Jim Davenport
James Houston Davenport
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 17, 1933 in Siluria, AL
High School: Thompson (Alabaster, AL)
School: University of Southern Mississippi
Signed
by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1958
Final Game: June 23, 1970
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1958 24 SFG NL 134 493 434 70 111 22 3 12 41 1 3 33 64 .256 .317 .403 .720 91 175 4 7 17 2 0 *5/6
1959 25 SFG NL 123 510 469 65 121 16 3 6 38 0 1 28 65 .258 .301 .343 .645 73 161 4 2 9 2 0 *5/6
1960 26 SFG NL 112 404 363 43 91 15 3 6 38 0 2 26 58 .251 .306 .358 .664 86 130 8 4 9 2 1 *5/6
1961 27 SFG NL 137 503 436 64 121 28 4 12 65 4 3 45 65 .278 .342 .443 .785 110 193 10 2 12 8 1 *5
1962 28 SFG NL 144 543 485 83 144 25 5 14 58 2 5 45 76 .297 .357 .456 .813 118 221 13 2 8 3 3 *5 AS,MVP-24,GG
1963 29 SFG NL 147 509 460 40 116 19 3 4 36 5 2 32 87 .252 .297 .333 .630 82 153 11 0 11 6 4 *54/6
1964 30 SFG NL 116 342 297 24 70 10 6 2 26 2 0 29 46 .236 .299 .330 .629 76 98 11 0 11 5 2 654
1965 31 SFG NL 106 302 271 29 68 14 3 4 31 0 0 21 47 .251 .304 .369 .673 86 100 8 1 6 3 2 564
1966 32 SFG NL 111 336 305 42 76 6 2 9 30 1 1 22 40 .249 .300 .370 .670 83 113 8 1 6 2 2 654/3
1967 33 SFG NL 124 347 295 42 81 10 3 5 30 1 4 39 50 .275 .366 .380 .745 114 112 7 4 8 1 6 564
1968 34 SFG NL 113 307 272 27 61 1 1 1 17 0 3 26 32 .224 .292 .246 .538 63 67 8 0 9 0 0 56/4
1969 35 SFG NL 112 339 303 20 73 10 1 2 42 0 1 29 37 .241 .304 .300 .605 71 91 12 0 4 3 1 5/376
1970 36 SFG NL 22 46 37 3 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 7 6 .243 .356 .270 .626 71 10 0 0 1 1 1 5
13 Seasons 1501 4981 4427 552 1142 177 37 77 456 16 25 382 673 .258 .318 .367 .684 89 1624 104 23 111 38 23
162 Game Avg. 162 538 478 60 123 19 4 8 49 2 3 41 73 .258 .318 .367 .684 89 175 11 2 12 4 2

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1958 24 SFG NL 493 349 57 4.4 104 .275 .256 .267 .317 .335 .403 .417 .720 .752 91 .472 -5.6 -0.6 .645 .219 .147 1.8
1959 25 SFG NL 510 364 50 3.7 103 .288 .258 .268 .301 .333 .343 .414 .645 .747 73 .396 -18.4 -1.8 .538 .143 .085 .0
1960 26 SFG NL 404 293 39 3.6 95 .282 .251 .257 .306 .322 .358 .395 .664 .717 86 .411 -7.0 -0.7 .560 .174 .107 .0
1961 27 SFG NL 503 348 67 5.1 103 .297 .278 .266 .342 .333 .443 .415 .785 .747 110 .545 7.6 0.7 .735 .271 .165 6.0
1962 28 SFG NL 543 370 76 5.5 102 .327 .297 .269 .357 .336 .456 .408 .813 .744 118 .585 12.4 1.2 .738 .245 .159 3.5
1963 29 SFG NL 509 374 46 3.3 88 .299 .252 .253 .297 .315 .333 .378 .630 .693 82 .424 -10.0 -1.1 .527 .157 .080 4.4
1964 30 SFG NL 342 254 29 3.1 95 .268 .236 .266 .299 .324 .330 .394 .629 .718 76 .370 -9.3 -1.0 .542 .199 .094 2.0
1965 31 SFG NL 302 220 30 3.7 97 .287 .251 .263 .304 .327 .369 .397 .673 .724 86 .446 -5.2 -0.5 .578 .196 .118 .0
1966 32 SFG NL 336 246 33 3.6 99 .260 .249 .269 .300 .328 .370 .406 .670 .734 83 .429 -8.0 -0.8 .571 .193 .121 1.8
1967 33 SFG NL 347 234 41 4.7 90 .315 .275 .258 .366 .320 .380 .379 .745 .699 114 .579 6.9 0.7 .676 .227 .105 1.7
1968 34 SFG NL 307 231 19 2.2 82 .251 .224 .253 .292 .312 .246 .357 .538 .668 63 .296 -12.4 -1.4 .405 .107 .022 .0
1969 35 SFG NL 339 250 27 2.9 94 .266 .241 .258 .304 .328 .300 .383 .605 .711 71 .338 -11.2 -1.2 .490 .152 .059 .0
1970 36 SFG NL 46 30 4 3.6 103 .281 .243 .267 .356 .340 .270 .408 .626 .748 71 .384 -1.1 -0.1 .607 .216 .027
13 Seasons 4981 3563 518 3.9 97 .287 .258 .263 .318 .327 .367 .397 .684 .724 89 .455 -61.4 -6.6 .592 .193 .109 26.5
162 Game Avg. 538 385 56 3.9 97 .287 .258 .263 .318 .327 .367 .397 .684 .724 89 .455 -61.4 -6.6 .592 .193 .109 3

