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Spud Davis
Virgil Lawrence Davis

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 197 lb.

Debut April 30, 1928
Final Game September 5, 1945
Born December 20, 1904 in Birmingham, AL
Died August 14, 1984 in Birmingham, AL

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1928 23 TOT NL  69  168   17   47   2  0   3   19   0     16  11  .280  .342  .345   75   58   3           0    
         STL NL   2    5    1    1   0  0   0    1   0      1   0  .200  .333  .200   41    1   1           0    
         PHI NL  67  163   16   46   2  0   3   18   0     15  11  .282  .343  .350   76   57   2           0    
 1929 24 PHI NL  98  263   31   90  18  0   7   48   1     19  17  .342  .391  .490  112  129   5           2    
 1930 25 PHI NL 106  329   41  103  16  1  14   65   1     17  20  .313  .349  .495   96  163  10           1    
 1931 26 PHI NL 120  393   30  128  32  1   4   51   0     36  28  .326  .382  .443  114  174   4           0    
 1932 27 PHI NL 125  402   44  135  23  5  14   70   1     40  39  .336  .399  .522  135  210   4           2    
 1933 28 PHI NL 141  495   51  173  28  3   9   65   2     32  24  .349  .395  .473  135  234   8           5  21 MVP-25
 1934 29 STL NL 107  347   45  104  22  4   9   65   0     34  27  .300  .366  .464  115  161   1           2  12
 1935 30 STL NL 102  315   28  100  24  2   1   60   0     33  30  .317  .386  .416  112  131   4           2   4
 1936 31 STL NL 112  363   24   99  26  2   4   59   0     35  34  .273  .342  .388   96  141   1           3  12
 1937 32 CIN NL  76  209   19   56  10  1   3   33   0     23  15  .268  .341  .368   97   77   0           0   7
 1938 33 TOT NL  82  251   14   59   8  0   2   24   1     19  20  .235  .292  .291   61   73   1           1  14
         CIN NL  12   36    3    6   1  0   0    1   0      5   6  .167  .286  .194   36    7   0           1   2
         PHI NL  70  215   11   53   7  0   2   23   1     14  14  .247  .293  .307   65   66   1           0  12
 1939 34 PHI NL  87  202   10   62   8  1   0   23   0     24  20  .307  .383  .356  103   72   7           1   5
 1940 35 PIT NL  99  285   23   93  14  1   5   39   0     35  20  .326  .404  .435  132  124   2           2  15
 1941 36 PIT NL  57  107    3   27   4  1   0    6   0     11  11  .252  .322  .308   78   33   0           0   6
 1944 39 PIT NL  54   93    6   28   7  0   2   14   0     10   8  .301  .369  .441  123   41   0           0   2
 1945 40 PIT NL  23   33    2    8   2  0   0    6   0      2   2  .242  .306  .303   67   10   0           1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons    1458 4255  388 1312 244 22  77  647   6  0 386 326  .308  .369  .430  110 1831  50   0   0  22 100
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        473   43  146  27  2   9   72   1  0  43  36  .308  .369  .430  110  203   6   0   0   2  11
 Career High    141  495   51  173  32  5  14   70   2  0  40  39  .349  .404  .522  135  234  10   0   0   5  21
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1928 23 TOT NL  187  124   20   4.3   115| .280  .298| .342  .364| .345  .424| .687  .789|  75  .451  -6.4  -0.6     
         STL NL    7    5    0   0.0   111| .200  .292| .333  .358| .200  .416| .533  .774|  41  .000  -0.4   0.0     
         PHI NL  180  119   20   4.5   115| .282  .299| .343  .364| .350  .425| .693  .789|  76  .471  -6.0  -0.6     
 1929 24 PHI NL  289  178   50   7.5   126| .342  .312| .391  .377| .490  .454| .881  .831| 112  .639   4.9   0.4     
 1930 25 PHI NL  357  236   57   6.4   133| .313  .321| .349  .380| .495  .477| .844  .857|  96  .541  -4.2  -0.4     
 1931 26 PHI NL  433  269   67   6.6   110| .326  .295| .382  .355| .443  .416| .825  .771| 114  .661   9.3   0.9     
 1932 27 PHI NL  448  271   83   8.3   112| .336  .297| .399  .351| .522  .430| .921  .781| 135  .737  20.9   2.0     
 1933 28 PHI NL  540  351   91   6.9   101| .349  .288| .395  .342| .473  .394| .868  .736| 135  .726  24.1   2.5     
 1934 29 STL NL  384  256   58   6.0   109| .300  .294| .366  .350| .464  .418| .830  .769| 115  .609   7.8   0.7     
 1935 30 STL NL  354  223   50   6.0   107| .317  .290| .386  .346| .416  .414| .802  .760| 112  .611   7.2   0.7     
 1936 31 STL NL  402  277   47   4.6   103| .273  .286| .342  .345| .388  .400| .730  .745|  96  .487  -1.0  -0.1     
 1937 32 CIN NL  232  160   26   4.3    97| .268  .274| .341  .335| .368  .388| .709  .723|  97  .482  -0.2   0.0     
 1938 33 TOT NL  272  207   21   2.7    98| .235  .274| .292  .338| .291  .390| .583  .728|  61  .293 -13.4  -1.4     
         CIN NL   42   32    2   1.7    96| .167  .271| .286  .334| .194  .386| .480  .720|  36  .147  -2.9  -0.3     
         PHI NL  230  175   19   2.9    99| .247  .275| .293  .339| .307  .391| .600  .730|  65  .319 -10.5  -1.1     
 1939 34 PHI NL  234  152   27   4.7   100| .307  .275| .383  .340| .356  .393| .739  .734| 103  .517   2.3   0.2     
 1940 35 PIT NL  324  209   50   6.4    97| .326  .270| .404  .335| .435  .389| .839  .724| 132  .671  14.2   1.4     
 1941 36 PIT NL  118   86   11   3.4    94| .252  .266| .322  .336| .308  .375| .630  .711|  78  .414  -3.0  -0.3     
 1944 39 PIT NL  103   67   15   6.0    97| .301  .273| .369  .340| .441  .383| .810  .723| 123  .658   3.2   0.3     
 1945 40 PIT NL   36   27    3   3.0   100| .242  .278| .306  .348| .303  .384| .609  .732|  67  .340  -1.5  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 16 Seasons     4713 3093  676   5.8   108| .308  .290| .369  .350| .430  .413| .799  .763| 110  .601  64.2   6.1     

