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Crash Davis
Lawrence Columbus Davis

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 173 lb.
School Duke University

Debut June 15, 1940
Final Game September 20, 1942
Born July 14, 1919 in Canon, GA
Died August 31, 2001 in Greensboro, NC

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1940 20 PHA AL  23   67    4   18   1  1   0    9   1  0   3  10  .269  .310  .313   63   21   2           1   2
 1941 21 PHA AL  39  105    8   23   3  0   0    8   0  0  11  16  .219  .293  .248   45   26   3           0   1
 1942 22 PHA AL  86  272   31   61   8  1   2   26   1  0  21  30  .224  .282  .283   60   77   7           1   8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      148  444   43  102  12  2   2   43   2  0  35  56  .230  .289  .279   57  124  12   0   0   2  11
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        486   47  112  13  2   2   47   2  0  38  61  .230  .289  .279   57  136  13   0   0   2  12
 Career High     86  272   31   61   8  1   2   26   1  0  21  30  .224  .282  .283   60   77   7   0   0   1   8
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1940 20 PHA AL   73   53    6   3.0   109| .269  .277| .310  .349| .313  .419| .623  .769|  63  .286  -3.8  -0.4 100%
 1941 21 PHA AL  119   86    8   2.5   105| .219  .273| .293  .349| .248  .402| .541  .752|  45  .236  -8.1  -0.8   0%
 1942 22 PHA AL  301  226   22   2.6    94| .224  .264| .282  .339| .283  .370| .565  .709|  60  .303 -15.0  -1.6 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       493  365   36   2.6    99| .230  .268| .289  .343| .279  .385| .568  .728|  57  .283 -26.8  -2.8 100%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1940 20 PHA AL 2B 19 52 52 4 11 .963 .969 5.47 5.22 SS 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 4.50 1941 21 PHA AL 2B 20 51 67 6 13 .952 .967 5.90 5.18 1B 12 84 1 1 8 .988 .990 7.08 9.64 1942 22 PHA AL 2B 57 131 142 10 19 .965 .969 4.79 5.39 SS 26 44 68 9 11 .926 .949 4.31 4.78 1B 3 4 1 0 1 1.000 .980 1.67 9.87
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1941 21 PHA AL 1B 12 84 1 1 8 .988 .990 7.08 9.64 1942 22 PHA AL 1B 3 4 1 0 1 1.000 .980 1.67 9.87 1940 20 PHA AL 2B 19 52 52 4 11 .963 .969 5.47 5.22 1941 21 PHA AL 2B 20 51 67 6 13 .952 .967 5.90 5.18 1942 22 PHA AL 2B 57 131 142 10 19 .965 .969 4.79 5.39 1940 20 PHA AL SS 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 4.50 1942 22 PHA AL SS 26 44 68 9 11 .926 .949 4.31 4.78
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 2B 96 234 261 20 43 .961 .969 5.16 5.31 SS 27 45 69 9 11 .927 .949 4.22 4.77 1B 15 88 2 1 9 .989 .989 6.00 9.69 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 138 367 332 30 63 .959 .968 5.07 5.68
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Youngest Player
1940 AL-20-10

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


Transactions 

March 30, 1946: Released by the Philadelphia Athletics.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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