Dixie Davis

Frank Talmadge Davis

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: October 12, 1890 in Wilsons Mills, NC (All Transactions)
Debut: July 12, 1912
Teams (by GP): Browns/Phillies/Reds/WhiteSox 1912-1926

Final Game: September 20, 1926
Died: February 4, 1944 in Raleigh, NC
Buried: Virgilina Cemetery, Virgilina, VA
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1911	20	KNX	D	17	11	.607		34						257.0	189	76			76							1.031	6.6		2.7			KNX · APPY
1912	21	KNX,CLB	D,AA	14	4	.778		18						148.0	80	24			39							0.804	4.9		2.4			KNX,CLB · APPY,AA
1912	21	CIN	NL	0	1	.000	2.70	7	0	6	0	0	0	26.2	25	17	8	0	16	12	1	0	0	120	127	1.538	8.4	0.0	5.4	4.1	0.75

1913	22	CLB	AA	17	16	.515		44						273.1	247	109			134							1.394	8.1		4.4			CLB · AA
1914	23	CLB	AA	15	10	.600	3.65	44						246.2	252	125	100		127							1.536	9.2		4.6			CLB · AA
1915	24	CLB	AA	16	14	.533	2.98	37						253.2	226	125	84		157							1.510	8.0		5.6			CLB · AA
1915	24	CHW	AL	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	11		1.333	6.0	0.0	6.0	6.0	1.00

1916	25	CLB	AA	13	15	.464		42						237.0	218				114							1.401	8.3		4.3			CLB · AA
1917	26	LOU	AA	25	11	.694	2.34	44						292.0	238	107	76		131							1.264	7.3		4.0			LOU · AA
1918	27	PHI	NL	0	2	.000	3.06	17	2	13	1	0	0	47.0	43	25	16	1	30	18	0	0	1	214	98	1.553	8.2	0.2	5.7	3.4	0.60

1919	28	LOU	AA	22	20	.524	2.42	48						372.0	306	132	100		161							1.255	7.4		3.9			LOU · AA
1920	29	SLB	AL	18	12	.600	3.17	38	31	4	22	0	0	269.1	250	117	95	10	*149*	85	7	0	1	1131	123	1.481	8.4	0.3	5.0	2.8	0.57
1921	30	SLB	AL	16	16	.500	4.44	40	36	1	20	2	0	265.1	279	150	131	12	*123*	100	10	0	6	1158	101	1.515	9.5	0.4	4.2	3.4	0.81
1922	31	SLB	AL	11	6	.647	4.08	25	25	0	7	2	0	174.1	162	91	79	10	87	65	8	1	1	762	102	1.428	*8.4*	0.5	4.5	3.4	0.75
1923	32	SLB	AL	4	6	.400	3.62	19	17	1	5	1	0	109.1	106	61	44	3	63	36	5	0	1	493	116	1.546	8.7	0.2	5.2	3.0	0.57
1924	33	SLB	AL	11	13	.458	4.10	29	24	3	11	5	0	160.1	159	84	73	9	72	45	6	0	2	703	111	1.441	8.9	0.5	4.0	2.5	0.63
1925	34	SLB	AL	12	7	.632	4.59	35	22	6	9	0	1	180.1	192	121	92	10	106	58	6	1	6	832	102	1.652	9.6	0.5	5.3	2.9	0.55
1926	35	SLB	AL	3	8	.273	4.66	27	7	10	2	0	1	83.0	93	56	43	7	40	39	1	0	4	375	92	1.602	10.1	0.8	4.3	4.2	0.98
1927	36	KCY	AA	12	7	.632	3.60	22						140.0	124	60	56		59							1.307	8.0		3.8			KCY · AA
1928	37	KCY	AA	8	6	.571	5.17	31						141.0	158	94	81		74	55	2		3			1.645	10.1		4.7	3.5	0.74	KCY · AA
1929	38	KCY	AA	8	5	.615	4.07	21						84.0	84	45	38		35							1.417	9.0		3.8			KCY · AA
1930	39	CNG,KCY	A,AA	8	18	.308	4.83	38						175.0	210	120	94		97							1.754	10.8		5.0			CNG,KCY · SOUA,AA
1931	40	CNG,ATA,WSM	A,C	7	8	.467	2.81	24	10					128.0	120	70	40		79							1.555	8.4		5.6			CNG,ATA,WSM · SOUA,PIED
10 Yrs				75	71	.514	3.97	239	164	46	77	10	2	1318.2	1311	722	581	62	688	460	45	2	22	5799	107	1.516	8.9	0.4	4.7	3.1	0.67
162 Game Avg.				13	12	.514	3.97	40	28	8	13	2	0	223	221	122	98	10	116	78	8	0	4	978	107	1.516	8.9	0.4	4.7	3.1	0.67