* 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  PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1928 23 TOT NL C 51 155 46 6 7 .971 .979 3.94 3.79 5 STL NL C 2 6 0 2 0 .750 .984 3.00 3.80 0 PHI NL C 49 149 46 4 7 .980 .979 3.98 3.79 5 1929 24 PHI NL C 89 198 47 10 7 .961 .974 2.75 3.57 4 1930 25 PHI NL C 96 307 50 5 6 .986 .976 3.72 4.05 4 1931 26 PHI NL C 114 420 78 3 10 .994 .980 4.37 4.03 5 1932 27 PHI NL C 120 408 54 6 15 .987 .979 3.85 3.98 2 1933 28 PHI NL C 132 395 69 8 9 .983 .982 3.52 3.75 10 1934 29 STL NL C 94 459 42 6 7 .988 .985 5.33 4.09 2 1935 30 STL NL C 81 335 34 3 2 .992 .976 4.56 4.17 4 1B 5 48 0 0 4 1.000 .990 9.60 9.60 1936 31 STL NL C 103 390 59 7 7 .985 .979 4.36 4.21 3 3B 2 1 4 0 0 1.000 .943 2.50 2.50 1937 32 CIN NL C 59 300 40 7 3 .980 .980 5.76 4.62 1 1938 33 TOT NL C 74 260 34 7 6 .977 .979 3.97 4.26 5 CIN NL C 11 43 7 2 1 .962 .978 4.55 4.26 3 PHI NL C 63 217 27 5 5 .980 .979 3.87 4.26 2 1939 34 PHI NL C 85 260 40 0 1 1.000 .982 3.53 3.93 5 1940 35 PIT NL C 87 288 61 12 11 .967 .978 4.01 4.05 2 1941 36 PIT NL C 49 97 16 0 3 1.000 .983 2.31 4.06 2 1944 39 PIT NL C 35 76 10 3 3 .966 .979 2.46 3.95 0 1945 40 PIT NL C 13 26 4 1 0 .968 .977 2.31 3.83 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1935 30 STL NL 1B 5 48 0 0 4 1.000 .990 9.60 9.60 1936 31 STL NL 3B 2 1 4 0 0 1.000 .943 2.50 2.50 1928 23 TOT NL C 51 155 46 6 7 .971 .979 3.94 3.79 5 STL NL C 2 6 0 2 0 .750 .984 3.00 3.80 0 PHI NL C 49 149 46 4 7 .980 .979 3.98 3.79 5 1929 24 PHI NL C 89 198 47 10 7 .961 .974 2.75 3.57 4 1930 25 PHI NL C 96 307 50 5 6 .986 .976 3.72 4.05 4 1931 26 PHI NL C 114 420 78 3 10 .994 .980 4.37 4.03 5 1932 27 PHI NL C 120 408 54 6 15 .987 .979 3.85 3.98 2 1933 28 PHI NL C 132 395 69 8 9 .983 .982 3.52 3.75 10 1934 29 STL NL C 94 459 42 6 7 .988 .985 5.33 4.09 2 1935 30 STL NL C 81 335 34 3 2 .992 .976 4.56 4.17 4 1936 31 STL NL C 103 390 59 7 7 .985 .979 4.36 4.21 3 1937 32 CIN NL C 59 300 40 7 3 .980 .980 5.76 4.62 1 1938 33 TOT NL C 74 260 34 7 6 .977 .979 3.97 4.26 5 CIN NL C 11 43 7 2 1 .962 .978 4.55 4.26 3 PHI NL C 63 217 27 5 5 .980 .979 3.87 4.26 2 1939 34 PHI NL C 85 260 40 0 1 1.000 .982 3.53 3.93 5 1940 35 PIT NL C 87 288 61 12 11 .967 .978 4.01 4.05 2 1941 36 PIT NL C 49 97 16 0 3 1.000 .983 2.31 4.06 2 1944 39 PIT NL C 35 76 10 3 3 .966 .979 2.46 3.95 0 1945 40 PIT NL C 13 26 4 1 0 .968 .977 2.31 3.83 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C 1282 4374 684 84 97 .984 .980 3.95 4.02 54 1B 5 48 0 0 4 1.000 .990 9.60 9.60 3B 2 1 4 0 0 1.000 .943 2.50 2.50 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 1289 4423 688 84 101 .984 .980 3.97 4.04
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1934   WS    STL DET     W   2   2   0   2  0  0  0   1   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1933-NL-25-0.01
Car-1440-0.01 shares