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1962 28 SFG NL WS NYY L 7 26 22 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 .136 .269 .182 .451 4 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 7 26 22 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 .136 .269 .182 .451 4 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1962 SFG NL 28 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1962 SFG NL 28 DNP

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1958 24 SFG NL 493 2.4% 13.0% 6.7% 7.5% 33% 1.94 6.8 36.2 10.6 0.76 73%
1959 25 SFG NL 510 1.2% 12.8% 5.5% 4.9% 21% 2.32 7.2 78.2 12.3 0.97 78%
1960 26 SFG NL 404 1.5% 14.4% 6.4% 5.9% 26% 2.23 6.3 60.5 9.6 1.01 75%
1961 27 SFG NL 503 2.4% 12.9% 9.0% 8.8% 36% 1.44 6.7 36.3 6.7 0.94 73%
1962 28 SFG NL 543 2.6% 14.0% 8.3% 8.1% 31% 1.69 6.4 34.6 8.4 0.80 73%
1963 29 SFG NL 509 0.8% 17.1% 6.3% 5.1% 22% 2.72 5.3 115.0 12.8 0.79 74%
1964 30 SFG NL 342 0.6% 13.5% 8.5% 5.3% 26% 1.59 6.5 148.5 11.4 1.22 74%
1965 31 SFG NL 302 1.3% 15.6% 7.0% 7.0% 31% 2.24 5.8 67.8 8.7 0.92 74%
1966 32 SFG NL 336 2.7% 11.9% 6.6% 5.1% 22% 1.82 7.6 33.9 10.2 0.68 77%
1967 33 SFG NL 347 1.4% 14.4% 11.2% 5.2% 22% 1.28 5.9 59.0 9.8 0.85 69%
1968 34 SFG NL 307 0.3% 10.4% 8.5% 1.0% 5% 1.23 8.5 272.0 16.0 1.42 78%
1969 35 SFG NL 339 0.6% 10.9% 8.6% 3.8% 18% 1.28 8.2 151.5 7.2 1.14 79%
1970 36 SFG NL 46 0.0% 13.0% 15.2% 2.2% 11% 0.86 6.2 9.3 0.71 70%
13 Seasons 4981 1.6% 13.5% 7.7% 5.8% 26% 1.76 6.6 57.5 9.7 0.92 75%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1958 24 SFG NL 5 0 42% 207 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 6 51% 23 13 8 3 2 1 21 6 15
1959 25 SFG NL 9 0 41% 209 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 13 60% 22 14 8 13 5 8 15 1 14
1960 26 SFG NL 4 0 32% 154 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 40% 21 17 4 6 3 2 13 3 10
1961 27 SFG NL 4 0 33% 209 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 11 50% 23 13 10 2 1 0 11 3 8
1962 28 SFG NL 14 0 39% 237 2 5 29% 2 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 8 20 56% 25 12 13 6 3 3 23 8 14
1963 29 SFG NL 7 0 25% 180 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 13 49% 17 10 7 5 4 1 11 3 8
1964 30 SFG NL 5 0 23% 126 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 7 46% 28 13 13 2 2 0 5 0 3
1965 31 SFG NL 5 0 29% 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 58% 13 5 7 2 1 1 9 1 6
1966 32 SFG NL 3 0 37% 110 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 14 39% 19 12 6 6 3 3 3 1 2
1967 33 SFG NL 8 0 31% 144 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 53% 24 13 10 4 3 1 12 2 10
1968 34 SFG NL 8 0 30% 112 0 3 0% 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 7 52% 18 11 7 5 2 3 6 1 5
1969 35 SFG NL 4 0 18% 118 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12 24% 15 12 3 5 5 0 9 4 4
1970 36 SFG NL 0 0 19% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 50% 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
13 Seasons 76 0 32% 1936 16 25 39% 16 22 0 1 0 2 7 1 53 121 49% 249 145 97 59 34 23 139 34 99