SLB (7 yrs)				75	68	.524	4.04	213	162	25	76	10	2	1242.0	1241	680	557	61	640	428	43	2	21	5454	107	1.514	9.0	0.4	4.6	3.1	0.67
PHI (1 yr)				0	2	.000	3.06	17	2	13	1	0	0	47.0	43	25	16	1	30	18	0	0	1	214	98	1.553	8.2	0.2	5.7	3.4	0.60
CIN (1 yr)				0	1	.000	2.70	7	0	6	0	0	0	26.2	25	17	8	0	16	12	1	0	0	120	127	1.538	8.4	0.0	5.4	4.1	0.75
CHW (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	11		1.333	6.0	0.0	6.0	6.0	1.00

AL (8 yrs)				75	68	.524	4.03	215	162	27	76	10	2	1245.0	1243	680	557	61	642	430	44	2	21	5465	107	1.514	9.0	0.4	4.6	3.1	0.67
NL (2 yrs)				0	3	.000	2.93	24	2	19	1	0	0	73.2	68	42	24	1	46	30	1	0	1	334	108	1.548	8.3	0.1	5.6	3.7	0.65

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
1912	21	CIN	NL	26.2	7	0	17	5.74	4.67	-0.10	0.00	99.0	4.72	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.460	.498	$

1915	24	CHW	AL	3.0	2	0	0	0.00	3.87	0.06	0.00	101.0	3.85	1	0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.2	2	.578	.501	$

1918	27	PHI	NL	47.0	17	2	25	4.79	3.77	-0.05	0.00	105.5	4.04	-4	-0.5	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.472	.497	$

1920	29	SLB	AL	268.2	38	31	117	3.92	4.79	0.02	0.00	103.8	4.94	29	3.1	1.0	-0.2	5.2	60	.582	.519	$
1921	30	SLB	AL	264.1	40	36	150	5.11	5.09	-0.11	0.00	103.6	5.39	6	0.6	1.0	-0.2	2.7	40	.515	.504	$
1922	31	SLB	AL	172.2	25	25	91	4.74	4.66	0.25	0.00	101.8	4.49	-4	-0.4		-0.1	1.0	14	.484	.498	$
1923	32	SLB	AL	109.1	19	17	61	5.02	4.78	0.03	0.00	103.1	4.90	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.1	0.7	11	.492	.499	$
1924	33	SLB	AL	159.2	29	24	84	4.73	5.15	-0.03	0.00	105.9	5.48	12	1.2	1.0	-0.1	2.5	32	.540	.507	$
1925	34	SLB	AL	180.1	35	22	121	6.04	5.51	-0.12	0.00	104.2	5.87	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.1	1.1	19	.489	.498	$
1926	35	SLB	AL	83.0	27	7	56	6.07	4.87	-0.09	0.00	103.6	5.14	-9	-0.8	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	1	.469	.495	$
10 Seasons				1314.2	239	164	722	4.94	4.94	-0.01	0.00	103.7	5.13	24	2.5	1.0	-0.8	13.0	177	.511	.502	$

