Jim Davenport

Positions: Third Baseman, Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)

Born: August 17, 1933 in Siluria, AL us

Died: February 18, 2016 in Redwood City, CA

Buried: Skylawn Memorial Park, San Mateo, CA

High School: Thompson HS (Alabaster, AL)

School: University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg, MS)

Debut: April 15, 1958 (Age 24-241d, 11,504th in major league history)
vs. LAD 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 23, 1970 (Age 36-310d)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1958 season

Full Name: James Houston Davenport

Nicknames: Peanuts

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.2

4427

1142

.258

552

RBI

456

OBP

.318

SLG

.367

OPS

.685

OPS+

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 77 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 1 walk-off, 4 tying, 25 go ahead

1 Tm
SFG	77

Platoon
vs RHP	58
vs LHP	19

Home/Road
Away	48
Home	29

Outs
1	33
2	25
0	19

10 Opps
LAD	17
ATL/MLN	14
CIN	10
NYM	7
PHI	7
PIT	6
STL	6
CHC	5
HOU	4
SDP	1

55 Pitchers
Sandy Koufax	4
Roger Craig	4
Carl Willey	3
Ray Culp	2
Pat Jarvis	2
Craig Anderson	2
Bob Gibson	2
Vern Law	2
Jim Golden	2
Vinegar Bend Mizell	2
Glen Hobbie	2
Don McMahon	2
Warren Spahn	2
Johnny Klippstein	2
Don Cardwell	2
Stan Williams	2
Jim O'Toole	2
Jim Brosnan	1
Chris Short	1
Bob Buhl	1
Arnold Earley	1
Phil Ortega	1
Dick Radatz	1
Gary Kroll	1
Harvey Haddix	1
Jim Maloney	1
Bob Miller	1
Dave Eilers	1
Orlando Peña	1
Bob Miller	1
Ken Johnson	1
Willard Hunter	1
Clem Labine	1
Ted Davidson	1
Claude Raymond	1
Dave Sisler	1
Curt Simmons	1
Jay Hook	1
Milt Pappas	1
Galen Cisco	1
Joey Jay	1
Cal McLish	1
Don Drysdale	1
Dave Giusti	1
Bob Friend	1
Juan Pizarro	1
Lew Burdette	1
Babe Birrer	1
Danny McDevitt	1
Ernie Johnson	1
Larry Sherry	1
Jack Baldschun	1
Gerry Arrigo	1
Ron Blackburn	1
Jim Hearn	1

15 Parks
3Com Park (SFO)	20
LA Coliseum (LOS)	9
Seals Stad (SFO)	9
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	6
Crosley Fld (CIN)	6
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	5
County Stad (MIL)	5
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	4
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	3
Colt Stad (HOU)	2
Polo Grounds (NYC)	2
Forbes Fld (PIT)	2
Shea Stad (NYC)	2
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1

Where Hit
7	62
78	6
8	3
9	3
89	1

2 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	67
2·HR gms	5

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	53
1--	5
-2-	5
1-3	4
123	3
12-	3
--3	2
-23	2

