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George Davis

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Centerfielder

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-9, 180lb (175cm, 81kg)

Born: August 23, 1870 in Cohoes, NY us

Died: October 17, 1940 in Philadelphia, PA

Buried: Fernwood Cemetery, Fernwood, PA

Debut: April 19, 1890 (Age 19-239d, 1,411th in major league history)

Last Game: August 15, 1909 (Age 38-357d)
vs. DET 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1998. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View George Davis's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1890 season

Full Name: George Stacey Davis

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

84.5

9045

2665

.295

1545

RBI

1440

619

OBP

.362

SLG

.405

OPS

.767

OPS+

121

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Aug 8)

1901 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1901 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-7	CG	0	8.0	3	3	1	7	1
2	2	Apr 26	NYG		BRO	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 27	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-5	GS	0		4	0	1	5	0
4	4	Apr 29	NYG	@	PHI	L,13-14	CG	0	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
5	5	Apr 30	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	6	May 1	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
7	7	May 3	NYG	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
8	8	May 4	NYG	@	BSN	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
9	9	May 6	NYG		PHI	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
10	10	May 7	NYG		PHI	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
11	11	May 8	NYG		PHI	W,9-8	CG	0	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
12	12	May 11	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
13	13	May 13	NYG		BRO	W,7-7	CG	0	9.0	2	2	3	7	0
14	14	May 14	NYG		CHC	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
15	15	May 15	NYG		CHC	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
16	16	May 16	NYG		CHC	L,3-11	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
17	17	May 17	NYG		CHC	L,0-4	GS	0		1	1	0	2	0
18	18	May 21	NYG		PIT	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
19	19	May 22	NYG		PIT	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
20	20	May 23	NYG		CIN	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	5	6	1	12	2
21	21	May 24	NYG		CIN	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
22	22	May 28	NYG		STL	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
23	23	May 30 (1)	NYG		STL	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
24	24	May 30 (2)	NYG		STL	L,5-6	CG	0	10.0	3	3	0	6	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	25	Jun 1	NYG		BSN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	3	2	5	0
26	26	Jun 3	NYG	@	STL	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	0	8	0	8	0
27	27	Jun 4	NYG	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	0	6.2	3	3	1	7	0
28	28	Jun 5	NYG	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
29	29	Jun 7	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	0	9.1	2	2	1	5	0
30	30	Jun 8	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	31	Jun 9	NYG	@	CIN	W,25-13	CG	0	8.2	5	6	1	12	1
32	32	Jun 10	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	1	4	1	6	0
33	33	Jun 11	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	0	4.0	1	2	0	3	1
34	34	Jun 12	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
35	35	Jun 13	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-7	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
36	44 (8)	Jun 24	NYG		STL	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
37	45	Jun 25	NYG		STL	L,8-12	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
38	46	Jun 26	NYG		CIN	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
39	47	Jun 27 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
40	48	Jun 27 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
41	49	Jun 28	NYG		CIN	W,11-10	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
42	50	Jun 29	NYG		CHC	W,14-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	51	Jul 1	NYG		CHC	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
44	52	Jul 2	NYG		CHC	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
45	53	Jul 4 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	0	12.0	3	1	0	4	0
46	54	Jul 4 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-12	CG	0	8.0	0	6	0	6	0
47	56 (1)	Jul 6	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	1	1	2	4	0
48	57	Jul 7	NYG	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
49	58	Jul 8	NYG	@	CIN	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
50	59	Jul 9	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	0	8.2	7	5	1	13	3
51	60	Jul 10	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
52	61	Jul 12	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	0	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
53	62	Jul 13	NYG	@	STL	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
54	63	Jul 14	NYG	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	0	11.1	3	4	0	7	0
55	64	Jul 15	NYG	@	STL	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
56	65	Jul 17	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
57	66	Jul 18	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-6	GS	0		2	6	0	8	0
58	67	Jul 19	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
59	68	Jul 20	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
60	69	Jul 21	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
61	70	Jul 23	NYG		BRO	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
