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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 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
1954 29 CHC NL 11 7 .611 3.52 46 12 18 2 0 4 127.2 114 57 50 12 51 58 3 1 3 538 119 1.292 8.0 0.8 3.6 4.1 1.14
1955 30 CHC NL 7 11 .389 4.44 42 16 17 0 0 3 133.2 122 79 66 16 58 5 62 2 0 7 568 93 1.347 8.2 1.1 3.9 4.2 1.07
1956 31 CHC NL 5 7 .417 3.66 46 11 17 2 1 2 120.1 116 56 49 11 59 4 66 6 0 3 525 104 1.454 8.7 0.8 4.4 4.9 1.12
1957 32 TOT NL 1 1 .500 5.84 20 0 8 0 0 1 24.2 31 17 16 3 11 1 11 0 0 0 113 70 1.703 11.3 1.1 4.0 4.0 1.00
1957 32 STL NL 0 1 .000 5.27 10 0 4 0 0 1 13.2 18 8 8 1 6 0 5 0 0 0 61 77 1.756 11.9 0.7 4.0 3.3 0.83
1957 32 NYG NL 1 0 1.000 6.55 10 0 4 0 0 0 11.0 13 9 8 2 5 1 6 0 0 0 52 62 1.636 10.6 1.6 4.1 4.9 1.20
4 Yrs 24 26 .480 4.01 154 39 60 4 1 10 406.1 383 209 181 42 179 10 197 11 1 13 1744 101 1.383 8.5 0.9 4.0 4.4 1.10
162 Game Avg. 8 9 .480 4.01 54 14 21 1 0 4 143 135 74 64 15 63 69 4 0 5 614 101 1.383 8.5 0.9 4.0 4.4 1.10
CHC (3 yrs) 23 25 .479 3.89 134 39 52 4 1 9 381.2 352 192 165 39 168 9 186 11 1 13 1631 104 1.362 8.3 0.9 4.0 4.4 1.11
NYG (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 6.55 10 0 4 0 0 0 11.0 13 9 8 2 5 1 6 0 0 0 52 62 1.636 10.6 1.6 4.1 4.9 1.20
STL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 5.27 10 0 4 0 0 1 13.2 18 8 8 1 6 0 5 0 0 0 61 77 1.756 11.9 0.7 4.0 3.3 0.83

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
1954 29 CHC NL 127.2 46 12 57 4.02 4.50 -0.12 0.00 103.3 4.77 11 1.2 1.5 -0.0 2.3 25 .525 .507 $
1955 30 CHC NL 133.2 42 16 79 5.32 4.53 0.27 0.00 102.4 4.36 -12 -1.2 1.5 -0.2 -0.1 1 .472 .493 $
1956 31 CHC NL 120.1 46 11 56 4.19 4.33 0.25 0.00 102.0 4.15 2 0.2 1.5 -0.1 1.3 12 .505 .501 $
1957 32 STL NL 13.2 10 0 8 5.27 4.57 0.19 0.00 105.8 4.64 -1 -0.1 .3 0.0 0.1 0 .491 .499 $
1957 32 NYG NL 11.0 10 0 9 7.36 4.48 -0.09 0.00 99.6 4.56 -3 -0.3 .7 0.0 -0.2 -2 .465 .498 $
4 Seasons 406.1 154 39 209 4.63 4.46 0.13 0.00 102.6 4.44 -3 -0.2 1.3 -0.2 3.4 36 .499 .500 $
CHC (3 yrs) 381.2 134 39 192 4.53 4.45 0.14 0.00 102.6 4.43 1 0.2 1.5 -0.3 3.5 38 .502 .500 $
NYG (1 yr) 11.0 10 0 9 7.36 4.48 -0.09 0.00 99.6 4.56 -3 -0.3 .7 0.0 -0.2 -2 .465 .498 $
STL (1 yr) 13.2 10 0 8 5.27 4.57 0.19 0.00 105.8 4.64 -1 -0.1 .3 0.0 0.1 0 .491 .499 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1954 29 CHC NL 46 443 462 57 114 20 3 12 4 0 51 58 .247 .321 .381 .702 .256 176 8 3 16 7 8
1955 30 CHC NL 42 516 496 79 122 16 2 16 6 4 58 62 .246 .323 .383 .706 .249 190 15 2 5 7 5 7
1956 31 CHC NL 46 457 455 56 116 21 1 11 8 2 59 66 .255 .346 .378 .724 .276 172 13 6 3 3 4 4
1957 32 NYG NL 10 28 45 9 13 2 1 2 1 0 5 6 .289 .360 .511 .871 .297 23 0 0 1 0 1 0
1957 32 STL NL 10 61 53 8 18 4 0 1 0 0 6 5 .340 .400 .472 .872 .354 25 3 0 1 1 0 0
1957 32 TOT NL 20 89 98 17 31 6 1 3 1 0 11 11 .316 .382 .490 .872 .329 48 3 0 2 1 1 0
4 Yrs 154 1505 1511 209 383 63 7 42 19 6 179 197 .253 .333 .388 .721 .264 586 39 11 26 18 10 19
162 Game Avg. 54 530 532 74 135 22 2 15 7 2 63 69 .253 .333 .388 .721 .264 206 14 4 9 6 7
MLB Averages .259 .330 .391 .721 .274

