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Jumbo Davis

James J. Davis

Positions: Third Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: September 5, 1861 in New York, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: July 27, 1884
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Cowboys/Gladiators/Browns/Statesmen 1884-1891

Final Game: May 22, 1891
Died: February 14, 1921 in St. Louis, MO
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, MO
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1884 KCC UA 22 3B 7 30 5 14 11 0 .633 2.71 .777 3.01
1886 BAL AA 24 3B 60 231 82 114 35 6 .848 3.27 .849 3.18
1887 BAL AA 25 3B 87 351 91 199 61 7 .826 3.33 .850 3.34
1887 BAL AA 25 SS 43 226 57 132 37 5 .836 4.40 .858 4.48
1888 KCC AA 26 3B 113 580 155 334 91 27 .843 4.33 .867 3.46
1888 KCC AA 26 SS 8 48 12 27 9 0 .813 4.88 .863 4.61
1889 KCC AA 27 3B 62 290 93 140 57 14 .803 3.76 .857 3.56
1889 STL AA 27 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 2.00 1-0-0
1889 STL AA 27 SS 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .870 5.10
1890 TOT AA 28 3B 59 265 72 140 53 11 .800 3.59 .864 3.68
1890 STL AA 28 3B 21 104 23 53 28 2 .731 3.62 .864 3.68
1890 BRG AA 28 3B 38 161 49 87 25 9 .845 3.58 .864 3.68
1891 WAS AA 29 3B 12 50 19 22 9 2 .820 3.42 .872 3.63
7 Seasons 3B 400 1797 517 963 317 67 .824 3.70 .858 3.44
3 Seasons SS 52 275 70 159 46 5 .833 4.40 .859 4.51
1 Season OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 2.00 1-0-0
7 Seasons TOT 453 2073 588 1122 363 72 .825 3.77 .858 3.56 1-0-0
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1884 KCC UA 22 7 7 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
1886 BAL AA 24 60 60 0 0 0 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0
1887 BAL AA 25 130 130 0 0 0 0 87 43 0 0 0 0 0
1888 KCC AA 26 121 121 0 0 0 0 113 8 0 0 0 0 0
1889 KCC AA 27 62 62 0 0 0 0 62 0 0 0 0 0 0
1889 STL AA 27 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
1890 BRG AA 28 38 38 0 0 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0
1890 STL AA 28 21 21 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0
1891 WAS AA 29 12 12 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 453 453 0 0 0 0 400 52 1 0 0 1 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1887 AA  98 (5th)
1888 AA  100 (2nd)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1888 AA  113 (5th)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1888 AA  155 (5th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1888 AA  334 (2nd)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1888 AA  91 (1st)
1890 AA  53 (5th)
Career  317 (30th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1887 AA  3.33 (5th)
1888 AA  4.33 (1st)

                           

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