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.

1933 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1933 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	PHI		BRO	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 14	PHI		BRO	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 15	PHI		BRO	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 16	PHI	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
5	5	Apr 18	PHI		NYG	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 20	PHI	@	BRO	W,10-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	7	Apr 22	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
8	8	Apr 23	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 24	PHI		BSN	W,6-5	CG	46	12.0	2	0	0	2	1
10	10	Apr 25	PHI		BSN	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
11	11	Apr 26	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	12	Apr 27	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
13	13	Apr 28	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	14	Apr 29	PHI	@	BSN	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	15	Apr 30	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	PHI		PIT	L,0-10	GS	39	7.0	4	1	0	5	0
17	17	May 2	PHI		PIT	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
18	18	May 4	PHI		STL	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
19	19	May 5	PHI		STL	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
20	20	May 10 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,7-10	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	22 (1)	May 12	PHI		CHC	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	23	May 13 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
23	24	May 13 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	25	May 14	PHI	@	BRO	L,6-8	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
25	26	May 15	PHI	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	7	2	1	10	1
26	27	May 16	PHI	@	PIT	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	28	May 17	PHI	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
28	29	May 18	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
29	30	May 19	PHI	@	CIN	W,5-4	GS	24	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
30	31	May 20	PHI	@	CIN	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	32	May 21 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	34 (1)	May 22	PHI	@	CHC	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
33	35	May 23	PHI	@	CHC	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	36	May 24	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
35	37	May 26	PHI	@	STL	L,4-5	GS	45	11.0	1	1	0	2	0
36	38	May 27	PHI	@	STL	L,1-10	CG	41	8.0	7	2	0	9	0
37	39	May 28 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,7-8	CG	0	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
38	41 (1)	May 30	PHI		BSN	W,2-1	CG	25	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	43 (1)	Jun 2	PHI		NYG	L,3-11	CG	49	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
40	44	Jun 3 (1)	PHI		NYG	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
41	46 (1)	Jun 4 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	47	Jun 4 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	L,6-9	GS	0		1	1	1	3	0
43	48	Jun 7	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
44	50 (1)	Jun 10	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
45	51	Jun 11	PHI	@	NYG	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
46	52	Jun 12	PHI		BRO	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
47	53	Jun 13	PHI		BRO	W,15-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
48	54	Jun 14	PHI		BRO	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
49	55	Jun 15	PHI		BRO	L,3-9	CG	49	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
50	56	Jun 17 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,3-11	GS	27	5.0	5	0	0	5	0
51	57	Jun 17 (2)	PHI		BSN	L,2-3	CG	43	10.0	7	1	0	8	0
52	58	Jun 18	PHI	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	59	Jun 19	PHI		CIN	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
54	60	Jun 20 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
55	61	Jun 20 (2)	PHI		CIN	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	62	Jun 21	PHI		CIN	W,10-8	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
57	63	Jun 22	PHI		STL	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
58	64	Jun 23	PHI		STL	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
59	65	Jun 24 (1)	PHI		STL	W,10-7	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
60	66	Jun 24 (2)	PHI		STL	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	72 (5)	Jul 1 (2)	PHI		PIT	L,3-4	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	73	Jul 4 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
63	74	Jul 4 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
64	75	Jul 8 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
65	76	Jul 8 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
66	77	Jul 10	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	2	1	0	3	0
67	78	Jul 11	PHI	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	40	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	79	Jul 12	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
69	80	Jul 13	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
70	81	Jul 14	PHI	@	CIN	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	82	Jul 15	PHI	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	44	10.0	4	1	0	5	0
72	83	Jul 16 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
73	84	Jul 16 (2)	PHI	@	STL	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
74	85	Jul 18	PHI	@	STL	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
75	86	Jul 20	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-10	CG	41	8.0	4	2	1	7	0
76	87	Jul 22	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-4	GS	27	7.0	7	1	0	8	0
77	88	Jul 23 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,5-9	GS	30	7.0	4	1	0	5	1
78	89	Jul 23 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	1
79	90	Jul 27 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
80	91	Jul 27 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	92	Jul 28	PHI		BSN	W,13-12	GS	28	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	93	Jul 29 (1)	PHI		BRO	L,11-12	GS	20	4.0	2	1	0	3	0
83	94	Jul 29 (2)	PHI		BRO	L,4-14	CG	48	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
84	95	Jul 30	PHI	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	96	Aug 2 (1)	PHI		NYG	W,13-6	GS	33	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
86	97	Aug 2 (2)	PHI		NYG	L,1-18	CG	52	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
87	98	Aug 4	PHI		NYG	L,1-18	CG	54	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
88	99	Aug 5 (1)	PHI		NYG	L,3-11	CG	49	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
89	100	Aug 5 (2)	PHI		NYG	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
90	101	Aug 6 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
91	102	Aug 6 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	0	9.1	4	0	0	4	0
92	103	Aug 9	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	1
93	104	Aug 10	PHI	@	NYG	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	105	Aug 12	PHI	@	NYG	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
95	106	Aug 13	PHI	@	NYG	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
96	107	Aug 15	PHI		STL	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
97	108	Aug 16 (1)	PHI		STL	L,6-7	CG	52	12.0	3	1	0	4	0
98	111 (2)	Aug 19 (1)	PHI		CIN	W,12-2	GS	19	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
99	113 (1)	Aug 24 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
100	114	Aug 24 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,6-9	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
101	115	Aug 25 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	117 (1)	Aug 26 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,4-6	CG	0	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
103	119 (1)	Aug 28 (1)	PHI		PIT	L,5-9	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
104	120	Aug 28 (2)	PHI		PIT	L,1-9	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
105	121	Aug 29	PHI		PIT	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
106	122	Aug 30	PHI		PIT	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	123	Aug 31	PHI		PIT	L,11-13	CG	53	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
108	124	Sep 2	PHI	@	BRO	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
109	125	Sep 6 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	127 (1)	Sep 7	PHI	@	STL	L,1-10	CG	44	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
111	128	Sep 8	PHI	@	STL	L,5-6	GS	37	7.0	6	0	0	6	0
112	129	Sep 9	PHI	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	51	13.0	4	0	0	4	0
113	130	Sep 10 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
114	131	Sep 10 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
115	132	Sep 12	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	27	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
116	133	Sep 14	PHI	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
117	134	Sep 15 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
118	135	Sep 15 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
119	136	Sep 16 (1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	36	9.1	3	2	0	5	0
120	138 (1)	Sep 18 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
121	139	Sep 18 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
122	140	Sep 19 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	34	8.2	0	1	0	1	0
123	141	Sep 19 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	W,3-2	GS	28	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
124	142	Sep 22	PHI		BSN	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
125	143	Sep 23 (1)	PHI		BSN	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
126	144	Sep 23 (2)	PHI		BSN	L,4-5	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
127	145	Sep 24 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,7-12	GS	34	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
128	146	Sep 24 (2)	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	23	5.0	4	3	0	7	0
129	147	Sep 25	PHI		BRO	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
130	149 (1)	Sep 27 (1)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
131	151 (1)	Sep 30	PHI	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	41	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
132	152	Oct 1	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
							132gm		1112.0	395	69	8	472	9