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Roosevelt Davis

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 168lb (175cm, 76kg)

Born: November 19, 1904 in Bartlesville, OK us

Died: December 28, 1968 in Chicago, IL

Buried: Burr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, IL

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1924 season

Full Name: Roosevelt Davis

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.5

ERA

4.03

311

169

1564.0

701

WHIP

1.345

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1924	19	-7.7	SLS	NNL	Maj	SLS	7	4	.636	4.62	6.12	25	12	7	6	0	0	120.2	142	82	62	7	31		51	3	0	2	551	1.434	10.6	0.5	2.3	3.8	1.65
1925	20	-6.6	SLS	NNL	Maj	SLS	16	6	.727	3.85	4.23	35	19	11	10	1	1	163.2	168	77	70	8	23		53	4	0	1	679	1.167	9.2	0.4	1.3	2.9	2.30
1926	21	-5.9	SLS	NNL	Maj	SLS	7	5	.583	5.39	6.50	36	18	12	1	0	3	145.1	182	105	87	8	46		49	11	0	1	655	1.569	11.3	0.5	2.8	3.0	1.07
1927	22	-4.7	SLS	NNL	Maj	SLS	10	8	.556	4.15	4.92	34	17	12	9	0	2	162.2	193	89	75	3	36		63	4	0	2	704	1.408	10.7	0.2	2.0	3.5	1.75
1928	23	-4.2	SLS	NNL	Maj	SLS	8	0	1.000	3.67	4.22	24	9	2	5	1	1	98.0	108	46	40	2	13		36	1	0	1	408	1.235	9.9	0.2	1.2	3.3	2.77
1929	24		2 Teams	NNL	Maj	CAG-SLS	6	7	.462	3.92	4.42	34	15	13	8	3	3	144.2	148	71	63	5	32		58	2	0	4	607	1.244	9.2	0.3	2.0	3.6	1.81
1929	24	-2.7	SLS	NNL	Maj	SLS	6	7	.462	3.70	4.20	33	14	13	8	3	3	143.2	143	67	59	5	31		58	2	0	4	598	1.211	9.0	0.3	1.9	3.6	1.87
1929	24	-2.7	CAG	NNL	Maj	CAG	0	0		36.00	36.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	5	4	4	0	1		0	0	0	0	9	6.000	45.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
1930	25		2 Teams	NNL	Maj	KCM-SLS	11	3	.786	4.68	5.38	21	11	6	7	0	0	115.1	134	69	60	4	46		68	6	0	0	516	1.561	10.5	0.3	3.6	5.3	1.48
1930	25	-1.6	SLS	NNL	Maj	SLS	10	3	.769	4.43	5.09	19	11	4	7	0	0	109.2	121	62	54	4	40		65	6	0	0	481	1.468	9.9	0.3	3.3	5.3	1.63
1930	25	-1.6	KCM	NNL	Maj	KCM	1	0	1.000	9.53	11.12	2	0	2	0	0	0	5.2	13	7	6	0	6		3	0	0	0	35	3.353	20.6	0.0	9.5	4.8	0.50
1931	26		2 Teams	NNL	Maj	AB2-SLS	2	5	.286	4.77	6.59	8	5	1	3	0	0	54.2	68	40	29	6	26		29	0	0	2	252	1.720	11.2	1.0	4.3	4.8	1.12
1931	26	-3.8	Pittsburgh	BLK	Non		2	2	.500	4.61	5.60	4	4	0	4	1	0	27.1	25	17	14	0	8		20	1		0	118	1.207	8.2	0.0	2.6	6.6	2.50
1931	26	-1.1	SLS	NNL	Maj	SLS	1	1	.500	5.73	8.18	3	1	0	0	0	0	11.0	19	10	7	2	4		9	0	0	1	54	2.091	15.5	1.6	3.3	7.4	2.25
1931	26	-1.1	AB2	NNL	Maj	AB2	1	4	.200	4.53	6.18	5	4	1	3	0	0	43.2	49	30	22	4	22		20	0	0	1	198	1.626	10.1	0.8	4.5	4.1	0.91
1932	27		2 Teams	EWL	Maj	CLS-CUP	3	3	.500	3.25	4.24	10	7	2	6	0	1	63.2	59	30	23	0	13		41	2	0	1	266	1.131	8.3	0.0	1.8	5.8	3.15
1932	27	-2.2	CLS	EWL	Maj	CLS	1	2	.333	3.63	4.54	7	4	2	3	0	1	39.2	35	20	16	0	11		30	1	0	1	166	1.160	7.9	0.0	2.5	6.8	2.73
1932	27	-2.2	CUP	EWL	Maj	CUP	2	1	.667	2.63	3.75	3	3	0	3	0	0	24.0	24	10	7	0	2		11	1	0	0	100	1.083	9.0	0.0	0.8	4.1	5.50
1933	28	0.2	CBB	NN2	Maj	CBB	2	2	.500	2.66	3.89	8	4	3	2	0	0	44.0	50	19	13	1	9		16	3	0	0	196	1.341	10.2	0.2	1.8	3.3	1.78
1934	29	0.8	PC	NN2	Maj	PC	1	0	1.000	3.91	4.70	5	2		1	0	1	23.0	25	12	10	2	10		12	0	0	0	100	1.522	9.8	0.8	3.9	4.7	1.20
1935	30	1.9	PC	NN2	Maj	PC	5	1	.833	3.24	3.98	13	8	0	5	1	1	86.0	87	38	31	5	23		49	1	0	0	362	1.279	9.1	0.5	2.4	5.1	2.13
1936	31	3.1	NBY	NN2	Maj	NBY	3	4	.429	4.03	4.64	15	10	1	5	2	1	73.2	78	38	33	4	24		30	4	0	0	325	1.385	9.5	0.5	2.9	3.7	1.25
1937	32		2 Teams	NN2	Maj	NBY-PC	2	4	.333	5.90	6.97	9	6	2	5	0	0	50.1	60	39	33	3	9		23	2	0	0	224	1.371	10.7	0.5	1.6	4.1	2.56
1937	32	5.1	NBY	NN2	Maj	NBY	0	0		12.71	14.29	2	0	1	0	0	0	5.2	10	9	8	1	1		1	0	0	0	29	1.941	15.9	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.00
1937	32	5.1	PC	NN2	Maj	PC	2	4	.333	5.04	6.04	7	6	1	5	0	0	44.2	50	30	25	2	8		22	2	0	0	195	1.299	10.1	0.4	1.6	4.4	2.75
1938	33		3 Teams	NN2	Maj	NBY-NE-PC	0	3	.000	12.27	17.80	6	3	1	0	0	0	14.2	35	29	20	4	10		6	0	0	0	93	3.068	21.5	2.5	6.1	3.7	0.60
1938	33	4.9	NBY	NN2	Maj	NBY	0	2	.000	11.70	15.30	4	2	1	0	0	0	10.0	21	17	13	1	7		5	0	0	0	60	2.800	18.9	0.9	6.3	4.5	0.71
1938	33	4.9	NE	NN2	Maj	NE	0	0		0.00	19.29	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	3	5	0	1	2		1	0	0	0	14	2.143	11.6	3.9	7.7	3.9	0.50
1938	33	4.9	PC	NN2	Maj	PC	0	1	.000	27.00	27.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.1	11	7	7	2	1		0	0	0	0	19	5.143	42.4	7.7	3.9	0.0	0.00
1939	34	7.0	MRS	NAL	Maj	MRS	2	3	.400	2.93	4.05	5	5	0	4	0	0	40.0	44	18	13	2	4		20	0	0	0	172	1.200	9.9	0.5	0.9	4.5	5.00
1940	35	9.4	MRS	NAL	Maj	MRS	0	1	.000	1.13	3.38	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	6	3	1	0	3		5	0	0	0	34	1.125	6.8	0.0	3.4	5.6	1.67
1940	35	7.5	NBY	NN2	Maj	NBY	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	6	0.600	5.4	0.0	0.0	5.4

