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Curt Davis

Curtis Benton Davis (Coonskin)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 7, 1903 in Greenfield, MO(All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1934
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Cardinals/Phillies/Cubs 1934-1946

Final Game: April 28, 1946
Died: October 12, 1965 in Covina, CA
Buried: Oakdale Memorial Park, Glendora, CA
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1934 30 PHI NL 19 17 .528 2.95 51 31 16 18 3 5 274.1 283 114 90 14 60 99 7 0 1 1133 160 1.250 9.3 0.5 2.0 3.2 1.65 MVP-8
1935 31 PHI NL 16 14 .533 3.66 44 27 12 19 3 2 231.0 264 103 94 14 47 74 7 0 3 987 124 1.346 10.3 0.5 1.8 2.9 1.57 MVP-21
1936 32 TOT NL 13 13 .500 3.46 34 27 5 13 0 1 213.1 217 97 82 17 50 70 2 0 3 887 120 1.252 9.2 0.7 2.1 3.0 1.40 AS
1936 32 PHI NL 2 4 .333 4.62 10 8 2 3 0 0 60.1 71 37 31 6 19 18 1 0 1 268 99 1.492 10.6 0.9 2.8 2.7 0.95
1936 32 CHC NL 11 9 .550 3.00 24 19 3 10 0 1 153.0 146 60 51 11 31 52 1 0 2 619 133 1.157 8.6 0.6 1.8 3.1 1.68
1937 33 CHC NL 10 5 .667 4.08 28 14 8 8 0 1 123.2 138 64 56 7 30 32 5 0 0 527 97 1.358 10.0 0.5 2.2 2.3 1.07
1938 34 STL NL 12 8 .600 3.63 40 21 16 8 2 3 173.1 187 80 70 9 27 36 1 0 3 724 109 1.235 9.7 0.5 1.4 1.9 1.33
1939 35 STL NL 22 16 .579 3.63 49 31 14 13 3 7 248.0 279 121 100 18 48 70 3 1 2 1059 113 1.319 10.1 0.7 1.7 2.5 1.46 AS,MVP-5
1940 36 TOT NL 8 11 .421 4.19 36 25 8 9 0 3 191.0 208 96 89 17 38 58 2 0 1 797 96 1.288 9.8 0.8 1.8 2.7 1.53
1940 36 STL NL 0 4 .000 5.17 14 7 4 0 0 1 54.0 73 34 31 4 19 12 1 0 1 244 77 1.704 12.2 0.7 3.2 2.0 0.63
1940 36 BRO NL 8 7 .533 3.81 22 18 4 9 0 2 137.0 135 62 58 13 19 46 1 0 0 553 106 1.124 8.9 0.9 1.2 3.0 2.42
1941 37 BRO NL 13 7 .650 2.97 28 16 7 10 5 2 154.1 141 58 51 6 27 50 2 0 4 617 125 1.089 8.2 0.3 1.6 2.9 1.85
1942 38 BRO NL 15 6 .714 2.36 32 26 5 13 5 2 206.0 179 62 54 10 51 60 7 0 1 840 139 1.117 7.8 0.4 2.2 2.6 1.18
1943 39 BRO NL 10 13 .435 3.78 31 21 8 8 2 3 164.1 182 85 69 8 39 47 2 0 1 705 89 1.345 10.0 0.4 2.1 2.6 1.21
1944 40 BRO NL 10 11 .476 3.34 31 23 7 12 1 4 194.0 207 84 72 12 39 49 5 0 0 822 106 1.268 9.6 0.6 1.8 2.3 1.26
1945 41 BRO NL 10 10 .500 3.25 24 18 5 10 0 0 149.2 171 66 54 9 21 39 3 1 1 642 116 1.283 10.3 0.5 1.3 2.3 1.86
1946 42 BRO NL 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 3 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 12 31 2.500 13.5 4.5 9.0 0.0 0.00
13 Yrs 158 131 .547 3.42 429 280 111 141 24 33 2325.0 2459 1033 884 142 479 684 47 2 20 9752 116 1.264 9.5 0.5 1.9 2.6 1.43
162 Game Avg. 15 13 .547 3.42 41 27 11 14 2 3 223 236 99 85 14 46 66 5 0 2 935 116 1.264 9.5 0.5 1.9 2.6 1.43
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
BRO (7 yrs) 66 54 .550 3.23 169 122 36 62 13 13 1007.1 1018 420 361 59 198 291 21 1 7 4191 111 1.207 9.1 0.5 1.8 2.6 1.47
PHI (3 yrs) 37 35 .514 3.42 105 66 30 40 6 7 565.2 618 254 215 34 126 191 15 0 5 2388 135 1.315 9.8 0.5 2.0 3.0 1.52
STL (3 yrs) 34 28 .548 3.81 103 59 34 21 5 11 475.1 539 235 201 31 94 118 5 1 6 2027 106 1.332 10.2 0.6 1.8 2.2 1.26
CHC (2 yrs) 21 14 .600 3.48 52 33 11 18 0 2 276.2 284 124 107 18 61 84 6 0 2 1146 114 1.247 9.2 0.6 2.0 2.7 1.38

