George Davis was born on Tuesday, August 23, 1870, in Cohoes, New York. Davis was 19 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 19, 1890, with the Cleveland Spiders. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive George Davis baseball stats page.
"How is it possible for a man to play big league baseball for twenty seasons, manage the New York Giants twice, start a war between the National and American Leageus and then utterly vanish, without leaving a trace?" - Historian Lee Allen in The Sporting News (August 7, 1968)
George DavisGeorge Davis Pitching Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
1891 | 21 | Spiders | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 15.75 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD | ||
1 Year | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 15.75 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
George DavisGeorge Davis Hitting Stats |
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Yr | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
1890 | 20 | Spiders | 136 | 526 | 98 | 139 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 73 | 53 | - | 34 | - | - | 4 | - | .264 | .336 | .375 |
1891 | 21 | Spiders | 136 | 570 | 115 | 165 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 89 | 53 | - | 29 | - | - | 4 | - | .289 | .354 | .409 |
1892 | 22 | Spiders | 144 | 597 | 95 | 144 | 27 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 82 | 58 | - | 51 | - | - | 3 | - | .241 | .312 | .352 |
1893 | 23 | Giants | 133 | 549 | 112 | 195 | 22 | 27 | 11 | 0 | 119 | 42 | - | 20 | - | - | 9 | - | .355 | .410 | .554 |
1894 | 24 | Giants | 122 | 477 | 120 | 168 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 91 | 66 | - | 10 | 9 | - | 4 | - | .352 | .435 | .537 |
1895 | 25 | Giants | 110 | 430 | 108 | 146 | 36 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 101 | 55 | - | 12 | 3 | - | 2 | - | .340 | .417 | .500 |
1896 | 26 | Giants | 124 | 494 | 98 | 158 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 99 | 50 | - | 24 | 6 | - | 4 | - | .320 | .387 | .455 |
1897 | 27 | Giants | 130 | 519 | 112 | 183 | 31 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 136 | 41 | - | - | 5 | - | 6 | - | .353 | .406 | .509 |
1898 | 28 | Giants | 121 | 486 | 80 | 149 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 86 | 32 | - | - | 10 | - | 1 | - | .307 | .351 | .381 |
1899 | 29 | Giants | 108 | 416 | 68 | 140 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 37 | - | - | 8 | - | 2 | - | .337 | .393 | .418 |
1900 | 30 | Giants | 114 | 426 | 69 | 136 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 61 | 35 | - | - | 7 | - | 4 | - | .319 | .376 | .406 |
1901 | 31 | Giants | 130 | 491 | 69 | 148 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 65 | 40 | - | - | 5 | - | 2 | - | .301 | .356 | .426 |
1902 | 32 | White Stockings | 132 | 485 | 76 | 145 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 93 | 65 | - | - | 12 | - | 4 | - | .299 | .386 | .402 |
1903 | 33 | Giants | 4 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | .267 | .313 | .267 |
1904 | 34 | White Sox | 152 | 563 | 75 | 142 | 27 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 43 | - | - | 15 | - | 5 | - | .252 | .311 | .359 |
1905 | 35 | White Sox | 151 | 550 | 74 | 153 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 60 | - | - | 40 | - | 4 | - | .278 | .353 | .340 |
1906 | 36 | White Sox | 133 | 484 | 63 | 134 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 41 | - | - | 12 | - | 4 | - | .277 | .338 | .355 |
1907 | 37 | White Sox | 132 | 466 | 59 | 111 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 47 | - | - | 17 | - | 4 | - | .238 | .313 | .288 |
1908 | 38 | White Sox | 128 | 419 | 41 | 91 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 41 | - | - | 30 | - | 7 | - | .217 | .298 | .255 |
1909 | 39 | White Sox | 28 | 68 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | - | - | 5 | - | 1 | - | .132 | .253 | .147 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
20 Years | 2,368 | 9,031 | 1,539 | 2,660 | 451 | 163 | 73 | 3 | 1,437 | 870 | - | 180 | 184 | - | 74 | - | .295 | .361 | .405 |
George DavisGeorge Davis Fielding Stats |
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Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
1890 Spiders | 2B | 2 | - | - | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.00 |
1890 Spiders | OF | 133 | - | - | 335 | 2.5 | 317 | 282 | 35 | 18 | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .946 | 0.00 |
1890 Spiders | SS | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.00 |
1891 Spiders | 3B | 22 | - | - | 96 | 4.4 | 84 | 35 | 49 | 12 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .875 | 0.00 |
1891 Spiders | OF | 116 | - | - | 305 | 2.6 | 284 | 257 | 27 | 21 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .931 | 0.00 |