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1958 24 SFG NL 486 24% 111 1 0 0 0 0.19 12 0 9 10 2 6 6 1 19 17 89% 74 4 5% 46 25 54% 241 32 13% 17 9 53% 23 11 48% 7
1959 25 SFG NL 509 18% 121 3 0 0 0 2.72 6 0 11 6 0 3 3 0 10 9 90% 68 4 6% 31 13 42% 238 34 14% 21 11 52% 18 7 39% 0
1960 26 SFG NL 405 35% 91 9 1 0 0 2.21 6 0 7 4 2 1 5 0 9 9 100% 75 8 11% 32 19 59% 211 34 16% 15 12 80% 16 7 44% 0
1961 27 SFG NL 503 33% 121 5 1 0 2 2.40 12 0 10 9 3 3 9 1 12 12 100% 91 10 11% 52 28 54% 288 54 19% 33 21 64% 20 12 60% 0
1962 28 SFG NL 543 31% 144 3 1 0 0 0.49 14 1 8 9 5 7 7 0 12 8 67% 103 13 13% 49 16 33% 297 45 15% 29 17 59% 28 6 21% 0
1963 29 SFG NL 509 33% 116 13 2 0 1 1.91 4 0 9 3 1 2 2 0 12 11 92% 80 11 14% 48 23 48% 275 34 12% 21 10 48% 23 5 22% 0
1964 30 SFG NL 342 33% 70 7 0 0 0 2.17 2 0 11 2 0 1 1 0 12 11 92% 67 11 16% 41 19 46% 215 26 12% 18 8 44% 14 3 21% 0
1965 31 SFG NL 302 39% 68 13 3 0 2 2.48 4 0 4 3 1 1 3 0 8 6 75% 51 8 16% 32 11 34% 167 29 17% 16 7 44% 21 3 14% 0
1966 32 SFG NL 336 38% 76 20 6 1 1 1.69 9 1 4 5 4 3 6 0 7 6 86% 67 8 12% 35 11 31% 184 23 13% 12 5 42% 22 10 45% 0
1967 33 SFG NL 347 33% 81 28 10 0 7 2.28 5 0 7 5 0 1 4 0 9 8 89% 63 7 11% 33 13 39% 215 29 13% 26 10 38% 28 14 50% 0
1968 34 SFG NL 307 35% 61 23 5 0 3 2.36 1 1 5 0 1 0 1 0 10 9 90% 62 8 13% 33 16 48% 173 16 9% 11 5 45% 15 7 47% 0
1969 35 SFG NL 339 22% 73 14 4 0 5 2.84 2 0 19 2 0 1 1 0 6 4 67% 76 12 16% 42 15 36% 265 43 16% 34 17 50% 11 6 55% 0
1970 36 SFG NL 46 35% 9 11 3 0 2 1.30 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 11 0 0% 6 2 33% 36 4 11% 7 3 43% 2 1 50% 0
13 Seasons 4974 31% 1142 150 36 1 23 2.13 77 3 107 58 19 29 48 2 127 111 87% 888 104 12% 480 211 44% 2805 403 14% 260 135 52% 241 92 38% 7
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1958 24 134 493 434 70 111 22 3 12 41 1 3 33 64 .256 .317 .403 .720 91 175 4 7 17 2 0
1959 25 257 1003 903 135 232 38 6 18 79 1 4 61 129 .257 .309 .372 .681 82 336 8 9 26 4 0
1960 26 369 1407 1266 178 323 53 9 24 117 1 6 87 187 .255 .308 .368 .676 83 466 16 13 35 6 1
1961 27 506 1910 1702 242 444 81 13 36 182 5 9 132 252 .261 .317 .387 .704 90 659 26 15 47 14 2
1962 28 650 2453 2187 325 588 106 18 50 240 7 14 177 328 .269 .326 .402 .728 96 880 39 17 55 17 5
1963 29 797 2962 2647 365 704 125 21 54 276 12 16 209 415 .266 .321 .390 .711 94 1033 50 17 66 23 9
1964 30 913 3304 2944 389 774 135 27 56 302 14 16 238 461 .263 .319 .384 .703 92 1131 61 17 77 28 11
1965 31 1019 3606 3215 418 842 149 30 60 333 14 16 259 508 .262 .318 .383 .701 92 1231 69 18 83 31 13
1966 32 1130 3942 3520 460 918 155 32 69 363 15 17 281 548 .261 .316 .382 .698 91 1344 77 19 89 33 15
1967 33 1254 4289 3815 502 999 165 35 74 393 16 21 320 598 .262 .320 .382 .702 93 1456 84 23 97 34 21
1968 34 1367 4596 4087 529 1060 166 36 75 410 16 24 346 630 .259 .318 .373 .691 91 1523 92 23 106 34 21
1969 35 1479 4935 4390 549 1133 176 37 77 452 16 25 375 667 .258 .317 .368 .685 90 1614 104 23 110 37 22
1970 36 1501 4981 4427 552 1142 177 37 77 456 16 25 382 673 .258 .318 .367 .684 89 1624 104 23 111 38 23

