Curt Davis

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: September 7, 1903 in Greenfield, MO us

Died: October 12, 1965 in Covina, CA

Buried: Oakdale Memorial Park, Glendora, CA

Debut: April 21, 1934 (Age 30-226d, 7,707th in major league history)
vs. BRO 8.0 IP, 9 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, L

Last Game: April 28, 1946 (Age 42-233d)
vs. NYG 2.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1934 season

Full Name: Curtis Benton Davis

Nicknames: Coonskin

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

39.2

158

131

ERA

3.42

429

280

2325.0

684

WHIP

1.264

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1934	30	PHI	NL	19	17	.528	2.95	51	31	16	18	3	5	274.1	283	114	90	14	60	5	99	7	0	1	1133	160	3.86	1.250	9.3	0.5	2.0	3.2	1.65	MVP-8
1935	31	PHI	NL	16	14	.533	3.66	44	27	12	19	3	2	231.0	264	103	94	14	47	4	74	7	0	3	987	124	4.03	1.346	10.3	0.5	1.8	2.9	1.57	MVP-21
1936	32	TOT	NL	13	13	.500	3.46	34	27	5	13	0	1	213.1	217	97	82	17	50	2	70	2	0	3	887	120	4.42	1.252	9.2	0.7	2.1	3.0	1.40	AS
1936	32	PHI	NL	2	4	.333	4.62	10	8	2	3	0	0	60.1	71	37	31	6	19	2	18	1	0	1	268	99	5.00	1.492	10.6	0.9	2.8	2.7	0.95
1936	32	CHC	NL	11	9	.550	3.00	24	19	3	10	0	1	153.0	146	60	51	11	31	0	52	1	0	2	619	133	4.20	1.157	8.6	0.6	1.8	3.1	1.68
1937	33	CHC	NL	10	5	.667	4.08	28	14	8	8	0	1	123.2	138	64	56	7	30	2	32	5	0	0	527	97	4.27	1.358	10.0	0.5	2.2	2.3	1.07
1938	34	STL	NL	12	8	.600	3.63	40	21	16	8	2	3	173.1	187	80	70	9	27	2	36	1	0	3	724	109	3.79	1.235	9.7	0.5	1.4	1.9	1.33
1939	35	STL	NL	22	16	.579	3.63	49	31	14	13	3	7	248.0	279	121	100	18	48	14	70	3	1	2	1059	113	3.59	1.319	10.1	0.7	1.7	2.5	1.46	AS,MVP-5
1940	36	TOT	NL	8	11	.421	4.19	36	25	8	9	0	3	191.0	208	96	89	17	38	4	58	2	0	1	797	96	3.63	1.288	9.8	0.8	1.8	2.7	1.53
1940	36	STL	NL	0	4	.000	5.17	14	7	4	0	0	1	54.0	73	34	31	4	19	3	12	1	0	1	244	77	4.08	1.704	12.2	0.7	3.2	2.0	0.63
1940	36	BRO	NL	8	7	.533	3.81	22	18	4	9	0	2	137.0	135	62	58	13	19	1	46	1	0	0	553	106	3.45	1.124	8.9	0.9	1.2	3.0	2.42
1941	37	BRO	NL	13	7	.650	2.97	28	16	7	10	5	2	154.1	141	58	51	6	27	5	50	2	0	4	617	125	2.75	1.089	8.2	0.3	1.6	2.9	1.85
1942	38	BRO	NL	15	6	.714	2.36	32	26	5	13	5	2	206.0	179	62	54	10	51	11	60	7	0	1	840	139	2.96	1.117	7.8	0.4	2.2	2.6	1.18
1943	39	BRO	NL	10	13	.435	3.78	31	21	8	8	2	3	164.1	182	85	69	8	39	12	47	2	0	1	705	89	3.46	1.345	10.0	0.4	2.1	2.6	1.21
1944	40	BRO	NL	10	11	.476	3.34	31	23	7	12	1	4	194.0	207	84	72	12	39	6	49	5	0	0	822	106	3.65	1.268	9.6	0.6	1.8	2.3	1.26
1945	41	BRO	NL	10	10	.500	3.25	24	18	5	10	0	0	149.2	171	66	54	9	21	8	39	3	1	1	642	116	3.43	1.283	10.3	0.5	1.3	2.3	1.86
1946	42	BRO-min	AAA	5	3	.625	3.00	20	8		6	1		75.0	71	29	25		13		30	2	0	0				1.120	8.5		1.6	3.6	2.31	MTL IL
1946	42	BRO	NL	0	0		13.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	12	31	13.58	2.500	13.5	4.5	9.0	0.0	0.00
1947	43	BRO-min	AAA	4	5	.444	3.97	26	5	16	2	0		77.0	90	49	34		16		26	1	0	2				1.377	10.5		1.9	3.0	1.63	STP AA
13 Yrs				158	131	.547	3.42	429	280	111	141	24	33	2325.0	2459	1033	884	142	479	75	684	47	2	20	9752	116	3.68	1.264	9.5	0.5	1.9	2.6	1.43
162 Game Avg.				15	13	.547	3.42	41	27	11	14	2	3	223	236	99	85	14	46	7	66	5	0	2	935	116	3.68	1.264	9.5	0.5	1.9	2.6	1.43
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
BRO (7 yrs)				66	54	.550	3.23	169	122	36	62	13	13	1007.1	1018	420	361	59	198	43	291	21	1	7	4191	111	3.30	1.207	9.1	0.5	1.8	2.6	1.47
PHI (3 yrs)				37	35	.514	3.42	105	66	30	40	6	7	565.2	618	254	215	34	126	11	191	15	0	5	2388	135	4.05	1.315	9.8	0.5	2.0	3.0	1.52
STL (3 yrs)				34	28	.548	3.81	103	59	34	21	5	11	475.1	539	235	201	31	94	19	118	5	1	6	2027	106	3.72	1.332	10.2	0.6	1.8	2.2	1.26
CHC (2 yrs)				21	14	.600	3.48	52	33	11	18	0	2	276.2	284	124	107	18	61	2	84	6	0	2	1146	114	4.23	1.247	9.2	0.6	2.0	2.7	1.38

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