SLB (7 yrs)				1238.0	213	162	680	4.94	4.99	-0.01	0.00	103.7	5.19	29	3.1	1.0	-0.7	13.1	177	.515	.503	$
PHI (1 yr)				47.0	17	2	25	4.79	3.77	-0.05	0.00	105.5	4.04	-4	-0.5	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.472	.497	$
CIN (1 yr)				26.2	7	0	17	5.74	4.67	-0.10	0.00	99.0	4.72	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.460	.498	$
CHW (1 yr)				3.0	2	0	0	0.00	3.87	0.06	0.00	101.0	3.85	1	0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.2	2	.578	.501	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1918	27	PHI	NL	214	0.5%	8.4%	14.0%	0.5%	2%	72%

1920	29	SLB	AL	1174	0.9%	7.2%	12.7%	3.6%	17%	75%
1921	30	SLB	AL	1164	1.0%	8.6%	10.6%	4.5%	19%	76%
1922	31	SLB	AL	757	1.3%	8.6%	11.5%	2.6%	12%	75%
1923	32	SLB	AL	494	0.6%	7.3%	12.8%	1.2%	6%	75%
1924	33	SLB	AL	704	1.3%	6.4%	10.2%	3.6%	16%	78%
1925	34	SLB	AL	839	1.2%	6.9%	12.6%	3.6%	16%	74%
1926	35	SLB	AL	376	1.9%	10.4%	10.6%	1.9%	8%	73%
8 Yrs				5722	1.1%	7.8%	11.7%	3.2%	14%	75%
MLB Averages					0.9%	7.4%	7.6%	2.8%	11%	81%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1912	21	0	1	.000	2.70	7	0	6	0	0	0	26.2	25	17	8	0	16	12	1	0	0	120	127	1.538	8.4	0.0	5.4	4.1	0.75	127
1913	22	0	1	.000	2.70	7	0	6	0	0	0	26.2	25	17	8	0	16	12	1	0	0	120	127	1.538	8.4	0.0	5.4	4.1	0.75	127
1914	23	0	1	.000	2.70	7	0	6	0	0	0	26.2	25	17	8	0	16	12	1	0	0	120	127	1.538	8.4	0.0	5.4	4.1	0.75	127
1915	24	0	1	.000	2.43	9	0	8	0	0	0	29.2	27	17	8	0	18	14	2	0	0	131	141	1.517	8.2	0.0	5.5	4.2	0.78	141
1916	25	0	1	.000	2.43	9	0	8	0	0	0	29.2	27	17	8	0	18	14	2	0	0	131	141	1.517	8.2	0.0	5.5	4.2	0.78	141
1917	26	0	1	.000	2.43	9	0	8	0	0	0	29.2	27	17	8	0	18	14	2	0	0	131	141	1.517	8.2	0.0	5.5	4.2	0.78	141
1918	27	0	3	.000	2.82	26	2	21	1	0	0	76.2	70	42	24	1	48	32	2	0	1	345	113	1.539	8.2	0.1	5.6	3.8	0.67	113
1919	28	0	3	.000	2.82	26	2	21	1	0	0	76.2	70	42	24	1	48	32	2	0	1	345	113	1.539	8.2	0.1	5.6	3.8	0.67	113
1920	29	18	15	.545	3.10	64	33	25	23	0	0	346.0	320	159	119	11	197	117	9	0	2	1476	121	1.494	8.3	0.3	5.1	3.0	0.59	121
1921	30	34	31	.523	3.68	104	69	26	43	2	0	611.1	599	309	250	23	320	217	19	0	8	2634	111	1.503	8.8	0.3	4.7	3.2	0.68	111
1922	31	45	37	.549	3.77	129	94	26	50	4	0	785.2	761	400	329	33	407	282	27	1	9	3396	109	1.487	8.7	0.4	4.7	3.2	0.69	109
1923	32	49	43	.533	3.75	148	111	27	55	5	0	895.0	867	461	373	36	470	318	32	1	10	3889	109	1.494	8.7	0.4	4.7	3.2	0.68	109
1924	33	60	56	.517	3.80	177	135	30	66	10	0	1055.1	1026	545	446	45	542	363	38	1	12	4592	110	1.486	8.7	0.4	4.6	3.1	0.67	110
1925	34	72	63	.533	3.92	212	157	36	75	10	1	1235.2	1218	666	538	55	648	421	44	2	18	5424	108	1.510	8.9	0.4	4.7	3.1	0.65	108
1926	35	75	71	.514	3.97	239	164	46	77	10	2	1318.2	1311	722	581	62	688	460	45	2	22	5799	107	1.516	8.9	0.4	4.7	3.1	0.67	107

