Roosevelt Davis

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 168lb (175cm, 76kg)

Born: November 19, 1904 in Bartlesville, OK us

Died: December 28, 1968 in Chicago, IL

Buried: Burr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, IL

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1924 season

Full Name: Roosevelt Davis

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Career

WAR

16.6

ERA

4.07

304

166

1537.2

672

WHIP

1.361

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1924	19	-7.6	SLS	NNL	Maj	SLS	7	4	.636	4.62	6.12	25	12	7	6	0	0	120.2	142	82	62	7	31		51	3	0	2	551	1.434	10.6	0.5	2.3	3.8	1.65
1925	20	-6.4	SLS	NNL	Maj	SLS	16	6	.727	4.45	4.71	35	19		9	0	0	168.0	175	88	83		26		48	1		0	697	1.196	9.4		1.4	2.6	1.85
1926	21	-5.5	SLS	NNL	Maj	SLS	7	5	.583	5.21	6.52	36	18	12	1	0	3	145.0	182	105	84	8	46		49	11	0	1	655	1.572	11.3	0.5	2.9	3.0	1.07
1927	22	-4.6	SLS	NNL	Maj	SLS	11	8	.579	4.30	4.83	35	17		9	0	2	169.2	204	91	81		36		67	4		0		1.415	10.8		1.9	3.6	1.86
1928	23	-4.3	SLS	NNL	Maj	SLS	8	0	1.000	3.31	4.22	24	9		5	1	1	98.0	108	46	36	2	13		36	1		1	408	1.235	9.9	0.2	1.2	3.3	2.77
1929	24		2 Teams	NNL	Maj	CAG-SLS	6	7	.462	3.93	4.74	34	16		8	3	3	144.1	151	76	63		37		46	1		4		1.303	9.4		2.3	2.9	1.24
1929	24	-2.7	SLS	NNL	Maj	SLS	6	7	.462	3.70	4.52	33	15		8	3	3	143.1	146	72	59		36		46	1		4		1.270	9.2		2.3	2.9	1.28
1929	24	-2.7	CAG	NNL	Maj	CAG	0	0		36.00	36.00	1	1		0	0	0	1.0	5	4	4		1		0	0		0		6.000	45.0		9.0	0.0	0.00
1930	25		2 Teams	NNL	Maj	KCM-SLS	11	3	.786	4.13	5.81	21	11		7	0	0	117.2	143	76	54		42		68	3		0		1.572	10.9		3.2	5.2	1.62
1930	25	-1.6	SLS	NNL	Maj	SLS	10	3	.769	3.86	5.54	19	11		7	0	0	112.0	130	69	48		36		65	3		0		1.482	10.4		2.9	5.2	1.81
1930	25	-1.6	KCM	NNL	Maj	KCM	1	0	1.000	9.53	11.12	2	0		0	0	0	5.2	13	7	6		6		3	0		0		3.353	20.6		9.5	4.8	0.50
1931	26		2 Teams	NNL	Maj	AB2-SLS	2	4	.333	4.47	6.08	7	4	1	3	0	0	50.1	60	34	25	5	23		27	0		2	230	1.649	10.7	0.9	4.1	4.8	1.17
1931	26	-3.9	Pittsburgh	BLK	Non		2	2	.500	4.61	5.60	4	4	0	4	1	0	27.1	25	17	14	0	8		20	1		0	118	1.207	8.2	0.0	2.6	6.6	2.50
1931	26	-1.0	SLS	NNL	Maj	SLS	1	0	1.000	4.05	5.40	2	0	0	0	0	0	6.2	11	4	3	1	1		7	0		1	32	1.800	14.9	1.4	1.4	9.5	7.00
1931	26	-1.0	AB2	NNL	Maj	AB2	1	4	.200	4.53	6.18	5	4	1	3	0	0	43.2	49	30	22	4	22		20	0		1	198	1.626	10.1	0.8	4.5	4.1	0.91
1932	27		2 Teams	EWL	Maj	CLS-CUP	3	3	.500	3.39	4.47	8	7	1	6	0	0	58.1	60	29	22	0	13		41	2		1	248	1.251	9.3	0.0	2.0	6.3	3.15
1932	27	-2.3	CLS	EWL	Maj	CLS	1	2	.333	3.93	4.98	5	4	1	3	0	0	34.1	33	19	15	0	11		30	1		1	148	1.282	8.7	0.0	2.9	7.9	2.73
1932	27	-2.3	CUP	EWL	Maj	CUP	2	1	.667	2.63	3.75	3	3	0	3	0	0	24.0	27	10	7	0	2		11	1		0	100	1.208	10.1	0.0	0.8	4.1	5.50
1933	28	0.2	CBB	NN2	Maj	CBB	2	2	.500	2.66	3.89	8	4		2	0	0	44.0	50	19	13	1	9		16	3		0	196	1.341	10.2	0.2	1.8	3.3	1.78
1934	29	0.8	PC	NN2	Maj	PC	1	0	1.000	3.91	4.70	5	2		1	0	1	23.0	25	12	10	2	10		12	0		0	100	1.522	9.8	0.8	3.9	4.7	1.20
1935	30	1.6	PC	NN2	Maj	PC	5	1	.833	3.14	3.98	13	8		5	1	1	86.0	87	38	30	5	24		49	1		0	361	1.291	9.1	0.5	2.5	5.1	2.04
1936	31	3.1	NBY	NN2	Maj	NBY	2	4	.333	4.19	5.13	14	9		4	1	1	66.2	76	38	31	4	22		27	3		0	296	1.470	10.3	0.5	3.0	3.6	1.23
1937	32		2 Teams	NN2	Maj	NBY-PC	2	4	.333	5.98	7.14	8	6	1	5	0	0	46.2	56	37	31	3	9	0	22	2	0	0	209	1.393	10.8	0.6	1.7	4.2	2.44
1937	32	5.0	NBY	NN2	Maj	NBY	0	0		27.00	31.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	6	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	3.500	27.0	4.5	4.5	0.0	0.00
1937	32	5.0	PC	NN2	Maj	PC	2	4	.333	5.04	6.04	7	6	1	5	0	0	44.2	50	30	25	2	8	0	22	2	0	0	195	1.299	10.1	0.4	1.6	4.4	2.75
1938	33		3 Teams	NN2	Maj	NBY-NE-PC	0	3	.000	13.11	20.83	5	3	0	0	0	0	11.2	32	27	17	4	9		4	0		0	80	3.514	24.7	3.1	6.9	3.1	0.44
1938	33	4.9	NBY	NN2	Maj	NBY	0	2	.000	14.14	19.29	3	2	0	0	0	0	7.0	18	15	11	1	6		3	0		0	47	3.429	23.1	1.3	7.7	3.9	0.50
1938	33	4.9	NE	NN2	Maj	NE	0	0		0.00	19.29	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	3	5	0	1	2		1	0		0	14	2.143	11.6	3.9	7.7	3.9	0.50
1938	33	4.9	PC	NN2	Maj	PC	0	1	.000	23.14	27.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.1	11	7	6	2	1		0	0		0	19	5.143	42.4	7.7	3.9	0.0	0.00
1939	34	7.1	MRS	NAL	Maj	MRS	1	3	.250	3.82	5.73	4	4		3	0	0	33.0	31	21	14		4		16	0				1.061	8.5		1.1	4.4	4.00
1940	35		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	NBY	0	1	.000	0.93	2.79	2	1	0	1	0	0	9.2	7	3	1	0	3	0	6	0	0	0	40	1.034	6.5	0.0	2.8	5.6	2.00
1940	35	9.5	MRS	NAL	Maj	MRS	0	1	.000	1.13	3.38	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	6	3	1	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	34	1.125	6.8	0.0	3.4	5.6	1.67
1940	35	7.5	NBY	NN2	Maj	NBY	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0.600	5.4	0.0	0.0	5.4

