Bob Davis (davisbo01)

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Robert Edward Davis

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 170 lb.
School Yale University
Debut July 26, 1958
Final Game October 1, 1960
Born September 11, 1933 in New York, NY USA
Died December 22, 2001 in New York, NY USA

[edit] Biographical Information

Righthander Bob Davis, a Yale University graduate, was signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent before the 1955 season. He spent that year with both the Burlington A's and the Savannah A's. He experienced little action, winding up the year appearing in only 12 games for a 2-3 record.

Davis would be with the Columbia Gems in 1956 where he would appear in 30 games, go 4-7 with a 6.00 ERA. He would be with the Columbia club again in 1957, appearing in 41 outings and winning 12 games while losing 13 with a much better 3.12 ERA.

Davis would have his first winning season in 1958 with the Little Rock Travelers, going 11-8 in 25 appearances with a 2.17 ERA and this would get him a look by the Kansas City A's, but he left his good stuff in Little Rock, as he went 0-4 in 8 appearances with a 7.84 ERA for the major league A's.

This would put him back with the Portland Beavers and the Shreveport Sports for the 1959 season. He made 34 appearances and won 16 and lost 13 which earned him another look by the Athletics in 1960. He had no decisions in 21 games with a 3.66 ERA. This would end his major league career with a 0-4 record in 29 games and 63 innings pitched with a life-time 5.71 ERA.

Bob spent most of 1960 with the Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers and went 4-4 in 37 games with a 4.73 ERA. He came out on the right side of his minor league career records, appearing in 181 games, winning 49 and losing 48, pitching 816 innings and ending up with a 4.08 ERA.

Davis was selected by the Los Angeles Angels in the 1961 expansion draft and left baseball to return to Yale, where he earned a degree in clinical psychology.

A licensed psychologist, Bob was with I.T.&T. for fifteen years as a vice-president in human resources. He later became an independent consultant specializing in management development, executive evaluation and career development counseling, with an office in New York City, where he died December 22, 2001,at age 68.