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

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)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 12 tying, 18 go ahead

4 Tms
PHI	53
STL	14
PIT	7
CIN	3

Platoon
vs RHP	61
vs LHP	16

Home/Road
Home	40
Away	37

Outs
2	29
1	26
0	22

8 Opps
BSN	18
CHC	13
PIT	11
PHI	8
CIN	8
STL	7
NYG	6
BRO	6

55 Pitchers
Guy Bush	4
Ben Cantwell	4
Curt Davis	3
Fred Frankhouse	3
Ed Brandt	3
Tex Carleton	2
Bob Osborn	2
Hollis Thurston	2
Paul Derringer	2
Si Johnson	2
Larry Benton	2
Bill Walker	2
Red Lucas	2
Orville Jorgens	2
Lynn Nelson	2
Steve Swetonic	1
Larry French	1
Ray Moss	1
Hal Haid	1
Dick Barrett	1
Hal Schumacher	1
Carl Hubbell	1
Socks Seibold	1
Benny Frey	1
Joe Cascarella	1
Syl Johnson	1
Art Delaney	1
Jim Tobin	1
Ralph Birkofer	1
Dolf Luque	1
Tony Freitas	1
Heinie Meine	1
Jesse Petty	1
Wayne LaMaster	1
Mike Ryba	1
Huck Betts	1
Carmen Hill	1
Hal Carlson	1
Ed Holley	1
Glenn Spencer	1
Ted Wilks	1
Burleigh Grimes	1
Boom-Boom Beck	1
Ray Starr	1
Bill Sherdel	1
Lon Warneke	1
Johnny Werts	1
Al Grabowski	1
Ray Benge	1
Charlie Root	1
Watson Clark	1
Leon Chagnon	1
Percy Jones	1
Hub Pruett	1
Sheriff Blake	1

8 Parks
Baker Bowl (PHI)	37
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	10
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	9
Braves Fld (BOS)	7
Forbes Fld (PIT)	5
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	4
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	3
Polo Grounds (NYC)	2

Where Hit
7	41
9	18
78	8
8	1
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	67
2·HR gms	5

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	43
1--	11
-2-	8
1-3	6
12-	5
123	2
--3	2

126 RBI
RISP	23
0 on	43
1 on	21
2 on	11
3 on	2
Any on	34

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

1-3	20
4-6	28
7-end	29

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	5
+2	11
+1	9
Tied	13
-1	11
-2	8
-3	7
-4..	9