1943	38	7.0	CC	NAL	Maj	CC	5	2	.714	2.35	2.93	9	6		6	1	2	61.1	45	20	16	1	10		37	0		0	243	0.897	6.6	0.1	1.5	5.4	3.70
1944	39	7.9	CC	NAL	Maj	CC	5	2	.714	2.82	3.53	7	7	0	4	1	0	51.0	48	20	16	0	15	0	37	0	0	0	212	1.235	8.5	0.0	2.6	6.5	2.47
1945	40		2 Teams	NAL	Maj	CBE-CC	2	0	1.000	1.65	2.48	4	3	1	2	1	0	32.2	19	9	6	1	9	0	13	1	0	0	126	0.857	5.2	0.3	2.5	3.6	1.44
1945	40	10.0	CC	NAL	Maj	CC	0	0		4.26	5.68	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.1	4	4	3	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	25	1.421	5.7	0.0	7.1	1.4	0.20
1945	40	10.0	CBE	NAL	Maj	CBE	2	0	1.000	1.03	1.71	3	2	1	2	1	0	26.1	15	5	3	1	4	0	12	1	0	0	101	0.722	5.1	0.3	1.4	4.1	3.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (20 seasons)					Majors		96	62	.608	4.07	5.10	304	166	23	87	9	14	1537.2	1701	871	695	43	391	0	672	36	0	11	4652	1.361	10.0		2.3	3.9	1.72
Black Baseball (1 season)					Black Baseball		2	2	.500	4.61	5.60	4	4	0	4	1	0	27.1	25	17	14	0	8		20	1		0	118	1.207	8.2	0.0	2.6	6.6	2.50
All Levels (20 Seasons)							98	64	.605	4.08	5.11	308	170	23	91	10	14	1565.0	1726	888	709	43	399	0	692	37	0	11	4770	1.358	9.9		2.3	4.0	1.73