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1958 24 141 510 463 76 123 24 3 13 44 1 37 67 .266 .329 .415 .744 62 134
1959 25 129 529 495 69 131 17 3 6 41 0 30 68 .265 .308 .347 .656 53 123
1960 26 117 420 385 49 101 17 3 7 43 0 29 61 .262 .319 .377 .696 45 112
1961 27 143 513 456 67 127 29 4 13 68 4 47 68 .279 .343 .445 .788 70 137
1962 28 144 531 482 83 141 24 5 14 58 2 44 76 .293 .352 .450 .802 76 144
1963 29 147 511 470 47 126 21 3 4 42 5 35 87 .268 .315 .351 .666 53 147
1964 30 116 335 300 26 73 10 6 2 28 2 30 46 .243 .307 .337 .644 32 116
1965 31 105 295 270 30 68 14 3 4 32 0 21 47 .252 .305 .370 .675 31 106
1966 32 111 330 305 43 76 6 2 9 31 1 22 40 .249 .300 .370 .670 34 111
1967 33 124 352 304 49 90 11 3 6 35 1 43 50 .296 .389 .411 .800 48 124
1968 34 112 310 280 35 70 1 1 1 22 0 30 32 .250 .323 .271 .594 25 113
1969 35 112 338 305 22 75 10 1 2 46 0 30 37 .246 .311 .305 .616 29 112
1970 36 22 47 38 3 10 1 0 0 4 0 8 6 .263 .383 .289 .672 4 22
13 Seasons 1523 5021 4553 599 1211 185 37 81 494 16 406 685 .266 .327 .376 .703 562 1501
162 Game Avg. 162 534 484 64 129 20 4 9 53 2 43 73 .266 .327 .376 .703 60 1501

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1962-1 *
1962-2

Gold Gloves
1962-NL-3B

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1962-NL-24-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Doubles s c a p y
1961 NL--28--7th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1958 NL--7--4th
1960 NL--4--9th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1958 NL--17--1st
1959 NL--9--7th
1960 NL--9--6th
1961 NL--12--2nd
1963 NL--11--7th
1964 NL--11--6th
1967 NL--8--10th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1961 NL--8--4th
1963 NL--6--9th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2000), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1231), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1518), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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