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1934 30 PHI NL 273.2 51 31 114 3.75 4.85 -0.04 0.00 115.7 5.66 57 6.2 1.0 -0.2 8.2 85 .621 .538 $ MVP-8
1935 31 PHI NL 231.0 44 27 103 4.01 4.91 -0.41 0.00 111.2 5.91 47 5.1 1.0 -0.1 6.8 72 .615 .531 $ MVP-21
1936 32 PHI NL 60.1 10 8 37 5.52 4.73 -0.37 0.00 111.5 5.69 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.5 7 .510 .501 $ AS
1936 32 CHC NL 153.0 24 19 60 3.53 4.73 0.26 0.00 98.8 4.41 15 1.5 1.0 -0.1 2.6 30 .564 .509 $ AS
1937 33 CHC NL 123.2 28 14 64 4.66 4.40 0.08 0.00 100.0 4.32 -4 -0.4 1.0 -0.0 0.5 7 .484 .497 $
1938 34 STL NL 173.1 40 21 80 4.15 4.41 -0.13 0.00 102.6 4.65 10 1.1 1.0 -0.1 2.4 26 .528 .507 $
1939 35 STL NL 248.0 49 31 121 4.39 4.43 0.11 0.00 104.5 4.51 5 0.5 1.0 -0.1 2.3 27 .510 .503 $ AS,MVP-5
1940 36 STL NL 53.2 14 7 34 5.70 4.36 -0.21 0.00 103.7 4.73 -6 -0.6 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 0 .458 .496 $
1940 36 BRO NL 136.2 22 18 62 4.08 4.51 -0.07 0.00 105.1 4.82 11 1.3 1.0 -0.1 2.5 27 .557 .508 $
1941 37 BRO NL 154.1 28 16 58 3.38 4.15 0.37 0.00 103.1 3.90 9 1.1 1.0 -0.1 2.4 26 .538 .506 $
1942 38 BRO NL 206.0 32 26 62 2.71 3.58 0.27 0.00 98.5 3.26 14 1.7 1.0 -0.1 3.3 30 .554 .511 $
1943 39 BRO NL 164.1 31 21 85 4.66 3.79 -0.19 0.00 98.8 3.94 -13 -1.4 1.0 -0.1 -0.2 1 .454 .491 $
1944 40 BRO NL 193.2 31 23 84 3.90 4.21 -0.57 0.00 98.3 4.70 17 2.0 1.0 -0.1 3.4 36 .563 .512 $
1945 41 BRO NL 149.2 24 18 66 3.97 4.13 -0.09 0.00 98.6 4.15 2 0.2 1.0 -0.1 1.3 18 .509 .501 $
1946 42 BRO NL 2.0 1 0 3 13.50 4.04 0.09 0.00 102.0 4.02 -2 -0.2 1.0 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .306 .499 $
13 Seasons 2323.1 429 280 1033 4.00 4.38 -0.06 0.00 104.0 4.63 164 18.0 1.0 -1.3 35.7 391 .542 .507 $
BRO (7 yrs) 1006.2 169 122 420 3.75 4.03 -0.05 0.00 100.1 4.09 40 4.6 1.0 -0.6 12.5 136 .527 .504 $
PHI (3 yrs) 565.0 105 66 254 4.05 4.86 -0.22 0.00 113.4 5.76 105 11.3 1.0 -0.3 15.5 165 .608 .523 $
STL (3 yrs) 475.0 103 59 235 4.45 4.41 -0.01 0.00 103.7 4.59 9 1.0 1.0 -0.2 4.6 53 .510 .502 $
CHC (2 yrs) 276.2 52 33 124 4.03 4.58 0.18 0.00 99.3 4.37 10 1.1 1.0 -0.1 3.1 38 .521 .503 $