1891 Spiders | P | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1892 Spiders | 2B | 3 | - | - | 19 | 6.3 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .895 | 0.00 |
1892 Spiders | 3B | 79 | - | - | 291 | 3.7 | 266 | 100 | 166 | 25 | 8 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .914 | 0.00 |
1892 Spiders | OF | 44 | - | - | 72 | 1.6 | 65 | 55 | 10 | 7 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .903 | 0.00 |
1892 Spiders | SS | 20 | - | - | 100 | 5.0 | 91 | 37 | 54 | 9 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .910 | 0.00 |
1893 Giants | 3B | 133 | - | - | 550 | 4.1 | 486 | 181 | 305 | 64 | 27 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .884 | 0.00 |
1893 Giants | SS | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.00 |
1894 Giants | 3B | 122 | - | - | 437 | 3.6 | 397 | 150 | 247 | 40 | 18 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .908 | 0.00 |
1895 Giants | 1B | 14 | - | - | 136 | 9.7 | 135 | 126 | 9 | 1 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .993 | 0.00 |
1895 Giants | 2B | 10 | - | - | 71 | 7.1 | 67 | 33 | 34 | 4 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .944 | 0.00 |
1895 Giants | 3B | 80 | - | - | 337 | 4.2 | 297 | 122 | 175 | 40 | 18 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .881 | 0.00 |
1895 Giants | OF | 7 | - | - | 18 | 2.6 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .944 | 0.00 |
1896 Giants | 1B | 3 | - | - | 36 | 12.0 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .972 | 0.00 |
1896 Giants | 3B | 74 | - | - | 312 | 4.2 | 286 | 117 | 169 | 26 | 11 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .917 | 0.00 |
1896 Giants | LF | 3 | - | - | 2 | 0.7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.00 |
1896 Giants | SS | 45 | - | - | 268 | 6.0 | 248 | 107 | 141 | 20 | 11 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .925 | 0.00 |
1897 Giants | SS | 129 | - | - | 833 | 6.5 | 771 | 337 | 434 | 62 | 67 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .926 | 0.00 |
1898 Giants | SS | 121 | - | - | 825 | 6.8 | 770 | 349 | 421 | 55 | 61 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .933 | 0.00 |
1899 Giants | SS | 108 | - | - | 765 | 7.1 | 723 | 311 | 412 | 42 | 57 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .945 | 0.00 |
1900 Giants | SS | 114 | - | - | 772 | 6.8 | 729 | 279 | 450 | 43 | 53 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .944 | 0.00 |
1901 Giants | 3B | 17 | - | - | 75 | 4.4 | 72 | 25 | 47 | 3 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .960 | 0.00 |
1901 Giants | SS | 113 | - | - | 737 | 6.5 | 692 | 296 | 396 | 45 | 42 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .939 | 0.00 |
1902 White Stockings | 1B | 3 | - | - | 14 | 4.7 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.00 |
1902 White Stockings | SS | 129 | - | - | 753 | 5.8 | 716 | 289 | 427 | 37 | 72 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .951 | 0.00 |
1903 Giants | SS | 4 | - | - | 23 | 5.8 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .870 | 0.00 |
1904 White Sox | SS | 152 | - | - | 919 | 6.0 | 861 | 347 | 514 | 58 | 62 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .937 | 0.00 |
1905 White Sox | SS | 151 | - | - | 877 | 5.8 | 831 | 330 | 501 | 46 | 56 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .948 | 0.00 |
1906 White Sox | 2B | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.00 |
1906 White Sox | SS | 129 | - | - | 780 | 6.0 | 738 | 263 | 475 | 42 | 44 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .946 | 0.00 |
1907 White Sox | SS | 132 | - | - | 746 | 5.7 | 708 | 223 | 485 | 38 | 53 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .949 | 0.00 |
1908 White Sox | 1B | 4 | - | - | 54 | 13.5 | 54 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.00 |
1908 White Sox | 2B | 95 | - | - | 526 | 5.5 | 505 | 191 | 314 | 21 | 25 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .960 | 0.00 |
1908 White Sox | SS | 23 | - | - | 127 | 5.5 | 116 | 51 | 65 | 11 | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .913 | 0.00 |
1909 White Sox | 1B | 17 | - | - | 207 | 12.2 | 204 | 189 | 15 | 3 | 7 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .986 | 0.00 |
1909 White Sox | 2B | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .667 | 0.00 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
SS Totals | 1,372 | 0 | 0 | 8,529 | 6.2 | 8,018 | 3,231 | 4,787 | 511 | 589 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .940 | 0.00 | |
3B Totals | 527 | 0 | 0 | 2,098 | 4.0 | 1,888 | 730 | 1,158 | 210 | 89 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .900 | 0.00 | |
OF Totals | 300 | 0 | 0 | 730 | 2.4 | 683 | 609 | 74 | 47 | 13 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .936 | 0.00 | |
