Spud Davis
Virgil Lawrence Davis
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 197 lb.

Born: December 20, 1904 in Birmingham, AL
High School: Gulf Coast Military Academy (Gulfport, MS) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1928
Final Game: September 5, 1945
Died: August 14, 1984 in Birmingham, AL
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1928 23 TOT NL 69 187 168 17 47 2 0 3 19 0 16 11 .280 .342 .345 .688 75 58 0 3 2
1928 23 STL NL 2 7 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .200 .333 .200 .533 41 1 0 1 /2
1928 23 PHI NL 67 180 163 16 46 2 0 3 18 0 15 11 .282 .343 .350 .692 76 57 0 2 2
1929 24 PHI NL 98 289 263 31 90 18 0 7 48 1 19 17 .342 .391 .490 .881 112 129 2 5 2
1930 25 PHI NL 106 357 329 41 103 16 1 14 65 1 17 20 .313 .349 .495 .844 96 163 1 10 2
1931 26 PHI NL 120 433 393 30 128 32 1 4 51 0 36 28 .326 .382 .443 .825 114 174 0 4 *2
1932 27 PHI NL 125 448 402 44 135 23 5 14 70 1 40 39 .336 .399 .522 .921 135 210 2 4 *2
1933 28 PHI NL 141 540 495 51 173 28 3 9 65 2 32 24 .349 .395 .473 .867 135 234 21 5 8 *2 MVP-25
1934 29 STL NL 107 384 347 45 104 22 4 9 65 0 34 27 .300 .366 .464 .830 115 161 12 2 1 2
1935 30 STL NL 102 354 315 28 100 24 2 1 60 0 33 30 .317 .386 .416 .802 112 131 4 2 4 2/3
1936 31 STL NL 112 402 363 24 99 26 2 4 59 0 35 34 .273 .342 .388 .730 96 141 12 3 1 *2/5
1937 32 CIN NL 76 232 209 19 56 10 1 3 33 0 23 15 .268 .341 .368 .709 97 77 7 0 0 2
1938 33 TOT NL 82 272 251 14 59 8 0 2 24 1 19 20 .235 .292 .291 .582 61 73 14 1 1 2
1938 33 CIN NL 12 42 36 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 5 6 .167 .286 .194 .480 36 7 2 1 0 2
1938 33 PHI NL 70 230 215 11 53 7 0 2 23 1 14 14 .247 .293 .307 .600 65 66 12 0 1 2
1939 34 PHI NL 87 234 202 10 62 8 1 0 23 0 24 20 .307 .383 .356 .740 103 72 5 1 7 2
1940 35 PIT NL 99 324 285 23 93 14 1 5 39 0 35 20 .326 .404 .435 .839 132 124 15 2 2 2
1941 36 PIT NL 57 118 107 3 27 4 1 0 6 0 11 11 .252 .322 .308 .630 78 33 6 0 0 2
1944 39 PIT NL 54 103 93 6 28 7 0 2 14 0 10 8 .301 .369 .441 .810 123 41 2 0 0 2
1945 40 PIT NL 23 36 33 2 8 2 0 0 6 0 2 2 .242 .306 .303 .609 67 10 2 1 0 2
16 Seasons 1458 4713 4255 388 1312 244 22 77 647 6 386 326 .308 .369 .430 .799 110 1831 100 22 50
162 Game Avg. 162 524 473 43 146 27 2 9 72 1 43 36 .308 .369 .430 .799 110 203 2 6
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
PHI (8 yrs) 814 2711 2462 234 790 134 11 53 363 6 197 173 .321 .374 .449 .823 111 1105 38 11 41
PIT (4 yrs) 233 581 518 34 156 27 2 7 65 0 58 41 .301 .375 .402 .776 116 208 25 3 2
STL (4 yrs) 323 1147 1030 98 304 72 8 14 185 0 103 91 .295 .363 .421 .785 107 434 28 7 7
CIN (2 yrs) 88 274 245 22 62 11 1 3 34 0 28 21 .253 .332 .343 .675 88 84 9 1 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1928 23 TOT NL 187 124 20 4.3 115 .286 .280 .298 .342 .364 .345 .424 .688 .789 75 .451 -6.4 -0.6 .612 .161 .065 .0
