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Lefty Davis
Alphonzo De Ford Davis

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 10", Weight 170 lb.

Debut April 18, 1901
Final Game July 16, 1907
Born February 4, 1875 in Nashville, TN
Died February 4, 1919 in Collins, NY

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1901 26 TOT NL 112  426   98  124  10 11   2   40  26     66      .291  .389  .380  121  162   9           2    
         BRO NL  25   91   11   19   2  0   0    7   4     10      .209  .287  .231   49   21   1           0    
         PIT NL  87  335   87  105   8 11   2   33  22     56      .313  .415  .421  140  141   8           2    
 1902 27 PIT NL  59  232   52   65   7  3   0   20  19     35      .280  .377  .336  116   78   6           1    
 1903 28 NYY AL 104  372   54   88  10  0   0   25  11     43      .237  .319  .263   72   98  18           2    
 1907 32 CIN NL  73  266   28   61   5  5   1   25   9     23      .229  .293  .297   82   79   8           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 4 Seasons      348 1296  232  338  32 19   3  110  65  0 167   0  .261  .348  .322   98  417  41   0   0   6   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        603  108  157  15  9   1   51  30  0  78   0  .261  .348  .322   98  194  19   0   0   3   0
 Career High    112  426   98  124  10 11   2   40  26  0  66   0  .291  .389  .380  121  162  18   0   0   2   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1901 26 TOT NL  503  311   64   5.5    91| .291  .279| .389  .335| .380  .364| .769  .699| 121  .645  14.0   1.5     
         BRO NL  102   73    6   2.2    91| .209  .279| .287  .335| .231  .364| .518  .699|  49  .253  -5.6  -0.6     
         PIT NL  401  238   58   6.5    91| .313  .279| .415  .335| .421  .364| .836  .699| 140  .712  19.6   2.1     
 1902 27 PIT NL  274  173   29   4.5    81| .280  .271| .377  .327| .336  .334| .713  .660| 116  .616   6.5   0.7     
 1903 28 NYY AL  435  302   31   2.7    87| .237  .270| .319  .320| .263  .365| .582  .685|  72  .377 -11.0  -1.2     
 1907 32 CIN NL  298  213   23   2.8    78| .229  .257| .293  .323| .297  .326| .590  .649|  82  .466  -6.2  -0.7     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 4 Seasons      1510  999  147   3.9    85| .261  .270| .348  .327| .322  .351| .670  .678|  98  .540   3.3   0.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1901 26 TOT NL OF 110 177 18 12 7 .942 .942 1.77 2.03 12 2 96 BRO NL OF 24 37 0 8 0 .822 .941 1.54 2.03 12 2 10 2B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .938 3.00 5.10 PIT NL OF 86 140 18 4 7 .975 .942 1.84 2.03 0 0 86 1902 27 PIT NL OF 59 80 6 5 1 .945 .945 1.46 1.93 0 0 59 1903 28 NYY AL OF 102 176 7 19 1 .906 .952 1.79 1.92 95 1 6 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.20 1907 32 CIN NL OF 70 160 11 5 3 .972 .960 2.44 1.94 0 69 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1901 26 BRO NL 2B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .938 3.00 5.10 1901 26 TOT NL OF 110 177 18 12 7 .942 .942 1.77 2.03 12 2 96 BRO NL OF 24 37 0 8 0 .822 .941 1.54 2.03 12 2 10 PIT NL OF 86 140 18 4 7 .975 .942 1.84 2.03 0 0 86 1902 27 PIT NL OF 59 80 6 5 1 .945 .945 1.46 1.93 0 0 59 1903 28 NYY AL OF 102 176 7 19 1 .906 .952 1.79 1.92 95 1 6 1907 32 CIN NL OF 70 160 11 5 3 .972 .960 2.44 1.94 0 69 1 1903 28 NYY AL SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.20
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 341 593 42 41 12 .939 .950 1.86 1.96 107 72 162 2B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .938 3.00 5.10 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.20 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 343 596 42 41 12 .940 .950 1.86 1.98
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.

Bases on Balls
1901 NL-66-3

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2083) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 6.0 (2269) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

May, 1901: Traded by the Brooklyn Superbas to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Tom McCreery.

Before 1903 Season: Jumped from the Pittsburgh Pirates to the New York Highlanders.


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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