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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1958 SFG NL 24 3B 130 104 944.2 326 92 221 13 19 .960 -2.4 -3.0 -2.4 -0.3 -2.1 0 2.98 2.41 .952 3.18 2.86
1958 SFG NL 24 SS 5 6 49.2 16 4 11 1 0 .938 0.7 16.9 0.7 1.5 -0.8 0 2.72 3.00 .962 5.11 4.56
1959 SFG NL 25 3B 121 112 1003.0 319 91 221 7 15 .978 5.6 6.7 5.6 7.0 -1.3 0 2.80 2.58 .949 2.97 2.66
1959 SFG NL 25 SS 1 0 1.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 6.75 1.00 1.000 4.72 4.50
1960 SFG NL 26 3B 103 90 783.0 258 77 171 10 12 .961 2.7 4.1 2.7 -2.5 5.3 0 2.85 2.41 .952 2.97 2.61
1960 SFG NL 26 SS 7 2 25.0 13 6 7 0 2 1.000 -1.1 -52.8 -1.1 -1.0 -0.1 0 4.68 1.86 .962 4.82 4.23
1961 SFG NL 27 3B 132 120 1053.0 367 119 235 13 25 .965 3.6 4.1 2.6 -2.3 4.9 1 3.03 2.68 .947 2.92 2.60
1962 SFG NL 28 3B 141 132 1177.2 400 125 256 19 28 .953 7.0 7.1 5.0 -1.9 7.0 2 2.91 2.70 .949 2.95 2.56 AS,MVP-24,GG
1963 SFG NL 29 3B 127 99 938.1 317 122 183 12 9 .962 -3.3 -4.2 -3.3 -3.4 0.1 0 2.93 2.40 .940 2.93 2.54
1963 SFG NL 29 2B 22 20 161.0 78 30 47 1 7 .987 -0.1 -0.7 -0.1 -0.7 0.6 0 4.30 3.50 .973 5.21 4.59
1963 SFG NL 29 SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.95 4.20
1964 SFG NL 30 SS 64 38 385.1 188 65 119 4 15 .979 1.1 3.4 3.1 0.8 2.3 -2 4.30 2.88 .962 5.03 4.32
1964 SFG NL 30 3B 41 16 186.1 82 26 53 3 4 .963 2.5 16.1 2.5 3.1 -0.6 0 3.82 1.93 .939 2.93 2.60
1964 SFG NL 30 2B 30 22 209.1 116 47 65 4 10 .966 0.4 2.3 0.4 0.7 -0.3 0 4.82 3.73 .973 5.22 4.61
1965 SFG NL 31 3B 39 22 231.0 78 26 48 4 3 .949 -2.0 -10.4 -2.0 -2.1 0.1 0 2.88 1.90 .951 2.82 2.47
1965 SFG NL 31 SS 37 32 291.1 121 50 66 5 13 .959 -7.5 -30.9 -6.5 0.2 -6.7 -1 3.58 3.14 .964 4.92 4.20
1965 SFG NL 31 2B 26 9 105.2 59 21 33 5 5 .915 -1.9 -21.6 -1.9 0.1 -2.0 0 4.60 2.08 .976 5.28 4.71
1966 SFG NL 32 SS 58 41 375.1 205 62 135 8 19 .961 4.7 15.0 5.7 5.6 0.2 -1 4.72 3.40 .964 4.96 4.43
1966 SFG NL 32 3B 36 19 206.2 62 15 43 4 5 .935 -1.8 -10.5 -1.8 -0.6 -1.2 0 2.53 1.61 .955 3.04 2.66
1966 SFG NL 32 2B 21 5 70.1 43 18 23 2 2 .953 -0.8 -13.6 -0.8 0.2 -1.0 0 5.25 1.95 .979 5.32 4.68
1966 SFG NL 32 1B 2 2 14.0 12 12 0 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -8.6 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 7.71 6.00 .992 9.90 8.50
1967 SFG NL 33 3B 64 45 430.0 137 37 100 0 8 1.000 3.2 8.9 3.2 0.8 2.4 0 2.87 2.14 .947 2.96 2.75
1967 SFG NL 33 SS 28 18 168.0 107 24 79 4 12 .963 4.6 32.9 4.6 4.5 0.1 0 5.52 3.68 .963 4.99 4.31
1967 SFG NL 33 2B 12 4 51.0 35 22 13 0 4 1.000 -0.8 -18.8 -0.8 -0.2 -0.6 0 6.18 2.92 .974 5.26 4.63
1968 SFG NL 34 3B 82 59 574.1 176 49 120 7 12 .960 -0.7 -1.5 -0.7 1.8 -2.4 0 2.65 2.06 .954 2.93 2.72
1968 SFG NL 34 SS 17 4 58.1 27 9 17 1 5 .963 -2.0 -41.1 -2.0 -1.4 -0.7 0 4.01 1.53 .963 4.98 4.50
1968 SFG NL 34 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.70
1969 SFG NL 35 3B 104 68 706.2 243 77 158 8 15 .967 -2.7 -4.6 -2.7 -1.4 -1.3 0 2.99 2.26 .945 2.92 2.63
1969 SFG NL 35 1B 1 1 8.0 7 7 0 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -15.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 7.88 7.00 .986 9.79 8.80
1969 SFG NL 35 LF 1 1 6.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -20.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 1.50 1.00 1.000 1.65 1.30