62	71	Jul 24	NYG	@	BRO	W,10-8	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
63	72	Jul 25	NYG		BRO	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	7	4	1	12	0
64	73	Jul 26	NYG		BSN	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
65	74	Jul 27	NYG		BSN	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
66	77 (2)	Jul 31	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	3	3	1	7	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	78	Aug 1	NYG	@	BSN	W,9-8	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
68	79	Aug 2	NYG		PHI	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
69	80	Aug 3	NYG		PHI	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
70	81	Aug 5 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,3-6	CG	0	11.0	4	4	0	8	0
71	82	Aug 5 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,0-10	CG	0	9.0	3	4	2	9	0
72	83	Aug 8 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
73	84	Aug 8 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
74	85	Aug 9	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-13	CG	0	8.0	6	3	0	9	1
75	86	Aug 10	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
76	87	Aug 13	NYG		BSN	L,0-3	CG	0	10.0	4	2	1	7	0
77	88	Aug 14 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,3-8	CG	0	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
78	89	Aug 14 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	9	0	10	0
79	90	Aug 15 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	5	5	0	10	1
80	91	Aug 15 (2)	NYG		BSN	T,5-5	CG	0	11.0	5	2	0	7	0
81	92	Aug 16	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	2	7	0	9	0
82	93	Aug 17 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
83	94	Aug 17 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
84	95	Aug 19	NYG	@	BSN	L,6-11	CG	0	8.0	2	3	1	6	1
85	96	Aug 20	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	0	11.0	5	5	0	10	0
86	97	Aug 21	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
87	98	Aug 22	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	3	5	1	9	0
88	99	Aug 23	NYG		BRO	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
89	100	Aug 26	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
90	101	Aug 27 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	5	6	0	11	0
91	102	Aug 27 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	5	6	1	12	0
92	103	Aug 28	NYG	@	PHI	L,4-13	CG	0	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
93	104	Aug 29	NYG		PHI	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
94	105	Aug 30	NYG		PHI	L,0-8	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
95	106	Aug 31	NYG		PHI	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	107	Sep 2 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
97	108	Sep 2 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
98	109	Sep 3	NYG		CHC	L,4-10	CG	0	9.0	4	6	0	10	0
99	110	Sep 4 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,6-12	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
100	111	Sep 4 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,3-10	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
101	112	Sep 5 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,1-15	CG	0	9.0	3	5	2	10	1
102	113	Sep 5 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,7-15	CG	0	6.0	1	6	1	8	1
103	114	Sep 6 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,2-15	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
104	115	Sep 6 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,4-13	CG	0	5.2	1	6	0	7	0
105	116	Sep 7	NYG		STL	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	5	1	9	0
106	117	Sep 9 (1)	NYG		STL	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
107	118	Sep 9 (2)	NYG		STL	L,3-11	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
108	119	Sep 10	NYG		STL	T,3-3	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
109	120	Sep 11	NYG		CIN	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
110	121	Sep 12	NYG		CIN	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
111	122	Sep 13 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,3-1	CG	0	14.0	5	6	1	12	0
112	123	Sep 13 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,3-0	CG	0	6.0	3	3	0	6	1
113	124	Sep 14	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-9	CG	0	8.0	4	5	1	10	1
114	125	Sep 16 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	4	1	2	7	1
115	126	Sep 16 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
116	127	Sep 17	NYG	@	BRO	W,10-6	CG	0	9.0	3	10	0	13	2
117	128	Sep 21	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
118	129	Sep 22 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-13	CG	0	8.0	2	5	1	8	1
119	130	Sep 22 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
120	131	Sep 23	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	0	9.2	5	3	1	9	0
121	132	Sep 24	NYG	@	PIT	L,9-14	CG	0	8.0	4	4	0	8	1
122	133	Sep 25	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-10	CG	0	8.0	4	3	1	8	1
123	134	Sep 26	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
124	135	Sep 28	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
125	136	Sep 29 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	0	6	0	6	0
126	137	Sep 29 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	0	7.1	1	4	0	5	0
127	138	Sep 30 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,4-12	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
128	139	Sep 30 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	0	5.0	1	2	0	3	0
129	140	Oct 5 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-8	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
130	141	Oct 5 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
							130gm		1125.0	321	443	48	812	44