116 RBI
RISP	19
0 on	53
1 on	12
2 on	9
3 on	3
Any on	24

Inning
1	7
2	9
3	8
4	13
5	7
6	12
7	4
8	11
9	3
Extra	3

1-3	24
4-6	32
7-end	21

RelScore
+4..	14
+3	6
+2	7
+1	10
Tied	23
-1	6
-2	1
-3	5
-4..	5

Ahead	37
Tied	23
Behind	17

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
3B	63
SS	11
2B	2
PH	1

OrderPos
2nd	30
7th	14
6th	13
1st	11
8th	6
9th	2
5th	1

Leverage
High Lev	8
Medium Lev	26
Low Lev	43

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1958	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1958-04-30	SFG		PHI	Bob Miller	ahead 5-0	b 6	2	1-3	3	1	5	0.020	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Schmidt Scores; J. Antonelli Scores
2	2	2	1	1958-06-11	SFG		PIT	Vern Law	behind 5-12	b 7	2	---	1	2	5	0.005	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	1958-06-25	SFG	@	MLN	Ernie Johnson	ahead 5-0	t 8	1	-2-	2	8	5	0.009	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Schmidt Scores
4	4	4	1	1958-07-20	SFG		PIT	Ron Blackburn	ahead 6-0	b 4	2	---	1	2	5	0.014	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	5	1	1958-08-09	SFG	@	LAD	Clem Labine	ahead 4-2	t 8	2	---	1	2	5	0.076	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
6	6	6	1	1958-08-10	SFG	@	LAD	Johnny Klippstein	behind 4-6	t 4	1	---	1	2	5	0.104	35%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
7	7	7	2	1958-08-10	SFG	@	LAD	Johnny Klippstein	behind 6-7	t 6	1	---	1	2	5	0.163	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
8	8	8	1	1958-08-13	SFG		STL	Vinegar Bend Mizell	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	5	0.105	63%		Home Run (CF-RF)
9	9	9	1	1958-08-30 (1)	SFG		LAD	Danny McDevitt	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	5	0.105	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	10	2	1958-08-30 (1)	SFG		LAD	Babe Birrer	ahead 2-0	b 3	1	---	1	2	5	0.080	84%		Home Run (LF-CF)
11	11	11	1	1958-09-12 (1)	SFG	@	PHI	Don Cardwell	tied 1-1	t 6	1	---	1	1	5	0.175	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	12	1	1958-09-12 (2)	SFG	@	PHI	Jim Hearn	ahead 5-0	t 1	2	1-3	3	1	5	0.077	96%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF; A. Rodgers Scores/unER; B. Schmidt Scores/unER; J. Davenport Scores/unER
1959	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1959-05-01	SFG	@	MLN	Carl Willey	ahead 3-0	t 5	2	---	1	1	5	0.064	90%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	2	1	1959-05-12	SFG		PIT	Vern Law	tied 0-0	b 3	2	---	1	1	5	0.127	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	3	1	1959-06-17	SFG		CIN	Orlando Peña	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	1	1	5	0.119	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	4	1	1959-06-29	SFG	@	LAD	Roger Craig	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	5	0.095	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
17	17	5	2	1959-06-29	SFG	@	LAD	Stan Williams	tied 4-4	t 13	0	---	1	1	5	0.331	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
18	18	6	1	1959-09-17	SFG		MLN	Don McMahon	ahead 11-5	b 8	1	1--	2	7	5	0.002	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Spencer Scores
1960	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	1960-04-22	SFG	@	CHC	Glen Hobbie	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	1	2	5	0.124	60%		Home Run (Deep CF)
20	20	2	2	1960-04-22	SFG	@	CHC	Glen Hobbie	behind 1-4	t 5	0	---	1	2	5	0.085	23%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	3	1	1960-04-25	SFG	@	STL	Vinegar Bend Mizell	tied 0-0	t 3	2	---	1	2	5	0.118	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
22	22	4	1	1960-05-02	SFG		MLN	Carl Willey	tied 0-0	b 6	0	---	1	2	5	0.181	75%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	5	1	1960-08-11	SFG	@	MLN	Juan Pizarro	ahead 2-0	t 2	2	12-	3	2	5	0.187	90%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. O'Dell Scores; J. Amalfitano Scores
24	24	6	1	1960-09-25	SFG	@	LAD	Larry Sherry	ahead 12-8	t 8	2	---	1	7	5	0.021	98%		Home Run (LF-CF)
