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

Born: December 20, 1904 in Birmingham, AL (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

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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1928 TOT NL 23 C 51 207 155 46 6 7 .971 3.94 .979 3.79 5
1928 STL NL 23 C 2 8 6 0 2 0 .750 3.00 .988 3.80 0
1928 PHI NL 23 C 49 199 149 46 4 7 .980 3.98 .979 3.79 5
1929 PHI NL 24 C 89 255 198 47 10 7 .961 2.75 .975 3.57 4
1930 PHI NL 25 C 96 362 307 50 5 6 .986 3.72 .976 4.05 4
1931 PHI NL 26 C 114 501 420 78 3 10 .994 4.37 .980 4.03 5
1932 PHI NL 27 C 120 468 408 54 6 15 .987 3.85 .979 3.98 2
1933 PHI NL 28 C 132 472 395 69 8 9 .983 3.52 .982 3.75 10 MVP-25
1934 STL NL 29 C 94 507 459 42 6 7 .988 5.33 .985 4.09 2
1935 STL NL 30 C 81 372 335 34 3 2 .992 4.56 .976 4.17 4
1935 STL NL 30 1B 5 48 48 0 0 4 1.000 9.60 .990 9.60
1936 STL NL 31 C 103 456 390 59 7 7 .985 4.36 .979 4.21 3
1936 STL NL 31 3B 2 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.50 .940 2.50
1937 CIN NL 32 C 59 347 300 40 7 3 .980 5.76 .980 4.62 1
1938 TOT NL 33 C 74 301 260 34 7 6 .977 3.97 .979 4.26 5
1938 CIN NL 33 C 11 52 43 7 2 1 .962 4.55 .979 4.26 3
1938 PHI NL 33 C 63 249 217 27 5 5 .980 3.87 .979 4.26 2
1939 PHI NL 34 C 85 300 260 40 0 1 1.000 3.53 .982 3.93 5
1940 PIT NL 35 C 87 361 288 61 12 11 .967 4.01 .978 4.05 2
1941 PIT NL 36 C 49 113 97 16 0 3 1.000 2.31 .982 4.06 2
1944 PIT NL 39 C 35 89 76 10 3 3 .966 2.46 .980 3.95 0
1945 PIT NL 40 C 13 31 26 4 1 0 .968 2.31 .977 3.83 0
16 Seasons C 1282 5142 4374 684 84 97 .984 3.95 .979 4.02 54
1 Season 1B 5 48 48 0 0 4 1.000 9.60 .990 9.60
1 Season 3B 2 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.50 .940 2.50
16 Seasons TOT 1289 5195 4423 688 84 101 .984 3.97 .963 4.04 54
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

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--118th

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 - 21 (975), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 44 (421), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 27 (327), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  8. Smoky Burgess (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

October 4, 1927: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals from Buffalo (International) in the 1927 rule 5 draft.

May 11, 1928: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Homer Peel to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jimmie Wilson.

November 15, 1933: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Eddie Delker to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jimmie Wilson.

December 2, 1936: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the St. Louis Cardinals.

June 13, 1938: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Al Hollingsworth and $50,000 to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bucky Walters.

October 27, 1939: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Philadelphia Phillies.

October 2, 1941: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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