Jim Davis
James Bennett Davis
Bats: Both , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 15, 1924 in Red Bluff, CA
High School: Red Bluff (Red Bluff, CA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1954
Final Game: July 2, 1957
Died: November 30, 1995 in San Mateo, CA
Relatives: Nephew of Marv Grissom
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Standard Pitching

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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 68 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 75 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 60 1.636 10.6 1.6 4.1 4.9 1.20
4 Seasons 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 60 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 75 1.756 11.9 0.7 4.0 3.3 0.83

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1954 29 CHC NL 46 539 462 57 114 19 3 12 4 0 51 58 .247 .321 .379 .700 .256 175 6 3 16 7
1955 30 CHC NL 42 568 496 79 122 9 2 16 4 2 58 62 .246 .323 .369 .692 .249 183 13 2 5 7 5
1956 31 CHC NL 46 526 455 56 116 19 1 11 7 2 59 66 .255 .346 .374 .720 .276 170 11 6 3 3 4
1957 32 TOT NL 20 112 98 17 31 6 1 3 1 0 11 11 .316 .382 .490 .872 .329 48 3 0 2 1 1
1957 32 NYG NL 10 51 45 9 13 2 1 2 1 0 5 6 .289 .360 .511 .871 .297 23 0 0 1 0 1
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
4 Seasons 154 1745 1511 209 383 53 7 42 16 4 179 197 .253 .333 .381 .715 .264 576 33 11 26 18 10
162 Game Avg. 54 615 532 74 135 19 2 15 6 1 63 69 .253 .333 .381 .715 .264 203 12 4 9 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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% 50 76 27 12 1 7 3 4.7 3.5 6.0
1955 30 CHC NL 42 16 2 8 6 1 3 5 11 .313 1 1 0 0 8 50% 49 82 16 14 5 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 72 32 20 6 8 1 2.8 2.5 6.5
3 Seasons 134 39 9 18 12 1 6 15 23 .395 2 4 4 1 22 56% 50 82 16 46 12 25 7 3.3 3.0 6.1
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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 24 10 42% 1.243 10 9 7 6 7 13 13 13 15 11 13 10 4.9
1955 30 CHC NL 42 26 17 5 3 1 3 1 300% 3 1 22 4 18% 1.096 6 3 7 4 2 10 12 4 10 11 6 8 4.5
1956 31 CHC NL 46 35 17 3 2 2 2 1 100% 6 1 24 10 42% 1.160 11 3 8 6 6 10 12 10 15 10 8 8 4.2
1957 32 TOT NL 20 20 8 1 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 10 2 20% 0.411 1 5 12 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 0.400 0 3 7 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% 0.436 1 2 5 0 0 8 3 5 3 5 1 2 3.3
4 Seasons 154 115 60 15 8 7 10 3 143% 15 4 80 26 33% 1.112 28 20 34 17 15 50 42 40 47 39 33 30 4.4

Ratio Pitching*

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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 68% 2.2% 10.8% 9.5% 6.3% 30% 0.99 74% 74 6 8%
1955 30 CHC NL 568 76% 2.8% 10.9% 10.2% 4.8% 22% 0.95 75% 84 13 15%
1956 31 CHC NL 526 71% 2.1% 12.6% 11.2% 5.9% 27% 0.91 72% 71 11 15%
1957 32 TOT NL 112 58% 2.7% 9.8% 9.8% 8.9% 32% 1.00 76% 19 3 16%
1957 32 STL NL 61 62% 1.6% 8.2% 9.8% 8.2% 28% 1.19 79% 17 3 18%
1957 32 NYG NL 51 50% 3.9% 11.8% 9.8% 9.8% 39% 0.63 73% 2 0 0%
4 Seasons 1745 70% 2.4% 11.3% 10.3% 5.9% 27% 0.95 74% 248 33 13%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 381 114 12 0 9 5 4 4 5 20 10 3 50% 8 3 2 145 4 0 100% 2 0 1 0 1 0 5 0 10 158
1955 30 CHC NL 377 122 16 0 14 6 5 3 8 29 15 0 52% 5 7 2 126 4 2 67% 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 16 191
1956 31 CHC NL 389 116 11 1 15 8 2 2 8 26 11 7 42% 4 3 4 147 7 2 78% 2 1 5 1 0 0 2 1 11 137
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 1 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 1 0 5 23
4 Seasons 1236 383 42 1 39 19 13 9 23 86 42 10 49% 17 13 12 458 16 4 80% 7 1 8 3 1 0 10 1 45 509
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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

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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 3.34 132.0 116 54 49 12 52 60 3 1.273 7.9 3.5 4.1 1.15 0.8 46
1955 30 7 8 .467 4.34 137.0 126 73 66 17 60 64 2 1.358 8.3 3.9 4.2 1.07 1.1 42
1956 31 6 7 .462 4.01 119.0 124 59 53 12 63 65 6 1.571 9.4 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 Seasons 22 22 .500 4.01 413.0 398 204 184 44 186 200 11 1.414 8.7 4.4 1.08 1.0 154

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 5 (1819), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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