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.

1936 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1936 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	STL		CHC	L,7-12	GS	39	7.0	2	0	1	3	0
2	2	Apr 15	STL		CHC	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 16	STL		CHC	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
4	4	Apr 19	STL	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	5	Apr 20	STL		CIN	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
6	6	Apr 22	STL	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
7	7	Apr 23	STL	@	CIN	L,6-8	GS	36	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
8	8	Apr 25	STL		PIT	L,5-12	CG	46	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
9	10 (1)	Apr 29	STL		NYG	W,2-1	CG	57	17.0	11	3	0	14	0
10	11	Apr 30	STL		NYG	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	13 (1)	May 2	STL		BRO	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
12	14	May 3	STL		BSN	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
13	15	May 4	STL		BSN	L,6-7	GS	35	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	16	May 5	STL		BSN	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
15	18 (1)	May 7	STL		PHI	W,3-2	GS	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
16	19	May 8	STL	@	CHC	W,11-9	GS	36	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	20	May 9	STL	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	42	10.0	5	1	0	6	0
18	23 (2)	May 14	STL	@	BRO	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	24	May 15	STL	@	BSN	L,5-7	GS	33	7.0	4	0	0	4	1
20	25	May 16	STL	@	BSN	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
21	28 (2)	May 20	STL	@	NYG	L,7-10	CG	46	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
22	29	May 21	STL	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
23	31 (1)	May 23	STL		CHC	L,2-7	CG	48	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
24	35 (3)	May 26 (2)	STL		PIT	W,6-2	GS	26	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
25	37 (1)	May 28	STL		PIT	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
26	40 (2)	May 30 (2)	STL		CIN	W,7-4	GS	28	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
27	41	May 31	STL		CIN	W,8-7	GF	15	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	42	Jun 2	STL		BRO	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
29	43	Jun 3	STL		BRO	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
30	44	Jun 4	STL		BRO	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
31	46 (1)	Jun 6 (1)	STL		NYG	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
32	49 (2)	Jun 9	STL		BSN	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	50	Jun 11	STL		PHI	L,4-12	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
34	51	Jun 12	STL		PHI	W,3-2	CG	42	11.0	6	1	0	7	0
35	53 (1)	Jun 14	STL		PHI	W,12-10	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	54	Jun 16	STL	@	BSN	L,4-10	CG	45	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
37	55	Jun 17 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,6-9	GF	18	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
38	56	Jun 17 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,10-2	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
39	57	Jun 18	STL	@	BSN	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	58	Jun 19	STL	@	NYG	W,7-5	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	59	Jun 20	STL	@	NYG	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
42	60	Jun 21	STL	@	NYG	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
43	61	Jun 22	STL	@	PHI	W,8-6	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
44	62	Jun 23	STL	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
45	64 (1)	Jun 25 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,13-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
46	65	Jun 26	STL	@	BRO	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
47	67 (1)	Jun 30 (1)	STL	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	68	Jun 30 (2)	STL	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	69	Jul 1	STL	@	PIT	L,4-9	GS	38	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
50	70	Jul 2	STL	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
51	71	Jul 4 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	4	1	2	7	0
52	73 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
53	75 (1)	Jul 9	STL		NYG	W,6-3	GS	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
54	76	Jul 10	STL		NYG	W,5-4	CG	58	13.0	5	0	0	5	0
55	77	Jul 11	STL		NYG	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	78	Jul 12 (1)	STL		BRO	L,3-6	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	79	Jul 12 (2)	STL		BRO	L,4-11	GS	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	80	Jul 14	STL		BRO	W,11-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
59	81	Jul 15	STL		PHI	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	82	Jul 16	STL		PHI	L,2-6	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
61	83	Jul 17	STL		PHI	W,5-4	GS	40	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
62	84	Jul 18	STL		BSN	L,5-6	GS	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
63	85	Jul 19 (1)	STL		BSN	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	6	3	0	9	0
64	86	Jul 19 (2)	STL		BSN	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
65	87	Jul 21	STL	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	35	9.2	6	0	0	6	0
66	88	Jul 22	STL	@	NYG	L,2-8	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
67	89	Jul 23	STL	@	NYG	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	90	Jul 25	STL	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
69	91	Jul 26 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,3-4	GS	20	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	92	Jul 26 (2)	STL	@	BSN	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
71	93	Jul 29 (1)	STL	@	BRO	L,7-22	CG	55	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	98 (4)	Aug 2 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,13-4	GS	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
73	99	Aug 2 (2)	STL	@	PHI	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
74	100	Aug 4	STL	@	CHC	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
75	101	Aug 5	STL	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
76	102	Aug 6	STL	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	7	3	0	10	0
77	103	Aug 7	STL	@	CHC	L,5-14	GS	39	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	104	Aug 8	STL		CIN	W,11-4	GS	26	6.0	1	2	0	3	0
79	106 (1)	Aug 9 (2)	STL		CIN	L,5-12	GS	27	4.2	2	5	0	7	1
80	108 (1)	Aug 11	STL		CHC	L,4-6	GF	15	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	109	Aug 12	STL		CHC	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
82	110	Aug 15	STL	@	PIT	L,1-7	GS	22	6.1	2	0	0	2	0
83	117 (6)	Aug 23 (1)	STL		PIT	W,7-3	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	118	Aug 23 (2)	STL		PIT	T,6-6	CG	43	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
85	119	Aug 24	STL		PIT	L,5-17	CG	55	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
86	120	Aug 25 (1)	STL		BSN	L,3-20	GF	23	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	122 (1)	Aug 26	STL		BSN	L,4-10	CG	44	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
88	123	Aug 27	STL		BSN	L,0-1	GS	28	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
89	124	Aug 28	STL		PHI	L,0-8	CG	47	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
90	125	Aug 29	STL		PHI	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
91	127 (1)	Aug 30 (2)	STL		BRO	L,2-3	CG	0	13.0	9	3	0	12	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	128	Sep 2	STL		NYG	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
93	129	Sep 3	STL		NYG	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
94	130	Sep 5	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
95	131	Sep 6 (1)	STL	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
96	132	Sep 6 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
97	133	Sep 7 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,1-4	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
98	135 (1)	Sep 9	STL	@	BSN	W,3-1	GF	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
99	142 (6)	Sep 13 (2)	STL	@	NYG	W,4-3	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	143	Sep 14	STL	@	NYG	L,5-7	GS	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	144	Sep 16 (1)	STL	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
102	147 (2)	Sep 19	STL	@	CHC	W,9-6	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
103	149 (1)	Sep 21	STL	@	CHC	W,5-4	GS	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
104	150	Sep 22	STL		CIN	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
105	151	Sep 24 (1)	STL		CIN	W,5-4	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
							105gm		839.0	391	63	7	461	7