1928 23 STL NL 7 5 0 0.0 111 .200 .200 .292 .333 .358 .200 .416 .533 .774 41 .000 -0.4 0.0 .500 .200 .000
1928 23 PHI NL 180 119 20 4.5 115 .289 .282 .299 .343 .364 .350 .425 .692 .789 76 .471 -6.0 -0.6 .615 .160 .067 .0
1929 24 PHI NL 289 178 50 7.5 126 .347 .342 .312 .391 .377 .490 .454 .881 .831 112 .639 4.9 0.4 .873 .224 .148 1.8
1930 25 PHI NL 357 236 57 6.4 133 .302 .313 .321 .349 .380 .495 .477 .844 .857 96 .541 -4.2 -0.4 .805 .237 .182 1.9
1931 26 PHI NL 433 269 67 6.6 110 .343 .326 .295 .382 .355 .443 .416 .825 .771 114 .661 9.3 0.9 .792 .209 .117 .0
1932 27 PHI NL 448 271 83 8.3 112 .347 .336 .297 .399 .351 .522 .430 .921 .781 135 .737 20.9 2.0 .948 .289 .187 1.9
1933 28 PHI NL 540 351 91 6.9 101 .355 .349 .288 .395 .342 .473 .394 .867 .736 135 .726 24.1 2.5 .796 .192 .123 3.3
1934 29 STL NL 384 256 58 6.0 109 .305 .300 .294 .366 .350 .464 .418 .830 .769 115 .609 7.8 0.7 .773 .262 .164 .0
1935 30 STL NL 354 223 50 6.0 107 .349 .317 .290 .386 .346 .416 .414 .802 .760 112 .611 7.2 0.7 .758 .203 .098 .0
1936 31 STL NL 402 277 47 4.6 103 .292 .273 .286 .342 .345 .388 .400 .730 .745 96 .487 -1.0 -0.1 .649 .212 .116 .0
1937 32 CIN NL 232 160 26 4.3 97 .277 .268 .274 .341 .335 .368 .388 .709 .723 97 .482 -0.2 0.0 .625 .211 .100 .0
1938 33 TOT NL 272 207 21 2.7 98 .249 .235 .274 .292 .338 .291 .390 .582 .728 61 .293 -13.4 -1.4 .456 .135 .056 1.3
1938 33 CIN NL 42 32 2 1.7 96 .200 .167 .271 .286 .334 .194 .386 .480 .720 36 .147 -2.9 -0.3 .406 .167 .028
1938 33 PHI NL 230 175 19 2.9 99 .256 .247 .275 .293 .339 .307 .391 .600 .730 65 .319 -10.5 -1.1 .466 .130 .060 1.3
1939 34 PHI NL 234 152 27 4.7 100 .341 .307 .275 .383 .340 .356 .394 .740 .734 103 .517 2.3 0.2 .669 .168 .050
1940 35 PIT NL 324 209 50 6.4 97 .338 .326 .270 .404 .335 .435 .389 .839 .724 132 .671 14.2 1.4 .778 .232 .109 .0
1941 36 PIT NL 118 86 11 3.4 94 .281 .252 .266 .322 .336 .308 .375 .630 .711 78 .414 -3.0 -0.3 .512 .159 .056
1944 39 PIT NL 103 67 15 6.0 97 .313 .301 .273 .369 .340 .441 .383 .810 .723 123 .658 3.2 0.3 .761 .247 .140 .0
1945 40 PIT NL 36 27 3 3.0 100 .258 .242 .278 .306 .348 .303 .384 .609 .732 67 .340 -1.5 -0.2 .481 .121 .061
16 Seasons 4713 3093 676 5.8 108 .321 .308 .290 .369 .350 .430 .413 .799 .763 110 .601 64.2 6.1 .738 .214 .122 11.1
162 Game Avg. 524 344 75 5.8 108 .321 .308 .290 .369 .350 .430 .413 .799 .763 110 .601 7 1 .738 .214 .122 1
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
PHI (8 yrs) 2711 1751 414 6.3 112 .330 .321 .296 .374 .355 .449 .423 .823 .778 111 .626 40.8 3.9 .771 .210 .128 10.8
PIT (4 yrs) 581 389 79 5.5 97 .317 .301 .270 .375 .337 .402 .385 .776 .722 116 .609 13.0 1.2 .695 .212 .100 .0
STL (4 yrs) 1147 761 155 5.4 106 .314 .295 .290 .363 .347 .421 .411 .785 .758 107 .567 13.6 1.3 .721 .226 .126 .0
CIN (2 yrs) 274 192 28 3.9 97 .267 .253 .273 .332 .335 .343 .388 .675 .723 88 .435 -3.2 -0.3 .589 .204 .090 .0

