Dixie Davis

Full Name: Frank Talmadge Davis	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/155	First Game: July 12, 1912
Birthdate: October 12, 1890	Final Game: September 20, 1926
Birthplace: Wilsons Mills, North Carolina	MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: February 4, 1944
Deathplace: Raleigh, North Carolina
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on October 12, 1890 in Wilsons Mills, North Carolina, Dixie Davis (Frank Talmadge Davis) played for the Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Browns over the course of his 10 year career. Davis broke into the bigs on July 12, 1912 with the Cincinnati Reds, and put up a 3.17 ERA in 269.1 innings pitched in 1920, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Dixie Davis's best season was 1920, when he posted a 3.17 ERA, won 18 games and struck out 85 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1912	CIN	N	7	0	0	1	2.70	12	17	8	0	0	0	26.2	25	0	16	0	1
1915	CHI	A	2	0	0	0	.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	0	1
1918	PHI	N	17	2	0	2	3.06	18	25	16	1	0	0	47	43	1	30	1	0
1920	STL	A	38	31	18	12	3.17	85	117	95	22	0	0	269.1	250	10	149	1	7
1921	STL	A	40	36	16	16	4.44	100	150	131	20	2	0	265.1	279	12	123	6	10
1922	STL	A	25	25	11	6	4.08	65	91	79	7	2	0	174.1	162	10	87	1	8
1923	STL	A	19	17	4	6	3.62	36	61	44	5	1	0	109.1	106	4	63	1	5
1924	STL	A	29	24	11	13	4.10	45	84	73	11	5	0	160.1	159	9	72	2	6
1925	STL	A	35	22	12	7	4.59	58	121	92	9	0	1	180.1	192	10	106	6	6
1926	STL	A	27	7	3	8	4.66	39	56	43	2	0	1	83	93	7	40	4	1
Total	NL		24	2	0	3	2.93	30	42	24	1	0	0	73.2	68	1	46	1	1
Total	AL		215	162	75	68	4.03	430	680	557	76	10	2	1245	1243	62	642	21	44
Total			239	164	75	71	3.97	460	722	581	77	10	2	1318.2	1311	63	688	22	45

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1912	CIN	N	P	7	0	4	0	0	1.000
1915	CHI	A	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000
1918	PHI	N	P	17	4	7	2	0	.846
1920	STL	A	P	38	13	47	3	3	.952
1921	STL	A	P	40	19	54	1	3	.986
1922	STL	A	P	25	8	40	2	2	.960
1923	STL	A	P	19	5	18	2	2	.920
1924	STL	A	P	29	10	29	2	7	.951
1925	STL	A	P	35	8	49	4	3	.934
1926	STL	A	P	27	2	19	1	0	.955
Total			P	239	69	268	17	20	.952

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	SH
1912	CIN	N	7	10	0	2	0	.200	.200	.200	0	0	0	4	0
1915	CHI	A	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1918	PHI	N	18	9	1	0	0	.000	.250	.000	0	0	3	2	0
1920	STL	A	38	94	8	25	10	.266	.317	.309	4	0	7	11	7
1921	STL	A	40	95	5	20	10	.211	.227	.263	3	1	2	3	4
1922	STL	A	25	59	4	8	2	.136	.190	.153	1	0	4	8	6
1923	STL	A	19	40	3	10	2	.250	.268	.275	1	0	1	3	1
1924	STL	A	29	46	3	7	2	.152	.250	.152	0	0	6	5	7
1925	STL	A	35	64	4	11	3	.172	.197	.172	0	0	2	4	5
1926	STL	A	27	24	4	4	1	.167	.231	.208	1	0	2	2	0
Total	NL		25	19	1	2	0	.105	.227	.105	0	0	3	6	0
Total	AL		215	422	31	85	30	.201	.244	.230	10	1	24	36	30
Total			240	441	32	87	30	.197	.244	.224	10	1	27	42	30

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Knoxville (Appalachian) to Cincinnati Reds for $3000 (July 8, 1912).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Milt Stock and Pickles Dillhoefer to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Doug Baird, Stuffy Stewart and Gene Packard (January 21, 1919).

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