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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	PHI		NYG	L,9-11	CG	49	9.0	4	2	3	9	0
2	3 (1)	Apr 20	PHI		BRO	W,5-2	GS	13	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	13 (9)	May 6	PHI		CHC	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
4	14	May 7	PHI		CIN	W,6-4	GS	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
5	15	May 8	PHI		CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
6	16	May 9	PHI		CIN	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
7	17	May 10	PHI		PIT	L,9-13	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	19 (1)	May 13	PHI		STL	W,10-9	GS	37	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	20	May 15	PHI		STL	L,1-4	GS	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
10	21	May 16	PHI		BRO	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	22	May 17	PHI		BRO	L,13-14	GS	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
12	24 (1)	May 18 (2)	PHI		BRO	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
13	26 (1)	May 22 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,13-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
14	27	May 24	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
15	28	May 25	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	5	1	1	7	0
16	29	May 26	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-5	GF	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
17	31 (1)	May 27 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,3-1	GS	25	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
18	32	May 28	PHI		BSN	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	33	May 29	PHI		BSN	W,12-2	GS	27	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
20	34	May 30 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	36 (1)	May 31	PHI	@	PIT	W,10-7	GS	35	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	39 (2)	Jun 4	PHI	@	PIT	L,5-9	CG	43	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
23	40	Jun 5	PHI	@	CIN	L,4-21	GS	31	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	42 (1)	Jun 7	PHI	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	54	10.1	4	1	0	5	0
25	44 (1)	Jun 9	PHI	@	STL	L,4-5	GS	34	7.0	1	0	1	2	0
26	45	Jun 10	PHI	@	STL	L,9-10	GF	38	7.0	4	0	0	4	1
27	46	Jun 11	PHI	@	STL	L,3-10	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	47	Jun 12	PHI	@	CHC	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	48	Jun 13	PHI	@	CHC	T,0-0	CG	21	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	49	Jun 15	PHI	@	CHC	L,7-8	CG	46	9.2	1	0	0	1	0
31	50	Jun 16	PHI	@	CHC	W,7-2	GF	27	7.0	10	1	0	11	1
32	51	Jun 18	PHI		BSN	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	53 (1)	Jun 19 (2)	PHI		NYG	L,6-12	CG	50	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
34	54	Jun 20	PHI		NYG	L,6-11	CG	47	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
35	55	Jun 21	PHI		NYG	L,5-11	GF	14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	56	Jun 22 (1)	PHI		NYG	L,6-12	CG	44	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
37	58 (1)	Jun 23 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-5	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	60 (1)	Jun 25 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,4-5	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	63 (2)	Jun 26 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	64	Jun 27	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	65	Jun 29 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	W,10-6	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	66	Jun 29 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
43	68 (1)	Jun 30 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	69	Jul 4 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	W,14-12	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
45	70	Jul 4 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-5	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	1
46	71	Jul 5	PHI		STL	W,10-9	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	73 (1)	Jul 6 (2)	PHI		STL	L,6-28	GS	44	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	74	Jul 8	PHI		STL	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
49	75	Jul 9	PHI		STL	L,4-7	GF	12	3.0	2	2	0	4	0
50	76	Jul 10	PHI		PIT	L,9-15	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
51	77	Jul 11	PHI		PIT	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
52	79 (1)	Jul 13	PHI		PIT	L,2-10	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	80	Jul 15 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,6-9	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	81	Jul 15 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,6-7	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
55	82	Jul 16	PHI		CHC	W,6-5	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	86 (3)	Jul 20 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	87	Jul 21	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-8	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	91 (3)	Jul 26	PHI	@	CHC	L,10-13	GF	17	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
59	92	Jul 27 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	99 (6)	Aug 2	PHI	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	101 (1)	Aug 4	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	1	1	2	4	0
62	104 (2)	Aug 10 (1)	PHI		STL	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
63	109 (4)	Aug 16	PHI		CIN	L,3-7	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	110	Aug 17 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
65	113 (2)	Aug 19 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,8-5	GS	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
66	116 (2)	Aug 22	PHI		CHC	L,7-16	CG	52	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
67	120 (3)	Aug 26	PHI		STL	W,7-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	122 (1)	Aug 29	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-4	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	123	Aug 30	PHI	@	BSN	W,9-5	GS	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	124	Aug 31	PHI	@	BSN	W,9-5	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	126 (1)	Sep 1 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,8-6	GS	30	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
72	127	Sep 2 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,4-11	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
73	129 (1)	Sep 4 (1)	PHI		BRO	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	130	Sep 4 (2)	PHI		BRO	L,7-9	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	132 (1)	Sep 8 (1)	PHI	@	STL	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
76	136 (3)	Sep 12	PHI	@	CHC	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
77	137	Sep 13	PHI	@	CHC	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	139 (1)	Sep 16 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-5	GF	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	140	Sep 17	PHI	@	PIT	L,7-11	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
80	141	Sep 18	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-9	GF	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	144 (2)	Sep 22	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	GF	16	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
82	145	Sep 24	PHI		BRO	W,8-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	146	Sep 25 (1)	PHI		BRO	W,10-9	GF	24	4.0	2	1	0	3	0
84	147	Sep 25 (2)	PHI		BRO	W,8-5	CG	43	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
85	148	Sep 26	PHI		BRO	W,12-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
86	149	Sep 27	PHI		BSN	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
87	150	Sep 28 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,9-8	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	151	Sep 28 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
89	152	Sep 29	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
90	154 (1)	Oct 5 (2)	PHI		NYG	L,3-12	CG	50	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
							89gm		592.0	198	47	10	255	7