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.

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 22	PIT	@	STL	L,8-9	GF	15	2.2	1	0	0	1	0
2	7	Apr 23	PIT	@	STL	L,1-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	8	Apr 24	PIT		CHC	W,2-1	CG	39	11.0	10	1	0	11	0
4	9	Apr 25	PIT		CHC	L,7-8	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
5	12 (2)	Apr 29	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-6	GS	38	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	15 (2)	May 2	PIT	@	NYG	T,7-7	GF	21	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	20 (4)	May 11	PIT		STL	L,4-7	GS	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
8	21	May 12	PIT		STL	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
9	22	May 13	PIT		PHI	W,6-3	GF	0		3	0	0	3	0
10	23	May 14	PIT		PHI	W,12-7	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	24	May 16	PIT		BRO	W,3-2		10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	25	May 18	PIT		NYG	L,4-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	35 (9)	May 30 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,6-7	GS	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	36	May 30 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	40 (3)	Jun 6 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	W,4-3	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
16	41	Jun 7	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	43 (1)	Jun 8 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
18	48 (4)	Jun 15	PIT		BSN	L,1-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	50 (1)	Jun 18	PIT		NYG	T,2-2	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	51	Jun 19	PIT		NYG	L,6-9	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	52	Jun 20	PIT		PHI	W,7-6	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	59 (6)	Jun 27	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	67 (7)	Jul 4 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-4	GS	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	70 (2)	Jul 6 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,13-4	GS	0		3	0	0	3	0
25	71	Jul 10	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-3	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0
26	74 (2)	Jul 13 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-8	CG	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
27	80 (5)	Jul 18 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-4	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
28	81	Jul 20 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-5	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	82	Jul 20 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-1	GS	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
30	86 (3)	Jul 24	PIT		PHI	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
31	87	Jul 25 (1)	PIT		BRO	W,8-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	89 (1)	Jul 26	PIT		BRO	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	90	Jul 27 (1)	PIT		BRO	W,4-3	GS	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
34	92 (1)	Jul 29	PIT		BSN	W,5-3	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	94 (1)	Jul 31	PIT		BSN	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	98 (3)	Aug 3 (2)	PIT		NYG	W,10-4	GS	21	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	101 (2)	Aug 6	PIT	@	CHC	W,13-3	GS	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	105 (3)	Aug 10 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	108 (2)	Aug 14	PIT		CHC	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	113 (4)	Aug 19 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-9	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
41	117 (3)	Aug 22	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
42	119 (1)	Aug 23 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	W,4-3	GS	32	7.0	7	0	0	7	1
43	120	Aug 24 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-4	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
44	121	Aug 24 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	W,7-3	CG	26	6.0	2	1	0	3	0
45	122	Aug 26 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
46	125 (2)	Aug 28	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-2	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
47	127 (1)	Aug 31	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-3	GF	17	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	128	Sep 1 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
49	132 (3)	Sep 5 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,4-10	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
							49gm		261.0	97	16	0	113	3