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1912	21	2	1	.667	3.00	27.0	27	10	9	0	17	12	1	1.630	9.0	5.7	4.0	0.71	0.0	7

1915	24	0	0		0.00	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	2.000	9.0	9.0	4.5	0.50	0.0	2

1918	27	3	3	.500	3.57	58.0	59	26	23	1	41	22	0	1.724	9.2	6.4	3.4	0.54	0.2	17

1920	29	18	11	.621	3.09	262.0	249	100	90	10	148	83	7	1.515	8.6	5.1	2.9	0.56	0.3	38
1921	30	16	14	.533	3.70	275.0	266	126	113	11	117	104	10	1.393	8.7	3.8	3.4	0.89	0.4	40
1922	31	11	9	.550	3.70	180.0	161	82	74	10	86	67	8	1.372	8.1	4.3	3.4	0.78	0.5	25
1923	32	7	5	.583	3.18	116.0	105	46	41	3	62	38	5	1.440	8.1	4.8	2.9	0.61	0.2	19
1924	33	10	8	.556	3.37	171.0	153	71	64	9	69	48	6	1.298	8.1	3.6	2.5	0.70	0.5	29
1925	34	12	9	.571	3.58	196.0	181	87	78	9	100	63	6	1.434	8.3	4.6	2.9	0.63	0.4	35
1926	35	4	5	.444	4.14	87.0	92	44	40	7	40	41	1	1.517	9.5	4.1	4.2	1.03	0.7	27
10 Yrs		83	65	.561	3.48	1374.0	1295	592	532	60	682	479	45	1.439	8.5		3.1	0.70	0.4	239

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1920 AL 5.2 (7th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1920 AL 3.17 (9th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1922 AL .647 (4th) 1925 AL .632 (10th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1920 AL 8.354 (5th) 1921 AL 9.464 (9th) 1922 AL 8.363 (1st) 1924 AL 8.925 (6th)
Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1922 AL 3.356 (8th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1920 AL 269.3 (9th) 1921 AL 265.3 (10th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1921 AL 100 (8th)	Games Started s c a p y 1921 AL 36 (7th)
Complete Games s c a p y 1920 AL 22 (8th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1921 AL 2 (9th) 1924 AL 5 (2nd)	Home Runs s c a p y 1920 AL 10 (7th) 1921 AL 12 (9th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1920 AL 149 (1st) 1921 AL 123 (1st) 1922 AL 87 (9th) 1925 AL 106 (2nd)
Losses s c a p y 1921 AL 16 (4th) 1924 AL 13 (10th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1921 AL 131 (2nd)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1921 AL 6 (7th) 1925 AL 6 (2nd) 1926 AL 4 (10th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1921 AL 10 (4th) 1922 AL 8 (10th)
Batters Faced s c a p y 1920 AL 1,131 (9th) 1921 AL 1,158 (10th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1918 NL 13 (3rd)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1920 AL 123 (8th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1920 AL 22 (7th)
Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1920 AL 2.3 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 2 (744), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 33 (730), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 6 (1203), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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