Postseason Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1941 37 BRO NL WS L NYY 0 1 .000 5.06 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 6 3 3 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 25 1.688 10.1 1.7 5.1 1.7 0.33
1 WS 0 1 .000 5.06 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 6 3 3 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 25 1.688 10.1 1.7 5.1 1.7 0.33

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1936 CHC NL 32 0 0 0 40.50 0 0 0 0 0.2 4 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 7.500 54.0 13.5 13.5 0.0 0.00
1939 STL NL 35

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1934 30 PHI NL 1133 1.2% 8.7% 5.3% 2.9% 12% 83%
1935 31 PHI NL 987 1.4% 7.5% 4.8% 4.1% 15% 85%
1936 32 TOT NL 887 1.9% 7.9% 5.6% 3.4% 14% 83%
1936 32 PHI NL 268 2.2% 6.7% 7.1% 3.4% 13% 82%
1936 32 CHC NL 619 1.8% 8.4% 5.0% 3.4% 14% 84%
1937 33 CHC NL 527 1.3% 6.1% 5.7% 4.2% 16% 84%
1938 34 STL NL 724 1.2% 5.0% 3.7% 2.8% 11% 89%
1939 35 STL NL 1059 1.7% 6.6% 4.5% 3.5% 13% 86%
1940 36 TOT NL 797 2.1% 7.3% 4.8% 4.6% 18% 85%
1940 36 STL NL 244 1.6% 4.9% 7.8% 85%
1940 36 BRO NL 553 2.4% 8.3% 3.4% 6.0% 24% 85%
1941 37 BRO NL 617 1.0% 8.1% 4.4% 3.1% 14% 85%
1942 38 BRO NL 840 1.2% 7.1% 6.1% 3.0% 14% 83%
1943 39 BRO NL 705 1.1% 6.7% 5.5% 2.6% 10% 84%
1944 40 BRO NL 822 1.5% 6.0% 4.7% 4.4% 17% 86%
1945 41 BRO NL 642 1.4% 6.1% 3.3% 2.5% 9% 88%
1946 42 BRO NL 12 8.3% 0.0% 16.7% 58%
13 Yrs 9752 1.5% 7.0% 4.9% 3.4% 13% 85%
MLB Averages 1.3% 8.9% 8.7% 3.0% 12% 79%
PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1934 30 19 17 .528 2.95 51 31 16 18 3 5 274.1 283 114 90 14 60 99 7 0 1 1133 160 1.250 9.3 0.5 2.0 3.2 1.65 160
1935 31 35 31 .530 3.28 95 58 28 37 6 7 505.1 547 217 184 28 107 173 14 0 4 2120 142 1.294 9.7 0.5 1.9 3.1 1.62 142
1936 32 48 44 .522 3.33 129 85 33 50 6 8 718.2 764 314 266 45 157 243 16 0 7 3007 135 1.282 9.6 0.6 2.0 3.0 1.55 135
1937 33 58 49 .542 3.44 157 99 41 58 6 9 842.1 902 378 322 52 187 275 21 0 7 3534 128 1.293 9.6 0.6 2.0 2.9 1.47 128
1938 34 70 57 .551 3.47 197 120 57 66 8 12 1015.2 1089 458 392 61 214 311 22 0 10 4258 125 1.283 9.6 0.5 1.9 2.8 1.45 125
1939 35 92 73 .558 3.50 246 151 71 79 11 19 1263.2 1368 579 492 79 262 381 25 1 12 5317 123 1.290 9.7 0.6 1.9 2.7 1.45 123
1940 36 100 84 .543 3.59 282 176 79 88 11 22 1454.2 1576 675 581 96 300 439 27 1 13 6114 118 1.290 9.8 0.6 1.9 2.7 1.46 118
1941 37 113 91 .554 3.54 310 192 86 98 16 24 1609.0 1717 733 632 102 327 489 29 1 17 6731 119 1.270 9.6 0.6 1.8 2.7 1.50 119
1942 38 128 97 .569 3.40 342 218 91 111 21 26 1815.0 1896 795 686 112 378 549 36 1 18 7571 121 1.253 9.4 0.6 1.9 2.7 1.45 121
1943 39 138 110 .556 3.43 373 239 99 119 23 29 1979.1 2078 880 755 120 417 596 38 1 19 8276 118 1.261 9.4 0.5 1.9 2.7 1.43 118
1944 40 148 121 .550 3.42 404 262 106 131 24 33 2173.1 2285 964 827 132 456 645 43 1 19 9098 117 1.261 9.5 0.5 1.9 2.7 1.41 117
1945 41 158 131 .547 3.41 428 280 111 141 24 33 2323.0 2456 1030 881 141 477 684 46 2 20 9740 117 1.263 9.5 0.5 1.8 2.7 1.43 117
1946 42 158 131 .547 3.42 429 280 111 141 24 33 2325.0 2459 1033 884 142 479 684 47 2 20 9752 116 1.264 9.5 0.5 1.9 2.6 1.43 116

