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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
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 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
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 Awards
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 PwrSpd
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 GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
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 PHlev 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 XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 29 CHC NL 1 0 33% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 75% 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0
1955 30 CHC NL 0 0 25% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 33% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 31 CHC NL 1 0 50% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1957 32 TOT NL 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 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 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 2 0 35% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 63% 6 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 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 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 29 46 39 32 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 22 .063 .231 .063 .293 -19 2 0 0 0 0
1955 30 88 82 69 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 43 .043 .165 .043 .208 -42 3 1 0 3 0 0
1956 31 134 114 97 7 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 53 .082 .176 .082 .258 -28 8 1 0 6 0 0
1957 32 154 116 99 7 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 54 .091 .182 .091 .273 -25 9 1 0 6 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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