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Kiddo Davis

George Willis Davis

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: February 12, 1902 in Bridgeport, CT
High School: Bridgeport HS (Bridgeport, CT)
School: New York University (New York, NY)(All Transactions)
Debut: June 5, 1926
Teams (by GP): Giants/Phillies/Reds/Cardinals/Yankees 1926-1938

Final Game: May 7, 1938
Died: March 4, 1983 in Bridgeport, CT
Buried: Park Cemetery, Bridgeport, CT
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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 Awards
1926 NYY AL 24 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30
1926 NYY AL 24 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00
1932 PHI NL 30 OF 133 132 131 437 411 15 11 6 .975 3.20 .976 2.52
1932 PHI NL 30 CF 132 131 130 436 410 15 11 6 .975 3.22 .982 2.97
1932 PHI NL 30 LF 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .980 2.30
1933 NYG NL 31 CF 120 104 96 258 248 7 3 3 .988 2.13 .979 2.78
1933 NYG NL 31 OF 120 104 96 258 248 7 3 3 .988 2.13 .977 2.43
1934 TOT NL 32 CF 110 106 105 345 327 14 4 3 .988 3.10 .979 2.70
1934 TOT NL 32 OF 109 106 105 345 327 14 4 3 .988 3.13 .973 2.37
1934 STL NL 32 CF 10 6 6 25 23 1 1 0 .960 2.40 .979 2.70
1934 STL NL 32 OF 9 6 6 25 23 1 1 0 .960 2.67 .973 2.37
1934 PHI NL 32 CF 100 100 99 320 304 13 3 3 .991 3.17 .979 2.70
1934 PHI NL 32 OF 100 100 99 320 304 13 3 3 .991 3.17 .973 2.37
1935 NYG NL 33 OF 21 17 16 44 42 1 1 0 .977 2.05 .971 2.42
1935 NYG NL 33 RF 17 14 13 33 31 1 1 0 .970 1.88 .968 2.17
1935 NYG NL 33 CF 2 2 2 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 .974 2.85
1935 NYG NL 33 LF 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .970 2.25
1936 NYG NL 34 OF 22 12 10 43 40 3 0 0 1.000 1.95 .973 2.38
1936 NYG NL 34 CF 11 5 5 21 18 3 0 0 1.000 1.91 .979 2.84
1936 NYG NL 34 RF 7 4 3 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.57 .966 2.11
1936 NYG NL 34 LF 6 3 2 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.83 .972 2.18
1937 TOT NL 35 OF 72 51 48 142 134 1 7 0 .951 1.88 .974 2.24
1937 TOT NL 35 CF 52 33 30 98 93 0 5 0 .949 1.79 .977 2.63
1937 TOT NL 35 LF 20 18 18 44 41 1 2 0 .955 2.10 .973 2.10
1937 NYG NL 35 OF 37 17 16 44 41 0 3 0 .932 1.11 .974 2.24
1937 NYG NL 35 CF 26 8 7 26 25 0 1 0 .962 0.96 .977 2.63
1937 NYG NL 35 LF 11 9 9 18 16 0 2 0 .889 1.45 .973 2.10
1937 CIN NL 35 OF 35 34 32 98 93 1 4 0 .959 2.69 .974 2.24
1937 CIN NL 35 CF 26 25 23 72 68 0 4 0 .944 2.62 .977 2.63
1937 CIN NL 35 LF 9 9 9 26 25 1 0 0 1.000 2.89 .973 2.10
1938 CIN NL 36 OF 5 4 4 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 .976 2.34
1938 CIN NL 36 RF 3 3 3 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.33 .979 2.07
1938 CIN NL 36 LF 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .970 2.25
8 Seasons OF 483 426 410 1278 1210 42 26 12 .980 2.59 .975 2.41
6 Seasons CF 427 381 368 1167 1105 39 23 12 .980 2.68 .980 2.80
5 Seasons LF 31 24 23 60 57 1 2 0 .967 1.87 .973 2.14
4 Seasons RF 28 21 19 51 48 2 1 0 .980 1.79 .969 2.14
8 Seasons TOT 483 426 410 1278 1210 42 26 12 .980 2.59 .975 2.41
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
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
1926 NYY AL 24 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
1932 PHI NL 30 137 132 137 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 132 0 133 0 0 4
1933 NYG NL 31 126 104 126 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 120 0 120 0 6 0
1934 PHI NL 32 100 100 100 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 100 0 0 0
1934 STL NL 32 16 6 16 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 10 0 5 1
1935 NYG NL 33 47 17 47 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 17 21 0 24 2
1936 NYG NL 34 47 12 47 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 11 7 22 0 9 16
1937 NYG NL 35 57 17 57 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 26 0 37 0 14 6
1937 CIN NL 35 40 34 40 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 26 0 35 0 4 1
1938 CIN NL 36 5 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 0 0 0
8 Seasons 576 426 576 484 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 427 28 484 0 62 30
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

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1932 NL  132 (2nd)
1933 NL  120 (4th)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1932 NL  410 (2nd)
1934 NL  327 (4th)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1932 NL  15 (2nd)
1933 NL  7 (4th)
1934 NL  14 (1st)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1932 NL  11 (1st)
1937 NL  5 (4th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1932 NL  411 (2nd)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1932 NL  15 (4th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1932 NL  11 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1932 NL  3.22 (2nd)
1934 NL  3.10 (1st)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1933 NL  .988 (2nd)
1934 NL  .988 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1932 NL  3.20 (2nd)
1934 NL  3.13 (1st)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1933 NL  .988 (2nd)
1934 NL  .988 (3rd)

             

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