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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
Schools: 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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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

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

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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 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

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Gray InkBatting - 2 (2133), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1229), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1477), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

Before 1955 Season: Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent.

July 13, 1970: Released by the San Francisco Giants.

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