Ahead	29
Tied	13
Behind	35

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
C	73
PH	4

OrderPos
8th	29
7th	17
6th	16
5th	11
9th	3
4th	1

Leverage
High Lev	13
Medium Lev	30
Low Lev	27

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1928	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1928-06-08	PHI		CHC	Sheriff Blake	behind 3-5	b 8	0	1-3	3	8	2	0.434	86%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Whitney Scores; B. Friberg Scores
2	2	2	1	1928-08-07	PHI		CHC	Hal Carlson	behind 0-1	b 5	1	1--	2	8	2
3	3	3	1	1928-09-20	PHI		PIT	Carmen Hill	tied 1-1	b 4	2	1--	2	8	2	0.221	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Sand Scores
1929	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1929-04-30	PHI		BSN	Art Delaney	behind 10-14	b 9	0	---	1	9	PH	0.031	6%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	2	1	1929-05-22 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	Johnny Werts	ahead 10-2	t 7	0	---	1	8	2	0.003	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
6	6	3	1	1929-05-28	PHI		BSN	Percy Jones	ahead 4-0	b 1	2	1--	2	8	2	0.082	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Friberg Scores
7	7	4	1	1929-06-15	PHI	@	CHC	Guy Bush	ahead 1-0	t 6	1	123	4	8	2	0.192	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); P. Whitney Scores; D. Sothern Scores; B. Friberg Scores
8	8	5	1	1929-08-26	PHI		STL	Hal Haid	behind 2-6	b 8	1	1-3	3	8	PH	0.175	28%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Hurst Scores; T. Thevenow Scores
9	9	6	1	1929-09-29	PHI	@	NYG	Bill Walker	behind 1-2	t 7	2	---	1	8	2	0.179	43%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	7	1	1929-10-05 (2)	PHI		NYG	Bill Walker	behind 0-6	b 3	0	---	1	8	2	0.044	14%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1930	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	1930-04-26 (1)	PHI		NYG	Larry Benton	behind 1-13	b 9	2	---	1	8	2	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	2	1	1930-05-13	PHI	@	PIT	Jesse Petty	ahead 2-1	t 2	2	---	1	8	2	0.090	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	3	1	1930-05-24	PHI		NYG	Hub Pruett	behind 3-4	b 7	0	---	1	8	2	0.185	60%		Home Run (LF-CF)
14	14	4	1	1930-05-30 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	Ray Moss	ahead 7-5	t 5	2	1--	2	8	2	0.154	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Thevenow Scores
15	15	5	1	1930-06-20	PHI	@	STL	Al Grabowski	tied 1-1	t 4	0	---	1	8	2	0.103	60%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	6	1	1930-06-23	PHI	@	CHC	Guy Bush	behind 0-4	t 2	1	12-	3	8	2	0.167	38%		Home Run (LF-CF); B. Friberg Scores; T. Thevenow Scores
17	17	7	2	1930-06-23	PHI	@	CHC	Guy Bush	behind 5-10	t 6	2	--3	2	8	2	0.067	12%		Home Run (LF-CF); B. Friberg Scores
18	18	8	1	1930-06-25	PHI	@	CHC	Lynn Nelson	tied 4-4	t 5	1	12-	3	8	2	0.245	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Whitney Scores; T. Thevenow Scores
19	19	9	1	1930-07-11	PHI		CIN	Red Lucas	behind 2-3	b 7	0	---	1	8	2	0.185	60%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	10	1	1930-08-03 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	Fred Frankhouse	ahead 3-0	t 9	2	---	1	8	2	0.029	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	11	1	1930-08-20	PHI	@	CHC	Lynn Nelson	behind 1-4	t 2	2	---	1	8	2	0.071	28%		Home Run (Line Drive to LF-CF)
22	22	12	2	1930-08-20	PHI	@	CHC	Bob Osborn	tied 7-7	t 7	1	1-3	3	8	2	0.253	85%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Whitney Scores; T. Thevenow Scores
23	23	13	1	1930-08-29	PHI		BSN	Ben Cantwell	behind 1-3	b 2	1	1--	2	8	2
24	24	14	1	1930-09-06	PHI	@	BRO	Dolf Luque	behind 2-3	t 2	0	-2-	2	7	2	0.123	59%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Whitney Scores
