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.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 20	PHI	@	BSN	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
2	3	Apr 21	PHI		BRO	T,2-2	GS	35	8.0	11	2	0	13	0
3	4	Apr 22	PHI		BRO	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
4	5	Apr 23	PHI		BRO	W,5-4	CG	52	12.0	7	1	0	8	0
5	7 (1)	Apr 25	PHI		NYG	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
6	9 (1)	Apr 29	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-5	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	10	Apr 30	PHI	@	BRO	L,1-3	GS	30	6.0	6	0	0	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	11	May 1	PHI	@	BRO	L,12-13	GS	25	4.0	2	1	0	3	0
9	12	May 2	PHI		CHC	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
10	13	May 3	PHI		CHC	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
11	14	May 4	PHI		PIT	L,4-6	GS	25	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	16 (1)	May 6	PHI		PIT	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
13	17	May 7	PHI		CIN	L,4-13	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
14	18	May 8	PHI		CIN	W,8-7	GS	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
15	19	May 9	PHI		CIN	L,4-8	GS	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	20	May 10	PHI		STL	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
17	23 (2)	May 16	PHI	@	PIT	L,5-8	GS	25	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	27 (3)	May 20	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-7	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	28	May 21	PHI	@	STL	L,2-5	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	29	May 22	PHI	@	STL	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	30	May 23	PHI	@	STL	L,1-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	31	May 24	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS	29	6.0	7	0	0	7	0
23	32	May 25	PHI	@	CHC	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
24	34 (1)	May 28	PHI		NYG	L,2-7	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	35	May 29	PHI		NYG	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
26	36	May 30 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,7-9	GS	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
27	37	May 30 (2)	PHI		BSN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	39 (1)	Jun 3	PHI		PIT	L,7-10	GS	0		8	0	0	8	0
29	40	Jun 4	PHI		CHC	L,4-9	GF	9	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	41	Jun 5	PHI		CHC	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
31	42	Jun 6	PHI		CHC	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
32	43	Jun 7	PHI		CIN	L,4-5	GS	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	48 (4)	Jun 11 (2)	PHI		STL	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
34	49	Jun 14	PHI	@	CIN	L,7-10	GS	40	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
35	50	Jun 15	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	59 (8)	Jul 1	PHI		BSN	L,0-6	GS	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	60	Jul 2 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,7-9	GF	10	2.0	1	2	0	3	0
38	61	Jul 2 (2)	PHI		BSN	L,3-4	GS	0		4	0	0	4	0
39	62	Jul 4 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	65 (2)	Jul 7	PHI	@	BSN	L,3-7	GS	37	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	66	Jul 8	PHI	@	BSN	L,0-4	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	68 (1)	Jul 9 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,7-6	GF	0		3	0	0	3	0
43	70 (1)	Jul 15	PHI		CHC	W,8-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	72 (1)	Jul 16 (2)	PHI		PIT	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	73	Jul 17	PHI		PIT	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
46	74	Jul 18	PHI		PIT	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
47	75	Jul 19	PHI		STL	L,2-4	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	77 (1)	Jul 21 (2)	PHI		STL	L,0-7	GS	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
49	78	Jul 22	PHI		CIN	L,0-2	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
50	80 (1)	Jul 23 (2)	PHI		CIN	L,0-4	GS	23	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	81	Jul 25	PHI	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	42	9.2	4	0	0	4	0
52	82	Jul 26 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
53	83	Jul 26 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-5	GS	22	4.0	4	1	0	5	0
54	84	Jul 27	PHI	@	PIT	W,9-8	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	86 (1)	Jul 29 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
56	88 (1)	Jul 30 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	35	8.2	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	90 (1)	Aug 3	PHI	@	CHC	L,6-9	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
58	92 (1)	Aug 5	PHI	@	STL	L,1-5	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	94 (1)	Aug 6 (2)	PHI	@	STL	L,3-8	GS	29	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
60	96 (1)	Aug 10 (1)	PHI		BRO	L,0-3	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	97	Aug 10 (2)	PHI		BRO	W,8-3	GS	0		2	2	0	4	0
62	101 (3)	Aug 13 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
63	102	Aug 15	PHI	@	BSN	W,4-3	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	103	Aug 16 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
65	106 (2)	Aug 20 (1)	PHI		NYG	L,4-8	GF	14	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	107	Aug 20 (2)	PHI		NYG	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	108	Aug 21	PHI		CIN	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
68	111 (2)	Aug 24	PHI		STL	W,6-5	GF	14	4.0	3	2	0	5	0
69	113 (1)	Aug 26 (2)	PHI		STL	L,4-11	CG	52	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
70	114	Aug 27 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
71	115	Aug 27 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
72	116	Aug 28	PHI		CHC	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
73	117	Aug 31 (1)	PHI		PIT	L,0-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	118	Aug 31 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	119	Sep 1	PHI		BSN	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	120	Sep 2	PHI		BSN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
77	121	Sep 3 (1)	PHI		BSN	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
78	124 (2)	Sep 4 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,6-7	CG	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
79	126 (1)	Sep 6	PHI	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
80	127	Sep 8 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-11	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
81	129 (1)	Sep 9	PHI	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	130	Sep 12	PHI	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
83	131	Sep 13	PHI	@	STL	L,9-10	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
84	132	Sep 14 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-13	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
85	134 (1)	Sep 15 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,9-6	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
							85gm		573.0	260	40	0	300	1