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Spud Davis
Full name Virgil Lawrence Davis Born December 20, 1904, Birmingham, Alabama Died August 14, 1984, Birmingham, Alabama Buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama First Game: April 30, 1928 ; Final Game: September 5, 1945 Managed First Game: September 28, 1946 ; Managed Final Game: September 29, 1946 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 1" Weight: 197 Ejections as player: 1930 (1), 1931 (1), 1933 (1), 1934 (1), 1936 (1). Total: 5 Ejections as coach: 1942 (1) SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1928 STL N Daily Splits 2 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .333 .200 -0.2 1928 STL N
1928 PHI N Daily Splits 67 163 16 46 2 0 3 18 15 4 11 0 2 0 3 5 0 0 .282 .343 .350 -0.3 1928 PHI N
1928 TOT N 69 168 17 47 2 0 3 19 16 4 11 0 3 0 3 6 0 0 .280 .342 .345 -0.5 1928 TOT N
1929 PHI N Daily Splits 98 263 31 90 18 0 7 48 19 3 17 2 5 0 6 13 1 0 .342 .391 .490 -0.1 1929 PHI N
1930 PHI N Daily Splits 106 329 41 103 16 1 14 65 17 2 20 1 10 0 9 10 1 3 .313 .349 .495 -0.1 1930 PHI N
1931 PHI N Daily Splits 120 393 30 128 32 1 4 51 36 5 28 0 4 0 9 8 0 3 .326 .382 .443 1.5 1931 PHI N
1932 PHI N Daily Splits 125 402 44 135 23 5 14 70 40 7 39 2 4 0 12 7 1 0 .336 .399 .522 2.3 1932 PHI N
1933 PHI N Daily Splits 141 495 51 173 28 3 9 65 32 4 24 5 8 0 7 21 2 2 .349 .395 .473 1.8 1933 PHI N
1934 STL N Daily Splits 107 347 45 104 22 4 9 65 34 3 27 2 1 0 7 12 0 0 .300 .366 .464 1.4 1934 STL N
1935 STL N Daily Splits 102 315 28 100 24 2 1 60 33 2 30 2 4 0 4 4 0 1 .317 .386 .416 0.7 1935 STL N
1936 STL N Daily Splits 112 363 24 99 26 2 4 59 35 10 34 3 1 0 5 12 0 1 .273 .342 .388 -0.4 1936 STL N
1937 CIN N Daily Splits 76 209 19 56 10 1 3 33 23 1 15 0 0 0 4 7 0 0 .268 .341 .368 1.2 1937 CIN N
1938 CIN N Daily Splits 12 36 3 6 1 0 0 1 5 0 6 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .167 .286 .194 -0.2 1938 CIN N
1938 PHI N Daily Splits 70 215 11 53 7 0 2 23 14 1 14 0 1 0 9 12 1 1 .247 .293 .307 -1.6 1938 PHI N
1938 TOT N 82 251 14 59 8 0 2 24 19 1 20 1 1 0 9 14 1 1 .235 .292 .291 -1.8 1938 TOT N
1939 PHI N Daily Splits 87 202 10 62 8 1 0 23 24 3 20 1 7 0 3 5 0 1 .307 .383 .356 -0.1 1939 PHI N
1940 PIT N Daily Splits 99 285 23 93 14 1 5 39 35 13 20 2 2 0 7 15 0 1 .326 .404 .435 1.6 1940 PIT N
1941 PIT N Daily Splits 57 107 3 27 4 1 0 6 11 6 11 0 0 0 4 6 0 0 .252 .322 .308 -0.2 1941 PIT N
1944 PIT N Daily Splits 54 93 6 28 7 0 2 14 10 4 8 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 .301 .369 .441 0.3 1944 PIT N
1945 PIT N Daily Splits 23 33 2 8 2 0 0 6 2 1 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 .242 .306 .303 -0.2 1945 PIT N
Total (16 Years) Splits 1458 4255 388 1312 244 22 77 647 386 69 326 22 50 0 94 144 6 13 .308 .369 .430 7.4 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1934 STL N Daily Splits 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 1934 STL N
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1928 STL N Daily Splits C 2 2 1 15 6 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 .750
1928 PHI N Daily Splits C 49 42 35 374.2 149 46 4 7 0 5 28 31 1 .980
1928 TOT N C 51 44 36 389.2 155 46 6 7 0 5 32 31 1 .971