1961	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1961-04-29	SFG	@	MLN	Don McMahon	ahead 6-1	t 7	1	---	1	2	5	0.014	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	2	1	1961-05-14	SFG		MLN	Carl Willey	ahead 3-2	b 4	1	-2-	2	1	5	0.148	86%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Pagán Scores
27	27	3	1	1961-06-02	SFG	@	LAD	Roger Craig	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---	1	6	5	0.104	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
28	28	4	1	1961-06-03	SFG	@	LAD	Sandy Koufax	behind 1-2	t 6	2	---	1	6	5	0.158	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
29	29	5	1	1961-06-25 (1)	SFG	@	STL	Craig Anderson	behind 1-4	t 8	0	---	1	2	5	0.068	15%		Home Run (Deep LF)
30	30	6	1	1961-07-01	SFG	@	PIT	Bob Friend	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1	7	5	0.114	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	7	1	1961-07-22	SFG	@	CIN	Jay Hook	ahead 5-1	t 6	0	1--	2	7	5	0.045	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); E. Bailey Scores
32	32	8	1	1961-08-23	SFG	@	CIN	Jim Brosnan	ahead 6-0	t 9	2	1-3	3	2	5	0.002	100%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Deep CF); J. Marichal Scores/unER; J. Amalfitano Scores/unER; J. Davenport Scores/unER
33	33	9	1	1961-09-06	SFG	@	LAD	Sandy Koufax	behind 0-3	t 2	1	---	1	6	5	0.077	28%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
34	34	10	1	1961-09-08	SFG		LAD	Roger Craig	ahead 4-0	b 2	2	-2-	2	2	5	0.067	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); J. Amalfitano Scores
35	35	11	1	1961-09-19	SFG		MLN	Warren Spahn	ahead 5-2	b 4	0	---	1	6	5	0.051	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	12	1	1961-09-24	SFG	@	CIN	Joey Jay	behind 1-2	t 4	1	1-3	3	7	5	0.252	71%		Home Run (Deep LF); O. Cepeda Scores; E. Bailey Scores
1962	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	1962-04-16	SFG		LAD	Stan Williams	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	--3	2	8	5	0.157	81%		Home Run (LF-CF); J. Pagán Scores
38	38	2	1	1962-04-19	SFG	@	MLN	Lew Burdette	behind 0-3	t 5	0	---	1	8	5	0.085	24%		Home Run (Deep LF)
39	39	3	1	1962-05-09	SFG	@	STL	Curt Simmons	behind 2-7	t 7	2	---	1	8	5	0.019	4%		Home Run (Deep LF)
40	40	4	1	1962-05-12	SFG	@	HOU	Jim Golden	ahead 7-0	t 4	2	-23	3	6	5	0.019	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); O. Cepeda Scores/unER; F. Alou Scores/unER; J. Davenport Scores/unER
41	41	5	1	1962-05-30 (1)	SFG	@	PHI	Cal McLish	ahead 2-1	t 8	1	---	1	6	5	0.128	86%		Home Run (Deep LF)
42	42	6	1	1962-06-01	SFG	@	NYM	Willard Hunter	ahead 5-1	t 7	1	123	4	7	5	0.033	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Mays Scores; F. Alou Scores; T. Haller Scores
43	43	7	1	1962-06-26	SFG		CIN	Dave Sisler	behind 4-5	b 8	1	---	1	6	5	0.321	56%		Home Run (Deep LF)
44	44	8	1	1962-07-02	SFG		NYM	Craig Anderson	behind 0-4	b 6	0	---	1	2	5	0.064	16%		Home Run (Deep LF)
45	45	9	1	1962-07-04 (1)	SFG		NYM	Bob Miller	ahead 4-3	b 4	1	---	1	2	5	0.108	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
46	46	10	1	1962-07-07	SFG		LAD	Phil Ortega	ahead 9-3	b 8	1	---	1	2	5	0.001	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
47	47	11	1	1962-07-22	SFG	@	PIT	Harvey Haddix	tied 2-2	t 4	1	---	1	6	5	0.129	60%		Home Run (Deep LF)
48	48	12	1	1962-07-25	SFG	@	HOU	Jim Golden	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	5	0.105	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
49	49	13	1	1962-08-30	SFG		MLN	Warren Spahn	ahead 2-0	b 6	1	---	1	2	5	0.071	91%		Home Run (Deep LF)
50	50	14	1	1962-10-01	SFG		LAD	Sandy Koufax	ahead 2-0	b 2	0	---	1	6	5	0.075	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1963	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
51	51	1	1	1963-05-04	SFG	@	NYM	Roger Craig	ahead 3-0	t 4	2	-23	3	1	5	0.114	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Bailey Scores/unER; J. Amalfitano Scores/unER; J. Davenport Scores/unER