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1934 30 23 9 .719 2.42 290.0 272 87 78 13 58 105 7 1.138 8.4 1.8 3.3 1.81 0.4 51
1935 31 17 10 .630 3.02 244.0 253 91 82 13 45 78 7 1.221 9.3 1.7 2.9 1.73 0.5 44
1936 32 15 9 .625 3.21 219.0 217 87 78 17 50 72 2 1.219 8.9 2.1 3.0 1.44 0.7 34
1937 33 6 7 .462 4.10 125.0 143 63 57 7 31 32 5 1.392 10.3 2.2 2.3 1.03 0.5 28
1938 34 11 9 .550 3.53 181.0 194 79 71 9 28 38 1 1.227 9.6 1.4 1.9 1.36 0.4 40
1939 35 16 12 .571 3.47 259.0 286 111 100 18 49 73 3 1.293 9.9 1.7 2.5 1.49 0.6 49
1940 36 10 11 .476 4.18 194.0 215 100 90 18 39 59 2 1.309 10.0 1.8 2.7 1.51 0.8 36
1941 37 10 7 .588 3.16 154.0 148 60 54 6 28 50 2 1.143 8.6 1.6 2.9 1.79 0.4 28
1942 38 15 8 .652 2.83 207.0 202 72 65 11 58 60 8 1.256 8.8 2.5 2.6 1.03 0.5 32
1943 39 8 10 .444 4.47 163.0 202 90 81 9 43 47 2 1.503 11.2 2.4 2.6 1.09 0.5 31
1944 40 11 10 .524 3.69 195.0 222 89 80 13 42 49 5 1.354 10.2 1.9 2.3 1.17 0.6 31
1945 41 10 7 .588 3.29 156.0 179 63 57 9 22 41 3 1.288 10.3 1.3 2.4 1.86 0.5 24
1946 42 0 0 18.00 2.0 3 4 4 1 2 0 1 2.500 13.5 9.0 0.0 0.00 4.5 1
13 Yrs 152 109 .582 3.38 2389.0 2536 996 897 144 495 704 48 1.269 9.6 2.7 1.42 0.5 429