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1954 29 CHC NL 9.1 0.9 456 0.1 9.6 -9.5 1.26 0.2 -0.1 -5.8 -0.6 1.26 -0.8 10 8 10
1955 30 CHC NL -6.4 -0.6 538 0.5 11.3 -10.8 1.20 -0.4 0.8 -3.2 -0.3 1.20 -2.2 10 3 7
1956 31 CHC NL 2.0 0.2 475 1.3 9.6 -8.3 1.24 -0.3 1.3 -3.6 -0.4 1.24 -6.9 16 3 11
1957 32 TOT NL -4.3 -0.4 96 -0.6 0.4 -1.0 .39 -0.6 -1.0 -4.9 -0.5 0.39 -4.8 1 4 13
1957 32 STL NL -1.4 -0.1 63 -0.4 0.2 -0.7 .39 -0.2 -0.9 -0.0 -0.0 0.39 -1.1 0 2 8
1957 32 NYG NL -3.0 -0.3 33 -0.2 0.2 -0.3 .39 -0.3 -0.1 -4.9 -0.5 0.39 -3.7 1 2 5
4 Yrs 0.4 0.0 1565 1.2 30.9 -29.6 1.18 -1.1 2.1 -17.6 -1.7 1.18 -14.7 37 18 41

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1954 29 CHC NL 46 12 5 5 2 0 2 5 7 .417 1 1 2 0 8 67% 49.6 76 27 12 1 7 3 4.7 3.6 6.0
1955 30 CHC NL 42 16 2 8 6 1 3 5 11 .313 2 2 0 0 8 50% 48.5 82 16 19 7 10 3 2.7 3.1 5.9
1956 31 CHC NL 46 11 2 5 4 0 1 5 5 .500 0 2 2 1 6 55% 50.5 72 32 24 8 8 1 2.8 2.4 6.5
3 Yrs 134 39 9 18 12 1 6 15 23 .395 3 5 4 1 22 56% 49 82 16 55 16 25 7 3.3 3.0 6.1
MLB Averages .500 50% 51 118 -2 4.4 4.4 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 29 CHC NL 46 34 18 6 2 3 4 1 133% 5 2 25 10 40% 8 1.260 10 8 10 6 8 14 14 14 15 11 15 10 4.9
1955 30 CHC NL 42 26 17 5 3 1 3 1 300% 3 1 27 4 15% 1.200 10 3 7 4 6 10 15 5 10 11 9 8 4.5
1956 31 CHC NL 46 35 17 3 2 3 2 1 67% 8 2 31 11 35% 7 1.241 16 3 11 8 9 13 17 13 15 10 13 8 4.2
1957 32 TOT NL 20 20 8 1 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 10 2 20% .388 1 4 13 1 0 17 5 13 7 7 6 4 3.7
1957 32 STL NL 10 10 4 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 5 1 20% 8 .386 0 2 8 1 0 9 2 8 4 2 5 2 4.1
1957 32 NYG NL 10 10 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% .391 1 2 5 0 0 8 3 5 3 5 1 2 3.3
4 Yrs 154 115 60 15 8 8 10 3 125% 17 5 93 27 29% 1.182 37 18 41 19 23 54 51 45 47 39 43 30 4.4