1943	38	7.1	CC	NAL	Maj	CC	5	2	.714	2.35	2.93	9	6	3	6	1	2	61.1	45	20	16	1	10		36	0	0	0	243	0.897	6.6	0.1	1.5	5.3	3.60
1944	39	7.9	CC	NAL	Maj	CC	6	2	.750	2.40	3.60	8	8	0	5	1	0	60.0	59	24	16	0	16		42	0	0	1	254	1.250	8.9	0.0	2.4	6.3	2.63
1945	40		2 Teams	NAL	Maj	CBE-CC	2	0	1.000	1.65	2.48	4	3	1	2	1	0	32.2	19	9	6	1	9		13	1	0	0	126	0.857	5.2	0.3	2.5	3.6	1.44
1945	40	9.9	CC	NAL	Maj	CC	0	0		4.26	5.68	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.1	4	4	3	0	5		1	0	0	0	25	1.421	5.7	0.0	7.1	1.4	0.20
1945	40	9.9	CBE	NAL	Maj	CBE	2	0	1.000	1.03	1.71	3	2	1	2	1	0	26.1	15	5	3	1	4		12	1	0	0	101	0.722	5.1	0.3	1.4	4.1	3.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (20 seasons)					Majors		98	63	.609	4.03	4.94	311	169	77	91	11	16	1564.0	1711	858	701	66	393		701	44	0	15	6773	1.345	9.8	0.4	2.3	4.0	1.78
Black Baseball (1 season)					Black Baseball		2	2	.500	4.61	5.60	4	4	0	4	1	0	27.1	25	17	14	0	8		20	1		0	118	1.207	8.2	0.0	2.6	6.6	2.50
All Levels (20 Seasons)							100	65	.606	4.04	4.95	315	173	77	95	12	16	1591.1	1736	875	715	66	401		721	45	0	15	6891	1.343	9.8	0.4	2.3	4.1	1.80