Virgil Davis

Name Note: Name presented as Spud Davis in some sources

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 197lb (185cm, 89kg)

Born: December 20, 1904 in Birmingham, AL us

Died: August 14, 1984 in Birmingham, AL

Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL

High School: Gulf Coast Military Academy (Gulfport, MS)

Debut: April 30, 1928 (Age 23-132d, 6,733rd in major league history)
vs. CIN 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 5, 1945 (Age 40-259d)
vs. BRO 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1928 season

Full Name: Virgil Lawrence Davis

Nicknames: Spud

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1934 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.3

4255

1312

.308

388

RBI

647

OBP

.369

SLG

.430

OPS

.799

OPS+

110

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1934 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1934 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	STL		PIT	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
2	2	Apr 18	STL		PIT	L,6-7	GS	32	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 19	STL		PIT	L,4-14	CG	52	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
4	4	Apr 21	STL		CHC	L,1-2	CG	31	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
5	5	Apr 22	STL		CHC	L,2-15	GS	45	7.0	3	1	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 24	STL	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	39	8.1	4	0	0	4	0
7	7	Apr 26	STL	@	PIT	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
8	8	Apr 27	STL	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	44	10.1	4	0	0	4	0
9	9	Apr 28	STL	@	CHC	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	6	2	0	8	1
10	10	Apr 29	STL	@	CHC	W,9-4	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
11	11	Apr 30	STL		CIN	W,10-6	GS	33	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	STL		CIN	W,3-2	GS	27	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
13	13	May 2	STL		CIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	14	May 3	STL		PHI	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	7	3	0	10	0
15	15	May 4	STL		PHI	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
16	16	May 5	STL		PHI	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
17	17	May 6	STL		BSN	L,2-3	GS	27	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
18	18	May 7	STL		BSN	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
19	19	May 8	STL		BSN	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
20	20	May 9	STL		NYG	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
21	21	May 10	STL		NYG	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	22	May 11	STL		NYG	W,3-2	CG	43	10.0	6	0	0	6	0
23	23	May 12	STL		NYG	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
24	24	May 13	STL		BRO	W,12-7	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
25	25	May 15	STL		BRO	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
26	26	May 17	STL	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
27	27	May 18	STL	@	BSN	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	28	May 19	STL	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
29	29	May 20	STL	@	NYG	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
30	30	May 21	STL	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
31	31	May 22	STL	@	NYG	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
32	32	May 23	STL	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
33	33	May 24	STL	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
34	34	May 27	STL	@	PHI	W,5-2	GS	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
35	35	May 28	STL	@	PHI	W,10-0	GS	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
36	37 (1)	May 30 (2)	STL	@	CIN	W,9-2	GS	25	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	39 (1)	Jun 1	STL	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	6	0	0	6	0
38	41 (1)	Jun 2 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	43 (1)	Jun 5	STL		CHC	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
40	45 (1)	Jun 7	STL		CHC	L,0-1	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
41	46	Jun 8	STL		PIT	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
42	47	Jun 10	STL		PIT	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	51 (3)	Jun 15	STL		BSN	L,4-10	GS	43	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
44	52	Jun 16	STL		PHI	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
45	54 (1)	Jun 17 (2)	STL		PHI	W,7-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	55	Jun 19	STL		PHI	L,8-10	GS	45	10.0	8	1	0	9	0
47	56	Jun 20	STL		BRO	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
48	57	Jun 21	STL		BRO	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
49	61 (3)	Jun 25	STL		NYG	L,7-10	GS	0	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	62	Jun 26	STL		NYG	W,13-7	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	66 (3)	Jul 1 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,8-6	CG	81	18.0	11	1	0	12	0
52	69 (2)	Jul 3	STL	@	CHC	W,7-3	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
53	70	Jul 4 (1)	STL		CHC	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	72 (1)	Jul 6	STL		CIN	L,15-16	CG	51	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
55	73	Jul 7	STL		CIN	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
56	74	Jul 8 (1)	STL		CIN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
57	75	Jul 8 (2)	STL		CIN	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
58	76	Jul 11	STL	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	77	Jul 12 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,8-5	GF	17	3.2	8	0	0	8	0
60	78	Jul 12 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,3-8	CG	44	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
61	81 (2)	Jul 15 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
62	84 (2)	Jul 19	STL	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
63	85	Jul 20	STL	@	BSN	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	86	Jul 21	STL	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	87	Jul 22 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
66	90 (2)	Jul 24	STL	@	NYG	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
67	91	Jul 26 (1)	STL	@	NYG	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
68	93 (1)	Jul 27	STL	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
69	95 (1)	Jul 29	STL	@	PIT	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
70	96	Jul 31	STL	@	CHC	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	97	Aug 1	STL	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
72	98	Aug 2	STL	@	CHC	L,2-6	GS	28	5.0	5	0	1	6	0
73	100 (1)	Aug 4	STL		PIT	W,6-4	GS	29	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
74	104 (3)	Aug 7 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
75	105	Aug 8	STL	@	CIN	W,10-4	CG	46	12.0	4	0	0	4	0
76	106	Aug 10	STL		CHC	W,17-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
77	107	Aug 11	STL		CHC	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
78	109 (1)	Aug 12 (2)	STL		CHC	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
79	111 (1)	Aug 16 (1)	STL		PHI	W,4-3	GS	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
80	115 (3)	Aug 19 (1)	STL		BSN	L,9-10	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	118 (2)	Aug 23	STL		NYG	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
82	120 (1)	Aug 25	STL		NYG	L,6-7	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
83	122 (1)	Aug 26 (2)	STL		BRO	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
84	123	Aug 27	STL		BRO	L,1-10	CG	43	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	128 (4)	Sep 3 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,2-12	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
86	131 (2)	Sep 6	STL	@	BRO	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
87	133 (1)	Sep 9 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	35	8.0	6	0	1	7	0
88	136 (2)	Sep 11 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
89	141 (4)	Sep 16 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	39	11.0	8	0	0	8	0
90	142	Sep 20 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
91	144 (1)	Sep 21 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,13-0	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
92	146 (1)	Sep 23 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,9-7	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
93	149 (2)	Sep 25	STL		PIT	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
							94gm		780.0	459	42	6	507	7