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.

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	CIN		CHC	L,7-8	GF	10	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 20	CIN		CHC	L,4-10	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	4 (1)	Apr 22	CIN	@	PIT	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	9 (4)	Apr 27	CIN		STL	L,0-5	CG	42	9.0	4	1	1	6	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	17 (7)	May 5	CIN		NYG	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
6	18	May 6	CIN		BRO	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
7	19	May 7	CIN		BRO	L,4-7	GS	36	7.0	2	0	1	3	0
8	34 (14)	May 27	CIN		STL	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	10	3	0	13	0
9	35	May 29	CIN		STL	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
10	37 (1)	May 30 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	46 (8)	Jun 12 (1)	CIN		BSN	L,5-6	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
				Player went from Cincinnati Reds to Philadelphia Phillies
12	44	Jun 15	PHI		STL	L,7-9	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
13	45	Jun 16	PHI		STL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
14	46	Jun 17	PHI		PIT	L,3-4	GS	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
15	47	Jun 18	PHI		PIT	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
16	48	Jun 19 (1)	PHI		PIT	L,4-14	GS	38	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	50 (1)	Jun 21	PHI		CHC	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
18	51	Jun 24	PHI		CIN	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
19	52	Jun 25	PHI		CIN	W,7-6	CG	55	12.0	11	0	0	11	0
20	53	Jun 26 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,10-3	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
21	54	Jun 26 (2)	PHI		CIN	L,5-8	GF	13	3.0	4	0	1	5	0
22	55	Jun 29 (1)	PHI		NYG	L,1-9	GS	25	4.0	5	0	0	5	0
23	56	Jun 29 (2)	PHI		NYG	L,2-6	GS	6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	71 (14)	Jul 15	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-4	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	72	Jul 16	PHI	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
26	73	Jul 18	PHI	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
27	74	Jul 19	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-8	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
28	75	Jul 20 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,11-0	GS	28	7.0	0	1	0	1	1
29	76	Jul 20 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
30	77	Jul 21	PHI	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	0	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
31	78	Jul 22 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
32	80 (1)	Jul 23	PHI	@	CIN	L,9-10	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
33	81	Jul 24 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-7	CG	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
34	83 (1)	Jul 26	PHI		PIT	W,6-5	GS	29	7.0	5	2	0	7	0
35	84	Jul 27	PHI		PIT	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	85	Jul 28	PHI		PIT	L,2-9	GS	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
37	86	Jul 29	PHI		CHC	W,5-4		10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	87	Jul 30	PHI		CHC	W,5-4	GS	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
39	88	Jul 31 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,6-5	GS	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	90 (1)	Aug 2	PHI		CIN	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
41	91	Aug 3	PHI		CIN	L,3-6	CG	41	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
42	92	Aug 5	PHI		STL	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	93	Aug 6	PHI		STL	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	94	Aug 7 (1)	PHI		STL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	96 (1)	Aug 9	PHI	@	BRO	L,6-9	GS	38	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
46	97	Aug 12	PHI		NYG	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
47	98	Aug 13 (1)	PHI		NYG	L,1-11	GS	29	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	101 (2)	Aug 14 (2)	PHI		NYG	L,6-14	GS	0		3	0	1	4	0
49	102	Aug 15	PHI		BSN	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
50	103	Aug 16	PHI		BSN	W,7-6	CG	0	11.0	5	0	1	6	0
51	105 (1)	Aug 19	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	108 (2)	Aug 23	PHI	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	111 (2)	Aug 25 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	0	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	115 (3)	Aug 28 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-3	GS	27	7.0	3	1	0	4	0
55	117 (1)	Aug 30 (2)	PHI	@	STL	L,7-8	CG	0	9.1	2	0	0	2	0
56	119 (1)	Aug 31 (2)	PHI	@	STL	L,6-7	GS	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	120	Sep 1	PHI	@	STL	L,5-6	GS	31	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
58	121	Sep 3	PHI	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
59	122	Sep 4 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
60	124 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	PHI		NYG	L,0-7	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
61	125	Sep 5 (2)	PHI		NYG	W,4-3	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	126	Sep 6	PHI		BRO	L,4-6	GS	33	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
63	127	Sep 7	PHI		BRO	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
64	129 (1)	Sep 9	PHI		BSN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
65	130	Sep 10	PHI		BSN	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
66	131	Sep 11 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,11-2	GS	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	133 (1)	Sep 14 (1)	PHI		STL	L,9-12	GS	37	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
68	136 (2)	Sep 16 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	137	Sep 18 (1)	PHI		PIT	L,0-1	CG	40	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
70	139 (1)	Sep 22 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,0-4	GF	10	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
71	140	Sep 22 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	145 (4)	Sep 25 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,5-1	CG	28	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
73	147 (1)	Sep 27 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	150 (2)	Oct 2 (1)	PHI		BRO	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	5	2	1	8	0
							74gm		571.0	260	34	7	301	6