52	52	2	1	1963-05-26	SFG		LAD	Don Drysdale	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	5	0.111	66%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
53	53	3	1	1963-07-21	SFG	@	CIN	Jim O'Toole	ahead 3-1	t 3	2	1--	2	6	4	0.152	87%		Home Run (Deep CF); W. Mays Scores
54	54	4	1	1963-07-26	SFG		PIT	Don Cardwell	tied 0-0	b 2	1	1--	2	7	5	0.203	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Bailey Scores
1964	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
55	55	1	1	1964-05-16	SFG		NYM	Galen Cisco	tied 4-4	b 15	2	1--	2	7	5	0.440	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); T. Haller Scores
56	56	2	1	1964-06-19	SFG	@	STL	Bob Gibson	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1	7	5	0.112	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1965	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
57	57	1	1	1965-06-10	SFG	@	NYM	Gary Kroll	ahead 1-0	t 5	1	---	1	7	4	0.127	76%		Home Run (Deep LF)
58	58	2	1	1965-07-10	SFG	@	PHI	Ray Culp	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	6	0.110	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
59	59	3	1	1965-09-21	SFG	@	CIN	Jim O'Toole	tied 1-1	t 4	1	12-	3	6	5	0.265	81%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Hart Scores; J. Alou Scores
60	60	4	1	1965-09-29	SFG		STL	Bob Gibson	behind 2-8	b 9	1	12-	3	8	6	0.010	2%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Hart Scores; L. Gabrielson Scores
1966	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
61	61	1	1	1966-04-17	SFG		HOU	Claude Raymond	ahead 2-1	b 8	2	---	1	5	5	0.083	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
62	62	2	1	1966-04-28	SFG		CIN	Gerry Arrigo	ahead 2-0	b 6	0	---	1	2	6	0.065	92%		Home Run (Deep RF)
63	63	3	1	1966-05-13	SFG	@	NYM	Dave Eilers	tied 4-4	t 17	2	---	1	9	6	0.423	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
64	64	4	1	1966-06-01	SFG	@	ATL	Ken Johnson	ahead 3-0	t 6	1	---	1	2	6	0.056	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
65	65	5	1	1966-06-18	SFG	@	LAD	Sandy Koufax	behind 0-1	t 4	1	---	1	2	6	0.143	47%		Home Run (Deep LF)
66	66	6	1	1966-06-26	SFG	@	CIN	Jim Maloney	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	--3	2	7	6	0.119	77%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Hart Scores
67	67	7	1	1966-07-08	SFG		CIN	Ted Davidson	ahead 3-2	b 6	1	123	4	8	PH	0.145	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. McCovey Scores; C. Peterson Scores; O. Virgil Scores
68	68	8	1	1966-07-16	SFG	@	PHI	Bob Buhl	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	1	2	5	0.134	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
69	69	9	1	1966-08-07	SFG	@	CHC	Arnold Earley	ahead 7-6	t 8	1	-2-	2	9	6	0.152	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); O. Brown Scores
1967	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
70	70	1	1	1967-04-14	SFG	@	ATL	Pat Jarvis	behind 0-3	t 3	0	---	1	7	6	0.085	26%		Home Run (Deep LF)
71	71	2	2	1967-04-14	SFG	@	ATL	Pat Jarvis	behind 1-6	t 5	1	---	1	7	6	0.030	7%		Home Run (Deep LF)
72	72	3	1	1967-05-08	SFG	@	CHC	Dick Radatz	ahead 8-2	t 9	0	---	1	2	6	0.001	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
73	73	4	1	1967-07-14	SFG		HOU	Dave Giusti	behind 2-3	b 5	2	-2-	2	2	5	0.321	69%		Home Run; T. Fuentes Scores
74	74	5	1	1967-09-20	SFG	@	CHC	Ray Culp	ahead 3-0	t 5	0	---	1	2	5	0.057	91%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1968	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
75	75	1	1	1968-04-23	SFG	@	PHI	Chris Short	tied 0-0	t 6	2	123	4	6	5	0.398	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Alou Scores; W. Mays Scores; J. Hart Scores
1969	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
76	76	1	1	1969-04-12	SFG	@	SDP	Jack Baldschun	ahead 4-1	t 8	2	---	1	7	5	0.035	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
77	77	2	1	1969-07-04 (1)	SFG		ATL	Milt Pappas	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	6	5	0.119	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)

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