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.

1932 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1932 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	PHI	@	NYG	W,13-5	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
2	2	Apr 15	PHI	@	NYG	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
3	6 (3)	Apr 19	PHI	@	BRO	W,10-2	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	7	Apr 20	PHI		NYG	L,5-14	CG	49	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
5	10 (2)	Apr 23	PHI		NYG	W,7-2	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	11	Apr 24	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	12	Apr 25	PHI	@	BSN	W,4-3	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	15 (2)	Apr 30	PHI		BRO	W,8-7	GS	30	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	16	May 2	PHI		BSN	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
10	17	May 3	PHI		BSN	L,4-9	GF	16	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	21 (3)	May 9	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-4	GF	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	27 (5)	May 15	PHI	@	CHC	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
13	29 (1)	May 17	PHI	@	CHC	L,4-9	CG	43	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
14	30	May 18	PHI	@	CHC	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
15	31	May 20	PHI	@	BSN	L,0-10	GS	32	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
16	33 (1)	May 22 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	1	4	0
17	34	May 22 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-3	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
18	35	May 23	PHI		NYG	L,7-9	GS	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
19	36	May 24	PHI		NYG	W,11-8	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	38 (1)	May 26	PHI		BSN	W,17-13	GS	44	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	39	May 27	PHI		BSN	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	42 (2)	May 29 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
23	43	May 30 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-13	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	45 (1)	Jun 1	PHI	@	NYG	W,4-2	GS	26	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
25	47 (1)	Jun 4 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,4-6	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
26	48	Jun 5	PHI	@	BRO	W,7-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	49	Jun 6	PHI		BRO	W,15-7	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
28	50	Jun 7	PHI		PIT	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	7	2	0	9	2
29	52 (1)	Jun 9	PHI		PIT	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	5	3	0	8	2
30	53	Jun 10	PHI		PIT	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
31	54	Jun 11 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
32	55	Jun 11 (2)	PHI		CIN	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	57 (1)	Jun 14 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,6-5	GF	13	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	58	Jun 14 (2)	PHI		CIN	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	59	Jun 15	PHI		STL	W,7-4	CG	29	6.1	2	0	0	2	0
36	60	Jun 16	PHI		STL	L,0-2	GS	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
37	61	Jun 18 (1)	PHI		STL	W,5-4	GS	28	7.0	5	2	0	7	0
38	62	Jun 18 (2)	PHI		STL	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
39	63	Jun 20	PHI		CHC	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
40	64	Jun 21	PHI		CHC	L,3-12	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
41	65	Jun 22	PHI		CHC	W,11-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
42	66	Jun 23	PHI		CHC	W,16-10	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	67	Jun 24	PHI		NYG	W,11-6	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
44	68	Jun 25	PHI		NYG	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
45	69	Jun 26 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	70	Jun 26 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
47	71	Jun 28	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
48	73 (1)	Jun 30	PHI		BRO	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	74	Jul 2	PHI	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
50	75	Jul 3	PHI	@	BRO	W,4-3	GS	26	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
51	76	Jul 4 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,6-8	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	77	Jul 4 (2)	PHI		BSN	L,0-9	GS	36	7.0	3	0	0	3	1
53	78	Jul 6	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-6	GS	33	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	79	Jul 7	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
55	81 (1)	Jul 9	PHI	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	82	Jul 10 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,5-7	GS	0		3	0	0	3	0
57	84 (1)	Jul 12	PHI	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	38	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
58	85	Jul 13	PHI	@	CIN	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	86	Jul 14	PHI	@	CIN	W,11-6	GF	15	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	87	Jul 15	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
61	88	Jul 16	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
62	89	Jul 18	PHI	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	46	11.0	4	1	1	6	0
63	90	Jul 19 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-5	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
64	91	Jul 19 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	0	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	92	Jul 20	PHI	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
66	93	Jul 21	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-3	GS	21	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	94	Jul 22	PHI		BRO	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
68	95	Jul 23 (1)	PHI		BRO	W,10-2	GS	20	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	96	Jul 23 (2)	PHI		BRO	W,16-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
70	97	Jul 24	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	98	Jul 26	PHI		CIN	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
72	99	Jul 27	PHI		CIN	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
73	100	Jul 28	PHI		CIN	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
74	101	Jul 29	PHI		CIN	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
75	102	Jul 30 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
76	103	Jul 30 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,13-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	104	Aug 1	PHI		PIT	W,18-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
78	105	Aug 2	PHI		PIT	W,11-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	106	Aug 4	PHI		CHC	L,1-12	GS	27	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
80	107	Aug 5	PHI		CHC	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
81	108	Aug 6 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,9-10	CG	51	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
82	109	Aug 6 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,8-10	GF	24	5.0	5	1	0	6	0
83	110	Aug 8 (1)	PHI		STL	L,6-7	CG	45	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
84	111	Aug 8 (2)	PHI		STL	L,4-6	CG	52	11.0	8	1	0	9	0
85	112	Aug 9	PHI		STL	L,13-18	CG	55	9.0	9	1	1	11	0
86	113	Aug 10	PHI		STL	L,5-11	GS	46	10.0	5	2	0	7	0
87	114	Aug 11	PHI		BSN	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
88	115	Aug 12	PHI		BSN	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
89	116	Aug 13	PHI		BSN	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
90	117	Aug 16	PHI	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
91	119 (1)	Aug 18 (2)	PHI	@	STL	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
92	120	Aug 19	PHI	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	46	10.0	6	0	0	6	0
93	121	Aug 20	PHI	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	35	8.2	7	1	0	8	0
94	123 (1)	Aug 22	PHI	@	CHC	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
95	124	Aug 23	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
96	125	Aug 24	PHI	@	PIT	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
97	127 (1)	Aug 25 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	2	1	0	3	0
98	128	Aug 26	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-8	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
99	129	Aug 27	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-2	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	130	Aug 28 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	W,2-1	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
101	131	Aug 28 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	132	Sep 3	PHI	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
103	133	Sep 4	PHI	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	42	8.2	4	0	0	4	0
104	134	Sep 5 (1)	PHI		NYG	W,3-2	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
105	135	Sep 5 (2)	PHI		NYG	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
106	136	Sep 7	PHI		STL	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
107	137	Sep 8	PHI		STL	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
108	138	Sep 9	PHI		STL	W,3-2	CG	47	12.0	8	0	0	8	1
109	140 (1)	Sep 10 (2)	PHI		PIT	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
110	141	Sep 12	PHI		PIT	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
111	142	Sep 13	PHI		CIN	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
112	144 (1)	Sep 15	PHI		CIN	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
113	145	Sep 16	PHI		CHC	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
114	146	Sep 17 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,9-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
115	147	Sep 17 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	4	1	1	6	1
116	148	Sep 18	PHI	@	BRO	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
117	150 (1)	Sep 20	PHI		BRO	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
118	152 (1)	Sep 24 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	41	9.2	3	0	0	3	0
119	153	Sep 25 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
120	154	Sep 25 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	W,6-3	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
							120gm		941.0	408	54	6	468	15