1969 SFG NL 35 OF 1 1 6.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -20.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 1.50 1.00 1.000 1.95 1.80
1969 SFG NL 35 SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -480.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.20
1970 SFG NL 36 3B 10 6 69.2 14 7 7 0 0 1.000 -1.3 -22.4 -1.3 -0.5 -0.8 0 1.81 1.40 .943 2.91 2.58
13 Seasons 3B 1130 892 8304.1 2779 863 1816 100 155 .964 10.4 1.5 7.4 -2.3 10.1 3 2.90 2.37 .948 2.97 2.64
10 Seasons SS 219 141 1357.1 678 220 435 23 66 .966 0.1 0.1 4.1 9.8 -5.7 -4 4.34 2.99 .963 4.98 4.34
6 Seasons 2B 112 60 598.1 331 138 181 12 28 .964 -3.2 -6.4 -3.2 0.1 -3.3 0 4.80 2.85 .975 5.24 4.65
2 Seasons 1B 3 3 22.0 19 19 0 0 2 1.000 -0.2 -10.9 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 7.77 6.33 .989 9.86 8.60
1 Season LF 1 1 6.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -20.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 1.50 1.00 1.000 1.65 1.30
1 Season OF 1 1 6.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -20.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 1.50 1.00 1.000 1.95 1.80
13 Seasons TOT 1465 1097 10288.0 3808 1240 2433 135 251 .965 7.0 0.8 8.0 7.3 1.1 0 -1 3.21 2.51 .918 3.38 3.06
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1958 SFG NL 24 134 110 134 134 0 0 0 0 130 5 0 0 0 0 1 3
1959 SFG NL 25 123 112 123 123 0 0 0 0 121 1 0 0 0 0 3 2
1960 SFG NL 26 112 92 112 112 0 0 0 0 103 7 0 0 0 0 9 3
1961 SFG NL 27 137 120 137 137 0 0 0 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
1962 SFG NL 28 144 132 144 144 0 0 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1963 SFG NL 29 147 119 147 147 0 0 0 22 127 1 0 0 0 0 14 1
1964 SFG NL 30 116 76 116 116 0 0 0 30 41 64 0 0 0 0 9 4
1965 SFG NL 31 106 63 106 106 0 0 0 26 39 37 0 0 0 0 14 1
1966 SFG NL 32 111 67 111 111 0 0 2 21 36 58 0 0 0 0 24 2
1967 SFG NL 33 124 67 124 124 0 0 0 12 64 28 0 0 0 0 38 1
1968 SFG NL 34 113 63 113 113 0 0 0 1 82 17 0 0 0 0 25 2
1969 SFG NL 35 112 70 112 112 0 0 1 0 104 1 1 0 0 1 17 1
1970 SFG NL 36 22 6 22 22 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
13 Seasons 1501 1097 1501 1501 0 0 3 112 1130 219 1 0 0 1 178 22
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1958 SFG NL 24 4057 63% 77% 27% 294 91% 2 83 62 9 12 209 167 35 0 5 13 1 8 4 10 17 10 3 16 1 1 0 7 86%
1959 SFG NL 25 4383 59% 76% 26% 311 93% 3 88 69 4 15 223 173 45 1 4 8 0 4 4 7 16 14 1 15 0 0 0 10 80%
1960 SFG NL 26 3424 62% 75% 25% 251 93% 0 79 61 6 12 172 141 25 1 10 10 0 10 0 8 13 9 0 9 3 0 3 10 70%
1961 SFG NL 27 4607 59% 76% 24% 356 92% 0 124 100 10 14 236 192 32 3 9 13 0 9 4 10 25 14 3 17 7 6 1 6 100%
1962 SFG NL 28 5101 60% 78% 26% 395 91% 3 126 99 14 13 262 202 51 4 5 19 0 17 2 18 33 25 2 31 1 1 0 8 63%
1963 SFG NL 29 4066 59% 77% 24% 298 95% 1 117 100 6 12 181 154 24 1 6 12 2 5 5 8 8 6 0 7 0 0 0 8 75%
1964 SFG NL 30 796 64% 76% 33% 71 96% 0 24 19 2 3 49 37 11 0 1 3 0 2 1 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 100%
1965 SFG NL 31 1009 57% 77% 29% 79 90% 1 27 24 0 3 47 40 6 1 1 4 0 3 1 2 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 2 50%
1966 SFG NL 32 900 63% 79% 26% 58 93% 0 15 12 1 2 42 33 9 0 1 4 0 3 1 2 5 4 0 4 1 0 1 4 50%
