Jim Davis

James Bennett Davis

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 15, 1924 in Red Bluff, CA
High School: Red Bluff HS (Red Bluff, CA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1954
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Giants/Cardinals 1954-1957

Final Game: July 7, 1957
Died: November 30, 1995 in San Mateo, CA
Cremated
Relatives: Nephew of Marv Grissom
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Standard Batting

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
1946	21	BOS-min	B	25	39	39		9	2	0	0						.231	.231	.282	.513		11							LYN · NENL
1947	22	BOS-min	B	27	62	62		16	3	0	0						.258	.258	.306	.565		19							LYN · NENL
1948	23	BOS-min	A	23	51	51		9	1	0	0						.176	.176	.196	.373		10							SCR · EL
1949	24	BOS-min	AA	29	57	57		17	1	0	0						.298	.298	.316	.614		18							BIR · SOUA
1950	25	SLE	AAA	52	52	41	3	8	0	0	0	3	0		3	12	.195	.250	.195	.445		8		0	8				SLE · PCL
1951	26	SLE	AAA	29	60	49	7	8	0	0	0	2	0		9	17	.163	.293	.163	.456		8		0	2				SLE · PCL
1952	27	SLE	Opn	38	41	35	1	7	0	0	0	1	0		1	10	.200	.222	.200	.422		7		0	5				SLE · PCL
1953	28	SLE	Opn	40	81	69	10	8	1	0	0	0	0		9	19	.116	.218	.130	.348		9	1	0	3				SLE · PCL
1954	29	SLE	Opn	2	7	5	1	2	1	0	0	2	0		2	1	.400	.571	.600	1.171		3	0	0	0	0			SLE · PCL
1954	29	CHC	NL	46	39	32	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	22	.063	.231	.063	.293	-19	2	0	0	0	0		1
1955	30	CHC	NL	42	43	37	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	21	.027	.100	.027	.127	-64	1	1	0	3	0	0	1
1956	31	CHC	NL	46	32	28	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	.179	.207	.179	.385	6	5	0	0	3	0	0	1
1957	32	SFG-min	AAA	21	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	4	.000	.125	.000	.125		0		0	0	0	0		MNE · AA
1957	32	TOT	NL	20	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	170	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1957	32	STL	NL	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1957	32	NYG	NL	10	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	442	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1958	33	CIN-min	AAA	36	33	27	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	16	.037	.103	.037	.140		1	1	0	4	0			SLE · PCL
1959	34	ATL-min	AAA	43	11	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.125	.300	.125	.425		1		0	1	0			SAC · PCL
4 Yrs				154	116	99	7	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	11	54	.091	.182	.091	.273	-25	9	1	0	6	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	122	104	7	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	12	57	.091	.182	.091	.273	-25	9	1	0	6	0

CHC (3 yrs)				134	114	97	7	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	11	53	.082	.176	.082	.258	-28	8	1	0	6	0	0
NYG (1 yr)				10	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	442	1	0	0	0	0	0
STL (1 yr)				10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1954	29	CHC	NL	46	39	-5	-0	0	0	4	-0	-0.1	1	1	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	-0.0	1	$	1
1955	30	CHC	NL	42	43	-9	-1	0	0	4	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.6	.486	.496	-0.6	-0.1	-4	$	1
1956	31	CHC	NL	46	32	-3	0	0	0	4	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.502	.501	0.1	-0.1	2	$	1
1957	32	STL	NL	10	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	1
1957	32	NYG	NL	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0.1	.505	.500	0.1	-0.0	0	$	1
4 Seasons				154	116	-17	-1	1	0	13	-5	-0.6	4	-1	-0.5	.497	.499	-0.5	-0.2	-1	$

CHC (3 yrs)				134	114	-18	-1	1	0	12	-5	-0.6	4	-1	-0.6	.496	.499	-0.6	-0.1	-1	$
NYG (1 yr)				10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0.1	.505	.500	0.1	-0.0	0	$
STL (1 yr)				10	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$

Advanced Batting

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
1954	29	CHC	NL	39	30	0	0.0	110	.200	.063	.275	.231	.347	.063	.426	.293	.772	-19	.000	-5.7	-0.6	.300	.219	.000
1955	30	CHC	NL	43	40	0	0.0	106	.063	.027	.266	.100	.337	.027	.420	.127	.757	-64	.000	-8.9	-0.9	.108	.081	.000
1956	31	CHC	NL	32	26	1	1.0	102	.278	.179	.263	.207	.330	.179	.415	.385	.745	6	.064	-3.8	-0.4	.261	.036	.000
1957	32	TOT	NL	2	1	1	27.2	104	1.000	.500	.270	.500	.334	.500	.418	1.000	.752	170	.962	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
1957	32	STL	NL	1	1	0	0.0	105		.000	.271	.000	.335	.000	.420	.000	.755	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1957	32	NYG	NL	1	0	1		103	1.000	1.000	.269	1.000	.332	1.000	.416	2.000	.748	442	.000	0.5	0.0		.000	.000
4 Yrs				116	97	2	0.6	106	.200	.091	.268	.182	.338	.091	.421	.273	.759	-25	.020	-18.2	-1.8	.220	.111	.000
162 Game Avg.				122	102	2	0.6	106	.200	.091	.268	.182	.338	.091	.421	.273	.759	-25	.020	-18.2	-1.8	.220	.111	.000

