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.

1935 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1935 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 18	STL	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
2	3	Apr 19	STL	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	4	Apr 20	STL	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
4	6 (1)	Apr 23	STL		CHC	W,9-5	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
5	9 (2)	Apr 26	STL		PIT	W,3-2	CG	45	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	10	Apr 27	STL		PIT	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	12 (1)	Apr 29	STL	@	CIN	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
8	13	Apr 30	STL	@	CIN	L,2-12	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	14	May 1	STL	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
10	15	May 4	STL	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
11	16	May 5	STL	@	BSN	W,7-0	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
12	17	May 8	STL	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	52	11.0	9	2	0	11	0
13	18	May 9	STL	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	37	8.2	6	1	0	7	1
14	21 (2)	May 12	STL	@	PHI	W,10-8	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
15	22	May 13	STL	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	3	2	0	5	0
16	23	May 15 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
17	25 (1)	May 17	STL		BSN	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	26	May 18	STL		BSN	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
19	27	May 19	STL		BSN	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
20	28	May 21	STL		PHI	L,6-7	CG	46	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
21	29	May 22	STL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
22	30	May 23	STL		BRO	W,8-7	CG	47	10.0	6	1	0	7	0
23	31	May 24	STL		BRO	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
24	34 (2)	May 29	STL		CIN	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
25	35	May 30 (1)	STL		CIN	W,12-5	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	38 (2)	Jun 1 (2)	STL	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	39	Jun 2	STL	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
28	40	Jun 3	STL	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	42 (1)	Jun 6	STL	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
30	43	Jun 8 (1)	STL		CHC	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	44	Jun 8 (2)	STL		CHC	W,6-5	CG	49	11.0	5	0	0	5	0
32	46 (1)	Jun 12 (1)	STL	@	BSN	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
33	49 (2)	Jun 14 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
34	52 (2)	Jun 16	STL	@	NYG	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
35	56 (3)	Jun 22 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
36	59 (2)	Jun 23 (2)	STL	@	BRO	L,6-10	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
37	60	Jun 24	STL	@	BRO	W,12-7	GS	32	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	62 (1)	Jun 26	STL	@	BRO	L,5-7	GS	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
39	65 (2)	Jun 30	STL	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	67 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	CHC	W,5-3	CG	0	12.0	3	2	0	5	1
41	70 (2)	Jul 7 (1)	STL		CIN	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
42	74 (3)	Jul 14 (1)	STL		PHI	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
43	78 (3)	Jul 17	STL		BSN	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	81 (2)	Jul 21 (1)	STL		BRO	W,13-7	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
45	82	Jul 21 (2)	STL		BRO	W,7-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	85 (2)	Jul 23 (2)	STL		NYG	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
47	86	Jul 24	STL		NYG	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
48	88 (1)	Jul 25 (2)	STL		NYG	L,2-13	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
49	89	Jul 27	STL	@	PIT	L,4-10	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	91 (1)	Jul 28 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	4	0	1	5	0
51	94 (2)	Jul 31	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	95	Aug 1	STL	@	CIN	W,7-5	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	97 (1)	Aug 4 (1)	STL		PIT	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	2	0	0	2	1
54	98	Aug 4 (2)	STL		PIT	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	99	Aug 6	STL		CIN	W,6-3	CG	35	10.0	14	0	0	14	2
56	100	Aug 7	STL		CIN	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
57	102 (1)	Aug 10	STL	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
58	104 (1)	Aug 14 (1)	STL	@	NYG	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	106 (1)	Aug 15	STL	@	NYG	L,4-5	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	108 (1)	Aug 17	STL	@	NYG	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
61	109	Aug 18 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
62	113 (3)	Aug 23 (1)	STL	@	BRO	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	115 (1)	Aug 24	STL	@	BRO	W,10-7	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	117 (1)	Aug 25 (2)	STL	@	BRO	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
65	119 (1)	Aug 28 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
66	122 (2)	Aug 30	STL	@	PIT	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
67	123	Aug 31	STL	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	124	Sep 1	STL	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
69	125	Sep 2 (1)	STL		PIT	W,4-3	GS	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
70	127 (1)	Sep 4	STL		BSN	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
71	128	Sep 5	STL		BSN	W,15-3	GS	21	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	129	Sep 6	STL		BSN	W,6-4	GS	35	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
73	130	Sep 7	STL		BSN	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
74	131	Sep 8 (1)	STL		PHI	W,11-0	GS	28	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
75	132	Sep 8 (2)	STL		PHI	L,2-4	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
76	135 (2)	Sep 11	STL		PHI	W,10-2	GS	21	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
77	136	Sep 12	STL		NYG	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
78	137	Sep 13	STL		NYG	L,10-13	CG	0	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
79	138	Sep 14	STL		NYG	L,4-5	GS	42	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
80	139	Sep 15	STL		NYG	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
81	142 (2)	Sep 17 (2)	STL		BRO	L,7-8	CG	38	7.0	3	1	0	4	0
82	143	Sep 18	STL		BRO	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
83	145 (1)	Sep 21	STL		CIN	L,7-9	GS	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
84	147 (1)	Sep 22 (2)	STL		CIN	W,3-1	GS	22	6.0	7	1	0	8	0
85	148	Sep 23	STL		PIT	L,0-12	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	153 (4)	Sep 28	STL		CHC	W,7-5	CG	50	11.0	8	0	0	8	0
							86gm		714.0	383	34	3	420	6