Postseason Batting

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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
1934 29 STL NL WS DET W 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 2 0 0 0 0 0

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1928 23 69 187 168 17 47 2 0 3 19 0 16 11 .280 .342 .345 .688 75 58 0 3
1929 24 167 476 431 48 137 20 0 10 67 1 35 28 .318 .372 .434 .806 98 187 2 8
1930 25 273 833 760 89 240 36 1 24 132 2 52 48 .316 .362 .461 .822 97 350 3 18
1931 26 393 1266 1153 119 368 68 2 28 183 2 88 76 .319 .369 .454 .823 103 524 3 22
1932 27 518 1714 1555 163 503 91 7 42 253 3 128 115 .323 .377 .472 .849 111 734 5 26
1933 28 659 2254 2050 214 676 119 10 51 318 5 160 139 .330 .381 .472 .853 116 968 21 10 34
1934 29 766 2638 2397 259 780 141 14 60 383 5 194 166 .325 .379 .471 .850 116 1129 33 12 35
1935 30 868 2992 2712 287 880 165 16 61 443 5 227 196 .324 .380 .465 .844 116 1260 37 14 39
1936 31 980 3394 3075 311 979 191 18 65 502 5 262 230 .318 .375 .456 .831 114 1401 49 17 40
1937 32 1056 3626 3284 330 1035 201 19 68 535 5 285 245 .315 .373 .450 .823 113 1478 56 17 40
1938 33 1138 3898 3535 344 1094 209 19 70 559 6 304 265 .309 .367 .439 .806 109 1551 70 18 41
1939 34 1225 4132 3737 354 1156 217 20 70 582 6 328 285 .309 .368 .434 .802 109 1623 75 19 48
1940 35 1324 4456 4022 377 1249 231 21 75 621 6 363 305 .311 .371 .434 .805 110 1747 90 21 50
1941 36 1381 4574 4129 380 1276 235 22 75 627 6 374 316 .309 .369 .431 .800 110 1780 96 21 50
1942 37 1381 4574 4129 380 1276 235 22 75 627 6 374 316 .309 .369 .431 .800 110 1780 96 21 50
1943 38 1381 4574 4129 380 1276 235 22 75 627 6 374 316 .309 .369 .431 .800 110 1780 96 21 50
1944 39 1435 4677 4222 386 1304 242 22 77 641 6 384 324 .309 .369 .431 .801 110 1821 98 21 50
1945 40 1458 4713 4255 388 1312 244 22 77 647 6 386 326 .308 .369 .430 .799 110 1831 100 22 50

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1928 23 73 187 172 15 45 2 0 3 17 0 15 12 .262 .321 .326 .646 18 69
1929 24 103 282 263 26 81 16 0 6 39 1 17 18 .308 .355 .437 .792 41 98
1930 25 111 341 325 31 89 14 1 12 49 1 15 21 .274 .308 .434 .742 43 106
1931 26 125 440 404 29 127 32 1 4 49 0 36 29 .314 .370 .428 .799 64 120
1932 27 131 448 408 40 129 22 5 13 63 1 38 41 .316 .377 .490 .867 75 125
1933 28 147 555 517 53 180 29 3 9 67 2 33 25 .348 .393 .468 .861 94 141
1934 29 114 398 362 43 103 22 4 9 62 0 34 29 .285 .349 .442 .791 55 107
1935 30 107 360 325 26 99 24 2 1 57 0 33 32 .305 .372 .400 .772 47 102
1936 31 117 414 376 24 100 26 2 4 58 0 35 36 .266 .333 .378 .711 47 112
1937 32 80 246 221 21 60 11 1 3 36 0 25 16 .271 .346 .371 .717 28 76
1938 33 87 286 265 15 62 8 0 2 25 1 20 21 .234 .290 .287 .577 22 82
1939 34 92 240 213 11 66 9 1 0 25 0 26 21 .310 .388 .362 .749 29 87
1940 35 104 339 300 24 98 15 1 5 41 0 37 21 .327 .404 .433 .837 53 99
1941 36 59 124 112 3 29 4 1 0 6 0 12 11 .259 .331 .313 .643 11 57
1944 39 56 106 96 6 29 7 0 2 14 0 10 8 .302 .368 .438 .805 16 54
1945 40 24 38 35 2 9 2 0 0 7 0 2 2 .257 .316 .314 .630 3 23
16 Seasons 1530 4804 4394 369 1306 243 22 73 615 6 388 343 .297 .357 .412 .770 646 1458
162 Game Avg. 162 509 465 39 138 26 2 8 65 1 41 36 .297 .357 .412 .770 68 1458

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1933-NL-25-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1931 NL--.326--9th
1932 NL--.336--7th
1933 NL--.349--2nd
Career--.308--117th

On-Base% s c a p y
1932 NL--.399--5th
1933 NL--.395--2nd
1935 NL--.386--9th

Slugging % s c a p y
1932 NL--.522--8th
1933 NL--.473--6th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1932 NL--.921--7th
1933 NL--.867--3rd

Hits s c a p y
1933 NL--173--9th

Singles s c a p y
1933 NL--133--7th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1932 NL--135--9th
1933 NL--135--8th

Runs Created s c a p y
1933 NL--91--8th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1932 NL--21--10th
1933 NL--24--8th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1932 NL--2.0--10th
1933 NL--2.5--8th

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1932 NL--.737--7th
1933 NL--.726--3rd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1933 NL--5--6th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1933 NL--21--2nd
1940 NL--15--10th

AB per HR s c a p y
1930 NL--23.500--10th
1932 NL--28.714--9th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 3 (1907), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 44 (416), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 28 (333), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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