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Jim Davis
James Bennett Davis

Bats Both, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 180 lb.

Debut April 18, 1954
Final Game July 7, 1957
Born September 15, 1924 in Red Bluff, CA
Died November 30, 1995 in San Mateo, CA

Nephew of Marv Grissom

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1954 29 CHC NL  11   7  46  12   2   0  18  4  127.7  114   57   50  12   51   58   3   3   538       1  3.52  4.19  119 1.292
 1955 30 CHC NL   7  11  42  16   0   0  17  3  133.7  122   79   66  16   58   62   2   7   568   5   0  4.44  4.12   93 1.347
 1956 31 CHC NL   5   7  46  11   2   1  17  2  120.3  116   56   49  11   59   66   6   3   525   4   0  3.66  3.81  104 1.454
 1957 32 TOT NL   1   1  20   0   0   0   8  1   24.7   31   17   16   3   11   11   0   0   113   1   0  5.84  3.96   68 1.703
         STL NL   0   1  10   0   0   0   4  1   13.7   18    8    8   1    6    5   0   0    61   0   0  5.27  3.99   76 1.756
         NYG NL   1   0  10   0   0   0   4  0   11.0   13    9    8   2    5    6   0   0    52   1   0  6.55  3.92   60 1.636
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .480  24  26 154  39   4   1  60 10  406.3  383  209  181  42  179  197  11  13  1744  10   1  4.01  4.04  101 1.383
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8   9  54  13   1   0  21  3  143.0  134   73   63  14   63   69   3   4   614   3   0  4.01  4.04  101 1.383
 Career High     11  11  46  16   2   1  18  4  133.7  122   79   66  16   59   66   6   7   568   5   1  3.52  4.19  119 1.292

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1954 29 CHC NL  46   32    3    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   7  22  .063  .231  .063  -19    2   0   0       0   0
 1955 30 CHC NL  42   37    1    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   3  21  .027  .100  .027  -64    1   3   0   0   0   1
 1956 31 CHC NL  46   28    3    5   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  10  .179  .207  .179    6    5   3   0   0   0   0
 1957 32 TOT NL  20    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .500  .500  .500  170    1   0   0   0   0   0
         STL NL  10    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         NYG NL  10    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000  444    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      154   99    7    9   0  0   0    1   0  0  11  54  .091  .182  .091  -25    9   6   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        104    7    9   0  0   0    1   0  0  12  57  .091  .182  .091  -25    9   6   0   0   0   1
 Career High     46   37    3    5   0  0   0    1   0  0   7  22                           5   3   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1954 29 CHC NL   39   30    0   0.0   110| .063  .275| .231  .347| .063  .426| .294  .772| -19  .000  -5.7  -0.6   0%
 1955 30 CHC NL   43   40    0   0.0   105| .027  .265| .100  .336| .027  .420| .127  .757| -64  .000  -8.9  -0.9   0%
 1956 31 CHC NL   32   26    1   1.0   102| .179  .263| .207  .330| .179  .415| .386  .745|   6  .064  -3.8  -0.4   0%
 1957 32 TOT NL    2    1    1  27.2   103| .500  .269| .500  .332| .500  .416|1.000  .749| 170  .962   0.2   0.0   0%
         STL NL    1    1    0   0.0   104| .000  .271| .000  .334| .000  .419| .000  .753|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
         NYG NL    1    0    1         102|1.000  .267|1.000  .331|1.000  .414|2.000  .745| 444         0.5   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons       116   97    2   0.6   106| .091  .268| .182  .338| .091  .420| .273  .759| -25  .020 -18.2  -1.9   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1954 29 CHC NL P 46 13 24 1 0 .974 .961 0.80 0.87 2.61 2.07 12 127.7 1955 30 CHC NL P 42 5 22 1 0 .964 .951 0.64 0.83 1.82 2.04 16 133.7 1956 31 CHC NL P 46 2 23 0 3 1.000 .965 0.54 0.83 1.87 2.05 11 120.3 1957 32 TOT NL P 20 0 6 1 1 .857 .968 0.30 0.82 2.19 2.04 0 24.7 STL NL P 10 0 3 0 1 1.000 .968 0.30 0.82 1.97 2.04 0 13.7 NYG NL P 10 0 3 1 0 .750 .968 0.30 0.82 2.45 2.05 0 11.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1954 29 CHC NL P 46 13 24 1 0 .974 .961 0.80 0.87 2.61 2.07 12 127.7 1955 30 CHC NL P 42 5 22 1 0 .964 .951 0.64 0.83 1.82 2.04 16 133.7 1956 31 CHC NL P 46 2 23 0 3 1.000 .965 0.54 0.83 1.87 2.05 11 120.3 1957 32 TOT NL P 20 0 6 1 1 .857 .968 0.30 0.82 2.19 2.04 0 24.7 STL NL P 10 0 3 0 1 1.000 .968 0.30 0.82 1.97 2.04 0 13.7 NYG NL P 10 0 3 1 0 .750 .968 0.30 0.82 2.45 2.05 0 11.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 154 20 75 3 4 .969 .960 0.62 0.84 2.10 2.05 39 406.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 154 20 75 3 4 .969 .960 0.62 0.84 2.11 2.05 39 406
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1954 NL-46-10
1956 NL-46-10

Saves
1954 NL-4-10

Wild Pitches
1955 NL-7-1

Hit Batsmen
1956 NL-6-6

Games Finished
1955 NL-17-10

Gray Ink: Pitching - 5 (1832) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1946 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

October 2, 1949: Purchased by the Seattle (PCL) from the Boston Red Sox.

April 15, 1954: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Seattle (PCL).

December 11, 1956: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Sam Jones, Hobie Landrith, and Eddie Miksis to the St. Louis Cardinals for Tom Poholsky, Jackie Collum, Ray Katt, and Wally Lammers (minors).

June 4, 1957: Selected off waivers by the New York Giants from the St. Louis Cardinals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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