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1958 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1934 NL (8, 22%)
1935 NL (21, 2%)
1939 NL (5, 32%)
0.56 Career Shares (409th)

Wins Above Replacements c a p y
1934 NL  8.2 (2nd)
1935 NL  6.8 (3rd)

WAR for Pitcherss c a p y
1934 NL  8.2 (2nd)
1935 NL  6.8 (2nd)
1942 NL  3.3 (8th)
Career  35.7 (173rd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1934 NL  2.95 (4th)
1936 NL  3.46 (10th)
1941 NL  2.97 (6th)
1942 NL  2.36 (3rd)

Wins s c a p y
1934 NL  19 (5th)
1935 NL  16 (10th)
1939 NL  22 (3rd)
1942 NL  15 (8th)
Career  158 (223rd)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1938 NL  .600 (10th)
1941 NL  .650 (7th)
1942 NL  .714 (7th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1934 NL  1.250 (7th)
1936 NL  1.252 (5th)
1938 NL  1.235 (9th)
1941 NL  1.089 (2nd)
1942 NL  1.117 (3rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1936 NL  9.155 (9th)
1941 NL  8.223 (8th)
1942 NL  7.820 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1934 NL  1.968 (8th)
1935 NL  1.831 (10th)
1936 NL  2.109 (8th)
1938 NL  1.402 (1st)
1939 NL  1.742 (3rd)
1940 NL  1.791 (4th)
1941 NL  1.575 (1st)
1942 NL  2.228 (6th)
1943 NL  2.136 (4th)
1944 NL  1.809 (3rd)
Career  1.854 (61st)

Games Played s c a p y
1934 NL  51 (1st)
1935 NL  44 (7th)
1939 NL  49 (4th)

Saves s c a p y
1934 NL  5 (5th)
1939 NL  7 (3rd)
1940 NL  3 (7th)
1943 NL  3 (10th)
1944 NL  4 (4th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1934 NL  274.3 (6th)
1935 NL  231.0 (10th)
1939 NL  248.0 (6th)

Games Started s c a p y
1934 NL  31 (10th)
1939 NL  31 (9th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1934 NL  18 (6th)
1935 NL  19 (6th)
Career  141 (247th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1934 NL  3 (5th)
1935 NL  3 (6th)
1939 NL  3 (5th)
1941 NL  5 (3rd)
1942 NL  5 (2nd)
Career  24 (187th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1936 NL  17 (5th)
1939 NL  18 (4th)
1940 NL  17 (5th)
1944 NL  12 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1934 NL  283 (8th)
1935 NL  264 (6th)
1939 NL  279 (3rd)
Career  2,459 (244th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1941 NL  1.852 (2nd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1941 NL  0.350 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1934 NL  17 (5th)
1935 NL  14 (7th)
1936 NL  13 (9th)
1939 NL  16 (3rd)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1939 NL  100 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1934 NL  7 (2nd)
1935 NL  7 (5th)
1937 NL  5 (6th)
1942 NL  7 (2nd)
1944 NL  5 (5th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1934 NL  1,133 (7th)
1939 NL  1,059 (6th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1934 NL  16 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1934 NL  160 (2nd)
1935 NL  124 (10th)
1936 NL  120 (9th)
1941 NL  125 (6th)
1942 NL  139 (3rd)
Career  116 (182nd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1934 NL  43 (3rd)
1935 NL  23 (9th)
1936 NL  17 (9th)
1942 NL  22 (6th)
Career  134 (156th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1934 NL  4.4 (3rd)
1935 NL  2.3 (9th)
1936 NL  1.7 (9th)
1942 NL  2.5 (6th)
Career  13.9 (156th)

Oldest s c a p y
1942 NL  born 1903-09-07 (7th)
1943 NL  born 1903-09-07 (7th)
1944 NL  born 1903-09-07 (6th)
1945 NL  born 1903-09-07 (8th)
1946 NL  born 1903-09-07 (2nd)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 5 (430), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 105 (200), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 33 (406), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 20 (309), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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