Batting Average
1931 NL-.326-9
1932 NL-.336-7
1933 NL-.349-2

On-base %
1932 NL-.399-5
1933 NL-.395-2
1935 NL-.386-9

Slugging %
1932 NL-.522-8
1933 NL-.473-6

OPS
1932 NL-.921-7
1933 NL-.867-3

Hits
1933 NL-173-9

Singles
1933 NL-133-7

Adjusted OPS+
1932 NL-135-9
1933 NL-135-8

Runs Created
1933 NL-91-8

Adjusted Batting Runs
1932 NL-21-10
1933 NL-24-8

Batting Wins
1932 NL-2.0-10
1933 NL-2.5-8

Offensive Win%
1932 NL-.737-7
1933 NL-.726-3

Hit By Pitch
1933 NL-5-6

Grounded into Double Plays
1933 NL-21-2
1940 NL-15-10

At Bats per Home Run
1930 NL-23.5-10
1932 NL-28.7-9

     

Gray Ink: Batting - 21 (963) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 27.9 (323) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 44.0 (409) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

May 11, 1928: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Homer Peel to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jimmie Wilson.

November 15, 1933: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Eddie Delker to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jimmie Wilson.

December 2, 1936: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the St. Louis Cardinals.

June 13, 1938: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Al Hollingsworth and $50,000 to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bucky Walters.

October 27, 1939: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Philadelphia Phillies.

October 2, 1941: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.


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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