 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	130	Sep 4	PHI		BSN	W,11-1	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
98	131	Sep 5 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,12-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
99	132	Sep 5 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
100	133	Sep 6 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
101	135 (1)	Sep 7 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	136	Sep 7 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
103	137	Sep 8 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
104	138	Sep 8 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
105	139	Sep 10	PHI	@	CHC	L,4-17	CG	48	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
106	140	Sep 11	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
107	143 (2)	Sep 13 (2)	PHI	@	STL	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
108	144	Sep 14 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,5-13	GS	16	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
109	145	Sep 14 (2)	PHI	@	STL	L,3-10	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
110	147 (1)	Sep 16	PHI	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	8	3	0	11	1
111	149 (1)	Sep 19 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
112	152 (2)	Sep 22	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS	56	12.0	6	4	0	10	0
113	153	Sep 24	PHI	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
114	154	Sep 27 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
							114gm		917.0	420	78	3	501	10