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.

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 23	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
2	6 (2)	Apr 29	CIN	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	9 (2)	May 2	CIN		PIT	L,2-7	CG	46	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
4	12 (2)	May 6	CIN	@	NYG	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
5	13	May 7	CIN	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
6	15 (1)	May 10	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-10	GF	32	6.0	6	0	0	6	0
7	16	May 11	CIN	@	PHI	W,12-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
8	17	May 12	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
9	18	May 13	CIN	@	BRO	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	3	3	1	7	1
10	19	May 15	CIN		CHC	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
11	20	May 16	CIN		CHC	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
12	21	May 17	CIN		CHC	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
13	22	May 19	CIN		BSN	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	14	2	0	16	1
14	24 (1)	May 21	CIN		PHI	W,6-5	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	26 (1)	May 23	CIN		BRO	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
16	27	May 24	CIN		BRO	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
17	28	May 25	CIN		NYG	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
18	29	May 26	CIN		NYG	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	30	May 27	CIN		NYG	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
20	31	May 28	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-12	CG	47	8.0	7	2	0	9	0
21	32	May 29 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
22	33	May 29 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	34	May 30	CIN	@	CHC	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
24	36 (1)	May 31 (2)	CIN		PIT	L,5-7	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	40 (3)	Jun 6	CIN	@	BRO	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
26	41	Jun 7	CIN	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	44	9.1	8	0	0	8	0
27	42	Jun 8	CIN	@	BSN	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
28	43	Jun 9 (1)	CIN	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
29	45 (1)	Jun 10	CIN	@	BSN	W,6-5	GS	39	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
30	46	Jun 12	CIN	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
31	47	Jun 13 (1)	CIN	@	NYG	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	50 (2)	Jun 18	CIN		NYG	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
33	53 (2)	Jun 22	CIN		PHI	W,6-0	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
34	56 (2)	Jun 25	CIN		BSN	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
35	57	Jun 26	CIN		BSN	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
36	59 (1)	Jun 27 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,5-10	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	61 (1)	Jun 29 (2)	CIN		PIT	L,6-13	CG	46	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
38	62	Jun 30	CIN		PIT	L,0-6	GS	32	7.0	8	1	0	9	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	64 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	CIN		STL	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	7	3	0	10	0
40	67 (2)	Jul 5 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	70 (2)	Jul 11 (1)	CIN	@	STL	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
42	72 (1)	Jul 14	CIN	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
43	76 (3)	Jul 18 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
44	78 (1)	Jul 21	CIN	@	NYG	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
45	79	Jul 22	CIN	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	40	8.1	7	0	0	7	0
46	83 (3)	Jul 25 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
47	84	Jul 27	CIN		BSN	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
48	85	Jul 28	CIN		BSN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
49	87 (1)	Jul 30	CIN		PHI	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	1	8	0
50	88	Jul 31	CIN		PHI	L,8-10	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	89	Aug 1 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
52	91 (1)	Aug 3	CIN		NYG	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	93 (1)	Aug 5	CIN		NYG	L,0-2	CG	47	12.0	7	1	0	8	0
54	94	Aug 6	CIN		BRO	W,3-1	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	96 (1)	Aug 8 (1)	CIN		BRO	W,6-4	GS	31	7.0	7	1	0	8	0
56	102 (5)	Aug 15 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,13-6	GS	24	4.0	4	0	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	124 (21)	Sep 8 (1)	CIN	@	PIT	L,6-7	GF	6	0.2	1	0	0	1	0
58	129 (4)	Sep 12 (1)	CIN	@	STL	W,10-7	GF	12	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	130	Sep 12 (2)	CIN	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	6	1	2	9	0
							59gm		465.0	300	40	7	347	3