1967 SFG NL 33 1831 63% 76% 28% 130 93% 0 36 25 6 5 98 85 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 2 6 2 1 1 4 75%
1968 SFG NL 34 2413 63% 80% 29% 177 90% 1 50 39 2 9 124 106 14 1 5 7 0 5 2 5 11 6 3 8 3 1 1 3 33%
1969 SFG NL 35 3039 61% 79% 29% 231 93% 0 82 69 6 8 151 130 16 1 6 8 1 6 1 6 15 9 1 10 3 2 1 10 50%
1970 SFG NL 36 301 64% 74% 25% 17 94% 0 7 7 0 0 9 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
13 Seasons 35927 61% 77% 26% 2668 92% 11 858 686 66 108 1803 1468 278 13 56 101 4 72 25 79 156 106 15 128 21 12 8 75 71%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 89% 62%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1958 SFG NL 24 214 60% 82% 29% 22 91% 0 7 4 3 0 16 13 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
1959 SFG NL 25 6 50% 83% 50% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 SFG NL 26 117 52% 84% 21% 8 88% 0 7 3 3 1 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1963 SFG NL 29 7 43% 86% 29% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 SFG NL 30 1671 59% 75% 32% 176 90% 0 70 35 32 3 134 100 32 0 1 4 0 0 4 4 17 6 2 5 3 1 17 8 9 0 0 0
1965 SFG NL 31 1263 53% 75% 25% 100 89% 0 50 25 20 5 69 53 14 0 1 5 0 3 2 5 13 4 2 5 0 2 13 6 7 0 0 0
1966 SFG NL 32 1590 60% 79% 30% 186 92% 1 59 32 24 3 142 109 31 0 1 8 0 7 1 7 19 11 2 3 2 0 18 13 5 0 0 0
1967 SFG NL 33 726 64% 77% 31% 94 91% 1 23 11 11 1 80 65 13 1 0 4 0 3 1 4 12 5 1 3 2 0 11 6 5 0 0 0
1968 SFG NL 34 270 70% 77% 27% 22 91% 0 10 4 4 2 19 15 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 3 1 1 1 0 6 4 2 0 0 0
1969 SFG NL 35 6 83% 100% 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 5870 59% 77% 29% 609 91% 2 227 114 98 15 466 359 99 1 3 23 0 15 8 22 71 30 8 18 8 3 68 38 29 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1963 SFG NL 29 730 55% 75% 26% 63 97% 0 35 11 16 9 56 44 10 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 10 2 1 6 0 9 6 3 1 0 1
1964 SFG NL 30 894 59% 77% 35% 90 92% 0 46 21 17 8 71 62 6 1 1 4 0 3 1 4 12 5 2 3 1 12 5 7 0 0 0
1965 SFG NL 31 452 56% 75% 28% 47 91% 0 25 10 12 3 35 32 3 0 0 5 0 4 1 3 5 1 0 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 0
1966 SFG NL 32 298 50% 77% 30% 27 96% 0 19 5 10 4 25 23 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1967 SFG NL 33 224 68% 77% 29% 16 100% 0 23 6 11 6 13 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0
1968 SFG NL 34 3 33% 67% 67% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 2601 57% 76% 30% 243 94% 0 148 53 66 30 200 171 23 1 2 12 1 8 3 8 33 10 6 12 1 30 14 16 1 0 1
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1966 SFG NL 32 61 64% 72% 23% 3 100% 0 12 0 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1969 SFG NL 35 39 79% 77% 23% 0 0 9 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 100 70% 74% 23% 3 100% 0 21 0 20 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 94% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1969 SFG NL 35 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 22 73% 86% 45% 2 50%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 22 73% 86% 45% 2 50%
MLB Averages 57.0% 2.5% 62% 77% 26% 47%

* 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.

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