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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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	Pos
1884	22	KCC	UA	7	29	29	3	6	0	0	0	0		0		.207	.207	.207	.414	48	6	0	/5

1886	24	BAL	AA	60	229	216	23	42	5	2	1	20	12	11		.194	.240	.250	.490	55	54	2	5
1887	25	BAL	AA	130	518	485	81	150	23	19	8	109	49	28		.309	.353	.485	.838	137	235	5	56
1888	26	KCC	AA	121	517	491	70	131	22	8	3	61	42	20		.267	.304	.363	.666	108	178	6	*5/6
1889	27	TOT	AA	64	265	245	41	64	4	3	0	30	25	18	36	.261	.317	.302	.619	73	74	2	5/O6
1889	27	KCC	AA	62	260	241	40	64	4	3	0	30	25	17	35	.266	.319	.307	.626	75	74	2	5
1889	27	STL	AA	2	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	-44	0	0	/O6
1890	28	TOT	AA	59	241	213	41	61	12	3	2	41	15	24		.286	.369	.399	.768	123	85	4	5
1890	28	STL	AA	21	80	71	8	18	3	1	0	13	5	9		.254	.338	.324	.661	84	23	0	5
1890	28	BRG	AA	38	161	142	33	43	9	2	2	28	10	15		.303	.385	.437	.822	145	62	4	5
1891	29	WAS	AA	12	51	44	7	14	3	2	0	9	8	7	5	.318	.412	.477	.889	159	21	0	5
7 Seasons				453	1850	1723	266	468	69	37	14	270	151	108	41	.272	.322	.379	.701	108	653	19
162 Game Avg.				162	662	616	95	167	25	13	5	97		39		.272	.322	.379	.701	108	234	7

STL (2 yrs)				23	85	75	9	18	3	1	0	13	5	10	1	.240	.329	.307	.636	77	23	0
BAL (2 yrs)				190	747	701	104	192	28	21	9	129	61	39		.274	.319	.412	.731	114	289	7
KCC (2 yrs)				183	777	732	110	195	26	11	3	91	67	37	35	.266	.309	.344	.653	96	252	8
BRG (1 yr)				38	161	142	33	43	9	2	2	28	10	15		.303	.385	.437	.822	145	62	4
WAS (1 yr)				12	51	44	7	14	3	2	0	9	8	7	5	.318	.412	.477	.889	159	21	0
KCC (1 yr)				7	29	29	3	6	0	0	0	0		0		.207	.207	.207	.414	48	6	0

AA (6 yrs)				446	1821	1694	263	462	69	37	14	270	151	108	41	.273	.323	.382	.705	108	647	19
UA (1 yr)				7	29	29	3	6	0	0	0	0		0		.207	.207	.207	.414	48	6	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1884	22	KCC	UA	29	-2	0	0	0	-2	0	0	-4	-0.4	-2	-0.2	-0.2	$	/5

1886	24	BAL	AA	229	-11	0	0	0	-3	2	4	-8	-0.7	-5	-0.4	-0.3	$	5
1887	25	BAL	AA	518	27	0	0	0	-3	6	9	39	3.4	42	3.6	-0.2	$	56
1888	26	KCC	AA	517	0	0	0	0	2	4	9	15	1.5	13	1.3	0.2	$	*5/6
1889	27	KCC	AA	260	-8	1	0	0	-8	2	4	-9	-0.8	-1	-0.1	-0.7	$	5
1889	27	STL	AA	5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/O6
1890	28	STL	AA	80	-2	0	0	0	-3	1	1	-3	-0.2	0	0.0	-0.2	$	5
1890	28	BRG	AA	161	10	0	0	0	-1	1	3	13	1.2	14	1.3	-0.1	$	5
1891	29	WAS	AA	51	3	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	0.1	4	0.4	-0.3	$	5
7 Seasons				1850	16	1	0	0	-20	16	31	44	4.0	64	5.8	-1.8	$

STL (2 yrs)				85	-3	0	0	0	-3	1	1	-4	-0.3	-1	-0.1	-0.2	$
BAL (2 yrs)				747	16	0	0	0	-6	8	13	31	2.7	37	3.2	-0.5	$
KCC (2 yrs)				777	-8	1	0	0	-6	6	13	6	0.7	12	1.2	-0.5	$
BRG (1 yr)				161	10	0	0	0	-1	1	3	13	1.2	14	1.3	-0.1	$
WAS (1 yr)				51	3	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	0.1	4	0.4	-0.3	$
KCC (1 yr)				29	-2	0	0	0	-2	0	0	-4	-0.4	-2	-0.2	-0.2	$

Postseason Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1889	27	BRO	AA	WS			1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0					0
1 WS							1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0					0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	G
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.

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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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR Position Players† s c a p y 1887 AA 3.4 (10th)	Offensive WAR† s c a p y 1887 AA 3.6 (8th)	Slugging % s c a p y 1887 AA .485 (8th)	On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y 1887 AA .838 (9th)
Total Bases s c a p y 1887 AA 235 (7th)	Doubles s c a p y 1888 AA 22 (9th)	Triples s c a p y 1887 AA 19 (1st)	Home Runs s c a p y 1887 AA 8 (4th)
Runs Batted In s c a p y 1887 AA 109 (3rd)	Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y 1887 AA 137 (8th)	Runs Created s c a p y 1887 AA 82 (10th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1887 AA 50 (6th)
Offensive Win % s c a p y 1887 AA .660 (9th)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 1887 AA 13.8 (5th)	AB per HR s c a p y 1887 AA 60.6 (4th)	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)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Batting - 1 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 14 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 6 (1385), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 7 (1931), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

February 13, 1888: Purchased by the Kansas City Cowboys from the Baltimore Orioles for $700.
August 22, 1889: Released by the Kansas City Cowboys.
September, 1889: Released by the St. Louis Browns.

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