1931	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1931-06-26	PHI		PIT	Bob Osborn	ahead 10-2	b 8	2	-2-	2	5	2	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Klein Scores
26	26	2	1	1931-06-27 (2)	PHI		PIT	Larry French	ahead 4-1	b 6	0	---	1	5	2
27	27	3	1	1931-07-14 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	Glenn Spencer	behind 0-3	t 7	2	1-3	3	7	2	0.330	43%		Home Run; C. Klein Scores; D. Hurst Scores
28	28	4	1	1931-09-05 (1)	PHI		BSN	Bill Sherdel	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	12-	3	6	2	0.203	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Hurst Scores; L. Mallon Scores
1932	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1932-05-02	PHI		BSN	Ed Brandt	ahead 3-2	b 4	0	1--	2	7	2
30	30	2	1	1932-05-15	PHI	@	CHC	Lon Warneke	ahead 5-4	t 8	1	---	1	8	2
31	31	3	1	1932-06-09	PHI		PIT	Steve Swetonic	behind 1-2	b 5	1	---	1	8	2	0.145	54%		Home Run (Deep RF)
32	32	4	1	1932-06-11 (2)	PHI		CIN	Larry Benton	behind 1-4	b 9	2	-2-	2	8	2	0.034	5%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Lee Scores
33	33	5	1	1932-06-18 (2)	PHI		STL	Paul Derringer	ahead 4-2	b 6	2	---	1	7	2	0.077	89%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	6	1	1932-06-22	PHI		CHC	Burleigh Grimes	ahead 4-2	b 3	2	-2-	2	7	2	0.126	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Whitney Scores
35	35	7	1	1932-07-02	PHI	@	BRO	Watson Clark	ahead 3-1	t 7	1	---	1	7	2	0.084	89%		Home Run (Deep RF)
36	36	8	1	1932-07-12	PHI	@	STL	Tex Carleton	ahead 3-0	t 1	2	-2-	2	7	2	0.110	86%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Lee Scores
37	37	9	1	1932-07-22	PHI		BRO	Hollis Thurston	tied 1-1	b 2	0	---	1	7	2	0.098	65%		Home Run (Deep LF)
38	38	10	2	1932-07-22	PHI		BRO	Hollis Thurston	tied 3-3	b 3	2	1--	2	7	2	0.198	73%		Home Run; H. Lee Scores
39	39	11	1	1932-07-28	PHI		CIN	Si Johnson	behind 0-3	b 3	0	---	1	7	2	0.090	34%		Home Run (Deep CF)
40	40	12	1	1932-07-29	PHI		CIN	Benny Frey	ahead 4-2	b 7	1	---	1	7	2	0.062	93%		Home Run (Deep RF)
41	41	13	1	1932-08-01	PHI		PIT	Heinie Meine	ahead 2-0	b 4	0	1-3	3	7	2	0.079	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Whitney Scores; H. Lee Scores
42	42	14	1	1932-08-12	PHI		BSN	Socks Seibold	ahead 1-0	b 4	2	---	1	7	2	0.106	75%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1933	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	1933-04-25	PHI		BSN	Fred Frankhouse	ahead 3-0	b 3	2	1--	2	6	2	0.097	93%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Lee Scores
44	44	2	1	1933-05-10 (1)	PHI		CIN	Red Lucas	tied 2-2	b 1	2	---	1	5	2	0.104	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
45	45	3	1	1933-05-13 (2)	PHI		CHC	Guy Bush	ahead 3-1	b 5	2	123	4	4	2	0.148	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Fullis Scores/unER; D. Bartell Scores/unER; C. Klein Scores/unER; V. Davis Scores/unER
46	46	4	1	1933-06-17 (2)	PHI		BSN	Ray Starr	tied 1-1	b 2	1	---	1	7	2	0.110	64%		Home Run (Deep RF)
47	47	5	1	1933-08-06 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	Ed Brandt	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1	6	2
48	48	6	1	1933-08-28 (1)	PHI		PIT	Leon Chagnon	behind 4-9	b 9	1	---	1	5	2	0.004	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
49	49	7	1	1933-09-23 (1)	PHI		BSN	Fred Frankhouse	behind 0-2	b 4	0	---	1	5	2	0.119	43%		Home Run (Deep LF)
50	50	8	1	1933-09-30	PHI	@	BSN	Ben Cantwell	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	1	5	2	0.143	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
51	51	9	2	1933-09-30	PHI	@	BSN	Ben Cantwell	tied 1-1	t 10	2	---	1	5	2	0.428	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1934	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
52	52	1	1	1934-04-26	STL	@	PIT	Ralph Birkofer	ahead 3-1	t 7	2	1-3	3	6	2	0.152	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Medwick Scores; R. Collins Scores