2B Totals | 113 | 0 | 0 | 632 | 5.6 | 603 | 239 | 364 | 29 | 32 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .954 | 0.00 | |
1B Totals | 41 | 0 | 0 | 447 | 10.9 | 442 | 408 | 34 | 5 | 14 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .989 | 0.00 | |
LF Totals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.00 | |
P Totals | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 | |
20 Years | 2,359 | 0 | 12 | 12,438 | 5.3 | 11,636 | 5,219 | 6,417 | 802 | 737 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .936 | 26,181.00 |
George DavisGeorge Davis Miscellaneous Stats |
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Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
1890 Spiders | 22 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 87.7 | 15.5 | 7.2 | - | - | - |
1891 Spiders | 42 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 190.0 | 19.7 | 6.4 | 1.33 | 9.00 | 6.75 |
1892 Spiders | 36 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 119.4 | 11.7 | 7.3 | - | - | - |
1893 Giants | 37 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 49.9 | 27.5 | 4.6 | - | - | - |
1894 Giants | 40 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 59.6 | 47.7 | 5.2 | - | - | - |
1895 Giants | 48 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 86.0 | 35.8 | 4.3 | - | - | - |
1896 Giants | 48 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 82.3 | 20.6 | 5.0 | - | - | - |
1897 Giants | 65 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 51.9 | 0.0 | 3.8 | - | - | - |
1898 Giants | 26 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 243.0 | 0.0 | 5.7 | - | - | - |
1899 Giants | 34 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 416.0 | 0.0 | 7.3 | - | - | - |
1900 Giants | 29 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 142.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | - | - | - |
1901 Giants | 27 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 70.1 | 0.0 | 7.6 | - | - | - |
1902 White Stockings | 31 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 161.7 | 0.0 | 5.2 | - | - | - |
1903 Giants | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.0 | - | - | - |
1904 White Sox | 32 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 563.0 | 0.0 | 8.2 | - | - | - |
1905 White Sox | 31 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 550.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | - | - | - |
1906 White Sox | 27 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.1 | - | - | - |
1907 White Sox | 15 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 466.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | - | - | - |
1908 White Sox | 22 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.1 | - | - | - |
1909 White Sox | 4 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 34.0 | - | - | - |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
20 Years | 616 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 123.7 | 50.2 | 6.3 | 1.33 | 9.00 | 6.75 |
George DavisGeorge Davis Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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Team [Click for Roster] | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
1890 Cleveland Spiders | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
1891 Cleveland Spiders | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
1892 Cleveland Spiders | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
1893 New York Giants | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
1894 New York Giants | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
1895 New York Giants | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
1896 New York Giants | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
1897 New York Giants | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
1898 New York Giants | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
1899 New York Giants | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
1900 New York Giants | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
1901 New York Giants | n/a | $3,000.00 | n/a | n/a |
1902 Chicago White Stockings | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
1903 New York Giants | n/a | $2,600.00 | n/a | - |
1904 Chicago White Sox | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
1905 Chicago White Sox | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1906 Chicago White Sox | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | Stats |
1907 Chicago White Sox | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1908 Chicago White Sox | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1909 Chicago White Sox | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
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