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%
1954 29 CHC NL 539 31% 2.7% 13.1% 11.5% 7.9% 31% 1.02 90% 86 8 9%
1955 30 CHC NL 568 24% 3.1% 12.0% 11.2% 6.6% 28% 0.89 82% 110 15 14%
1956 31 CHC NL 526 29% 2.4% 14.4% 12.9% 7.2% 28% 0.93 83% 91 13 14%
1957 32 TOT NL 112 42% 3.4% 12.4% 12.4% 11.2% 32% 1.00 96% 19 3 16%
1957 32 STL NL 61 38% 1.6% 8.2% 9.8% 8.2% 28% 1.19 79% 17 3 18%
1957 32 NYG NL 51 50% 7.1% 21.4% 17.9% 17.9% 39% 0.63 132% 2 0 0%
4 Yrs 1745 29% 2.8% 13.1% 11.9% 7.4% 29% 0.94 86% 306 39 13%
MLB Averages 52% 2.4% 12.3% 9.7% 6.7% 28% 0.96 79% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1954 29 CHC NL 443 114 12 0 10 6 4 4 6 23 12 3 52% 8 3 2 167 4 0 100% 2 0 1 0 1 0 6 0 12 96
1955 30 CHC NL 516 122 16 0 21 10 6 6 10 42 19 1 45% 7 7 5 182 6 4 60% 3 0 3 4 0 0 3 0 23 52
1956 31 CHC NL 457 116 11 1 19 8 2 2 8 34 14 8 41% 4 3 6 183 8 2 80% 2 1 6 1 0 0 2 1 15 69
1957 32 TOT NL 89 31 3 0 1 0 2 0 2 11 6 0 55% 0 0 4 40 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 23
1957 32 STL NL 61 18 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 8 3 0 38% 0 0 2 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1957 32 NYG NL 28 13 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 100% 0 0 2 11 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 23
4 Yrs 1505 383 42 1 51 24 14 12 26 110 51 12 46% 19 13 17 572 19 6 76% 8 1 10 5 1 0 11 1 58 240
MLB Averages 51% 55%

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+
1954 29 11 7 .611 3.52 46 12 18 2 0 4 127.2 114 57 50 12 51 58 3 1 3 538 119 1.292 8.0 0.8 3.6 4.1 1.14 119
1955 30 18 18 .500 3.99 88 28 35 2 0 7 261.1 236 136 116 28 109 5 120 5 1 10 1106 104 1.320 8.1 1.0 3.8 4.1 1.10 104
1956 31 23 25 .479 3.89 134 39 52 4 1 9 381.2 352 192 165 39 168 9 186 11 1 13 1631 104 1.362 8.3 0.9 4.0 4.4 1.11 104
1957 32 24 26 .480 4.01 154 39 60 4 1 10 406.1 383 209 181 42 179 10 197 11 1 13 1744 101 1.383 8.5 0.9 4.0 4.4 1.10 101

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
1954 29 8 6 .571 3.44 131.0 117 56 50 12 52 60 3 1.290 8.0 3.6 4.1 1.15 0.8 46
1955 30 7 8 .467 4.34 137.0 125 73 66 16 59 64 2 1.343 8.2 3.9 4.2 1.08 1.1 42
1956 31 7 6 .538 3.93 119.0 123 58 52 12 63 65 6 1.563 9.3 4.8 4.9 1.03 0.9 46
1957 32 1 1 .500 5.76 25.0 32 18 16 3 11 11 0 1.720 11.5 4.0 4.0 1.00 1.1 20
4 Yrs 23 21 .523 4.02 412.0 397 205 184 43 185 200 11 1.413 8.7 4.4 1.08 0.9 154

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1954 NL  46 (10th)
1956 NL  46 (10th)

Saves s c a p y
1954 NL  4 (10th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1955 NL  7 (1st)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1956 NL  6 (6th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1955 NL  17 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 5 (1889), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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