CHC (3 yrs)				114	96	1	0.3	106	.182	.082	.268	.176	.338	.082	.421	.258	.759	-28	.006	-18.4	-1.8	.211	.113	.000
NYG (1 yr)				1	0	1		103	1.000	1.000	.269	1.000	.332	1.000	.416	2.000	.748	442		0.5	0.0		.000	.000
STL (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	105		.000	.271	.000	.335	.000	.420	.000	.755	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1954	29	CHC	NL	39	0.0%	56.4%	18.0%	0.0%	0%	3.14	1.5			2.50	26%
1955	30	CHC	NL	43	0.0%	48.8%	7.0%	0.0%	0%	7.00	1.8		37.0	4.00	37%
1956	31	CHC	NL	32	0.0%	31.3%	3.1%	0.0%	0%	10.00	2.8			2.75	56%
1957	32	TOT	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0				50%
1957	32	STL	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1957	32	NYG	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%						100%
4 Yrs				116	0.0%	46.6%	9.5%	0.0%	0%	4.91	1.8		99.0	3.11	39%
MLB Averages					2.3%	11.7%	9.2%	6.6%	29%	1.26	7.6	38.8	8.2	0.98	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1954	29	CHC	NL	-5.7	-0.6	33	-0.6	0.2	-0.7	.97	-0.4	-0.1	-5.6	-0.5	0.88	-4.7	0
1955	30	CHC	NL	-8.9	-0.9	41	-0.4	0.4	-0.8	1.02	-0.7	0.3	-6.4	-0.6	0.87	-7.6	0
1956	31	CHC	NL	-3.8	-0.4	27	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	1.01	-0.3	0.0	-3.1	-0.3	0.94	-3.4	0
1957	32	TOT	NL	0.2	0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.00	0.0		-0.2	-0.0	0.86	-0.3	0
1957	32	STL	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.00	0.0		-0.2	-0.0	0.86	-0.3	0
1957	32	NYG	NL	0.5	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
4 Yrs				-18.2	-1.8	102	-1.2	0.8	-2.1	.99	-1.4	0.2	-15.4	-1.5	0.89	-16.0	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	PO	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1954	29	CHC	NL	1	33%	10	1	0	75%	3	0	3	1	1	0	0
1955	30	CHC	NL	0	25%	7	1	1	33%	3	1	1	0	0	0	0
1956	31	CHC	NL	1	50%	6	0	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
1957	32	TOT	NL	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	32	STL	NL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	32	NYG	NL	0	0%	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				2	35%	23	2	2	63%	6	1	4	1	1	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						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
1954	29	CHC	NL	39	100%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	5	0	0%	14	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1955	30	CHC	NL	43	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	150%	10	1	10%	9	2	22%	19	1	5%	0	0		0	0		0
1956	31	CHC	NL	32	100%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	8	0	0%	6	2	33%	17	1	6%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1957	32	TOT	NL	2	100%	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
1957	32	STL	NL	1	100%	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
1957	32	NYG	NL	1		1					0			0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0			0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				116	100%	9			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	100%	21	1	5%	20	4	20%	50	2	4%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					48%																			80%			11%			32%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	IBB
1954	29	46	39	32	3	2	0	7	22	.063	.231	.063	.293	-19	2	0	0
1955	30	88	82	69	4	3	1	10	43	.043	.165	.043	.208	-42	3	1	3	0
1956	31	134	114	97	7	8	1	11	53	.082	.176	.082	.258	-28	8	1	6	0
1957	32	154	116	99	7	9	1	11	54	.091	.182	.091	.273	-25	9	1	6	0

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1954	29	48	41	34	0	0	7	23	.000	.171	.000	.171	0	46
1955	30	44	45	39	0	0	3	22	.000	.071	.000	.071	0	42
1956	31	48	33	29	3	5	1	10	.172	.200	.172	.372	1	46
1957	32	21	3	3	0	2	0	1	.667	.667	.667	1.333	1	20
4 Yrs		161	122	105	3	7	11	56	.067	.155	.067	.222	2	154
162 Game Avg.		162	123	106	3	7	11	56	.067	.155	.067	.222	2	154

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