1929 PHI N Daily Splits C 90 62 47 575.2 198 47 10 7 0 4 41 29 2 .961
1930 PHI N Daily Splits C 97 90 70 745.2 307 50 5 6 0 4 33 29 0 .986
1931 PHI N Daily Splits C 114 107 91 914.1 420 78 3 10 0 5 47 53 2 .994
1932 PHI N Daily Splits C 120 107 89 937.1 408 54 6 15 0 2 36 27 1 .987
1933 PHI N Daily Splits C 132 130 116 1109 395 69 8 9 0 10 61 29 4 .983
1934 STL N Daily Splits C 93 89 75 783.2 459 42 6 7 0 2 25 25 1 .988
1935 STL N Daily Splits C 81 76 64 670.1 335 34 3 2 0 4 22 21 0 .992
1935 STL N 1B 5 4 4 39 48 0 0 4 0 1.000
1936 STL N Daily Splits C 103 94 68 824.1 390 59 7 7 0 3 27 27 2 .985
1936 STL N 3B 2 1 1 13 1 4 0 0 0 1.000
1937 CIN N Daily Splits C 59 52 48 461.1 300 40 7 3 0 1 30 24 0 .980
1938 CIN N Daily Splits C 11 9 8 83 43 7 2 1 0 3 5 3 0 .962
1938 PHI N Daily Splits C 63 58 40 487.2 217 27 5 5 0 2 15 18 0 .980
1938 TOT N C 74 67 48 570.2 260 34 7 6 0 5 20 21 0 .977
1939 PHI N Daily Splits C 85 66 42 561.1 260 40 0 1 0 5 42 20 2 1.000
1940 PIT N Daily Splits C 87 83 48 669 288 61 12 11 0 2 39 22 5 .967
1941 PIT N Daily Splits C 49 27 14 250 97 16 0 3 0 2 6 10 0 1.000
1944 PIT N Daily Splits C 35 20 11 185.2 76 10 3 3 0 0 8 0 0 .966
1945 PIT N Daily Splits C 14 4 3 53.1 26 4 1 0 0 0 5 2 0 .968
Total (16 Years) Splits C 1284 1118 870 9701.1 4374 684 84 97 0 54 474 370 20 .984
Total ( 1 Year ) 1B 5 4 4 39 48 0 0 4 0 1.000
Total ( 1 Year ) 3B 2 1 1 13 1 4 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1946 PIT N 3 1 2 .333 12 7 9-28 7 7
Coaching Record
Year Team START END
1942 PIT N 4-14 9-27
1943 PIT N 4-21 10- 3
1944 PIT N 4-18 10- 1
1945 PIT N 4-17 9-30
1946 PIT N 4-16 9-27
1950 CHI N 4-18 10- 1
1951 CHI N 4-17 9-30
1952 CHI N 4-15 9-28
1953 CHI N 4-14 9-27
Total ( 9 Years)
Ejection Information
As player:
Date Team Umpire Reason
6-22-1930(2) BOX PHI N George Magerkurth Call at HP
6- 3-1931 BOX PHI N Bob Clarke Balls and strikes
7-22-1933 BOX PHI N Cy Rigler Call at 1B
6-30-1934 BOX STL N George Magerkurth Balls and strikes
5- 8-1936 BOX STL N Babe Pinelli Balls and strikes
As coach:
Date Team Umpire Reason
5-25-1942 BOX PIT N Bill Stewart Interference non-call
Transaction Information
Selected by St. Louis Cardinals from Buffalo (International) in the Rule 5 major league draft (October 4, 1927 ).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Homer Peel and Don Hurst to Philadelphia Phillies
in exchange for Jimmie Wilson , Art Decatur and a player to be named later (May 11,
1928 ); St. Louis Cardinals received Bill Kelly (May 12, 1928 ).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Eddie Delker to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange
for Jimmie Wilson (November 15, 1933 ).
Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Cincinnati Reds with Charlie Gelbert (December 2,
1936 ).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Al Hollingsworth and $50000 to Philadelphia Phillies
in exchange for Bucky Walters (June 13, 1938 ).
Sold by Philadelphia Phillies to Pittsburgh Pirates (October 27, 1939 ).
Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (October 2, 1941 ).
Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (April 19, 1944 ).
Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (November 25, 1945 ).
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