53	53	2	1	1934-04-30	STL		CIN	Paul Derringer	ahead 3-1	b 4	1	---	1	6	2	0.079	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
54	54	3	1	1934-05-17	STL	@	BSN	Huck Betts	behind 1-3	t 7	0	---	1	6	2	0.124	30%		Home Run (LF-CF)
55	55	4	1	1934-06-15	STL		BSN	Ed Brandt	ahead 2-1	b 4	0	---	1	6	2	0.097	78%		Home Run
56	56	5	1	1934-07-07	STL		CIN	Tony Freitas	behind 3-4	b 6	1	---	1	6	2	0.175	54%		Home Run (Deep LF)
57	57	6	1	1934-07-12 (2)	STL	@	PHI	Curt Davis	behind 2-8	t 8	2	---	1	6	2	0.005	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
58	58	7	1	1934-07-29	STL	@	PIT	Ed Holley	behind 0-2	t 2	1	1--	2	6	2	0.166	48%		Home Run; J. Medwick Scores
59	59	8	1	1934-08-23	STL		NYG	Carl Hubbell	ahead 1-0	b 4	1	---	1	6	2	0.102	76%		Home Run (Deep LF)
60	60	9	1	1934-09-09 (2)	STL	@	PHI	Syl Johnson	ahead 5-2	t 8	1	-2-	2	6	2	0.053	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Collins Scores
1935	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
61	61	1	1	1935-09-11	STL		PHI	Orville Jorgens	behind 0-1	b 2	1	-2-	2	6	2	0.165	63%		Home Run (CF-RF); J. Medwick Scores
1936	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
62	62	1	1	1936-05-04	STL		BSN	Ray Benge	behind 2-3	b 5	0	---	1	6	2	0.150	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
63	63	2	1	1936-06-25 (2)	STL	@	PHI	Orville Jorgens	behind 1-3	t 6	1	12-	3	7	2	0.329	62%		Home Run (LF-CF); J. Medwick Scores; J. Mize Scores
64	64	3	1	1936-07-26 (2)	STL	@	BSN	Ben Cantwell	ahead 3-2	t 7	0	-2-	2	6	2	0.133	90%		Home Run (LF-CF); J. Mize Scores
65	65	4	1	1936-08-05	STL	@	CHC	Tex Carleton	behind 0-1	t 5	1	---	1	6	2	0.137	47%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1937	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
66	66	1	1	1937-06-12	CIN	@	NYG	Hal Schumacher	behind 1-4	t 8	1	1--	2	5	2	0.126	20%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Jordan Scores
67	67	2	1	1937-07-09	CIN	@	STL	Mike Ryba	behind 5-8	t 9	1	1--	2	9	PH	0.054	9%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Riggs Scores
68	68	3	1	1937-07-25 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	Wayne LaMaster	behind 2-5	t 6	2	---	1	5	2	0.071	17%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1938	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
69	69	1	1	1938-06-19 (1)	PHI		PIT	Jim Tobin	behind 0-7	b 4	1	---	1	5	2	0.018	4%		Home Run
70	70	2	1	1938-06-25	PHI		CIN	Joe Cascarella	tied 6-6	b 12	2	---	1	8	2	0.465	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
1940	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
71	71	1	1	1940-04-16	PIT	@	STL	Curt Davis	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	---	1	7	2	0.085	81%		Home Run (Deep LF)
72	72	2	1	1940-05-10	PIT	@	CHC	Charlie Root	tied 3-3	t 6	1	12-	3	7	2	0.308	86%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Fletcher Scores; L. Handley Scores
73	73	3	1	1940-06-23 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	Curt Davis	behind 3-4	t 9	2	---	1	8	2	0.355	39%		Home Run
74	74	4	1	1940-06-26 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	Boom-Boom Beck	ahead 4-2	t 2	0	---	1	8	2	0.083	79%		Home Run (Deep RF)
75	75	5	2	1940-06-26 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	Si Johnson	ahead 10-6	t 9	1	---	1	8	2	0.008	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1944	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
76	76	1	1	1944-06-25 (2)	PIT		STL	Ted Wilks	behind 3-5	b 9	2	--3	2	9	PH	0.488	53%		Home Run; A. Lopez Scores
77	77	2	1	1944-10-01 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	Dick Barrett	behind 0-2	t 5	0	---	1	5	2

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