George Davis
[edit] Biography
George Davis (George Stacey Davis) was born on August 23, 1870 in Cohoes, New York. He made his Major League debut on April 19, 1890 for the Cleveland Spiders. In 1890, his rookie year, he hit .264 with 6 home runs and 73 RBI. Davis played for the Cleveland Spiders, New York Giants and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 20 year career.
Most people believe that George Davis's best season was 1897, when he stole 65 bases, hit for a .353 average and knocked in 136 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1890
| CLE
| N
| 136
| 526
| 98
| 139
| 6
| 73
| .264
| .336
| .375
| 22
| 9
| 53
| 34
| 4
| 0
| 22
| 0
| 0
|
| 1891
| CLE
| N
| 136
| 570
| 115
| 165
| 3
| 89
| .289
| .354
| .409
| 35
| 12
| 53
| 29
| 4
| 0
| 42
| 0
| 0
|
| 1892
| CLE
| N
| 144
| 597
| 95
| 144
| 5
| 82
| .241
| .312
| .352
| 27
| 12
| 58
| 51
| 3
| 0
| 36
| 0
| 0
|
| 1893
| NY
| N
| 133
| 549
| 112
| 195
| 11
| 119
| .355
| .410
| .554
| 22
| 27
| 42
| 20
| 9
| 0
| 37
| 0
| 0
|
| 1894
| NY
| N
| 122
| 477
| 120
| 168
| 8
| 91
| .352
| .435
| .537
| 26
| 19
| 66
| 10
| 4
| 9
| 40
| 0
| 0
|
| 1895
| NY
| N
| 110
| 430
| 108
| 146
| 5
| 101
| .340
| .417
| .500
| 36
| 9
| 55
| 12
| 2
| 3
| 48
| 0
| 0
|
| 1896
| NY
| N
| 124
| 494
| 98
| 158
| 6
| 99
| .320
| .387
| .455
| 25
| 12
| 50
| 24
| 4
| 6
| 48
| 0
| 0
|
| 1897
| NY
| N
| 130
| 519
| 112
| 183
| 10
| 136
| .353
| .407
| .509
| 31
| 10
| 41
| 0
| 7
| 5
| 65
| 0
| 0
|
| 1898
| NY
| N
| 121
| 486
| 80
| 149
| 2
| 86
| .307
| .351
| .381
| 20
| 5
| 32
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 26
| 0
| 0
|
| 1899
| NY
| N
| 108
| 416
| 68
| 140
| 1
| 57
| .337
| .393
| .418
| 21
| 5
| 37
| 0
| 2
| 8
| 34
| 0
| 0
|
| 1900
| NY
| N
| 114
| 426
| 69
| 136
| 3
| 61
| .319
| .376
| .406
| 20
| 4
| 35
| 0
| 4
| 7
| 29
| 0
| 0
|
| 1901
| NY
| N
| 130
| 491
| 69
| 148
| 7
| 65
| .301
| .356
| .426
| 26
| 7
| 40
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 27
| 0
| 0
|
| 1902
| CHI
| A
| 132
| 485
| 76
| 145
| 3
| 93
| .299
| .386
| .402
| 27
| 7
| 65
| 0
| 4
| 12
| 31
| 0
| 0
|
| 1903
| NY
| N
| 4
| 15
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 1
| .267
| .313
| .267
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1904
| CHI
| A
| 152
| 563
| 75
| 142
| 1
| 69
| .252
| .311
| .359
| 27
| 15
| 43
| 0
| 5
| 15
| 32
| 0
| 0
|
| 1905
| CHI
| A
| 151
| 550
| 74
| 153
| 1
| 55
| .278
| .353
| .340
| 29
| 1
| 60
| 0
| 4
| 40
| 31
| 0
| 0
|
| 1906
| CHI
| A
| 133
| 484
| 63
| 134
| 0
| 80
| .277
| .338
| .355
| 26
| 6
| 41
| 0
| 4
| 12
| 27
| 0
| 0
|
| 1907
| CHI
| A
| 132
| 466
| 59
| 111
| 1
| 52
| .238
| .313
| .288
| 16
| 2
| 47
| 0
| 4
| 17
| 15
| 0
| 0
|
| 1908
| CHI
| A
| 128
| 419
| 41
| 91
| 0
| 26
| .217
| .298
| .255
| 14
| 1
| 41
| 0
| 7
| 30
| 22
| 0
| 0
|
| 1909
| CHI
| A
| 28
| 68
| 5
| 9
| 0
| 2
| .132
| .253
| .147
| 1
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 1512
| 5996
| 1146
| 1875
| 67
| 1060
| .313
| .376
| .442
| 311
| 131
| 563
| 180
| 46
| 53
| 454
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 856
| 3035
| 393
| 785
| 6
| 377
| .259
| .333
| .332
| 140
| 32
| 307
| 0
| 29
| 131
| 162
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 2368
| 9031
| 1539
| 2660
| 73
| 1437
| .295
| .361
| .405
| 451
| 163
| 870
| 180
| 75
| 184
| 616
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1890
| CLE
| N
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1890
| CLE
| N
| OF
| 133
| 0
| 0
| 282
| 35
| 18
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
| 1890
| CLE
| N
| 2B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1891
| CLE
| N
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1891
| CLE
| N
| OF
| 116
| 0
| 0
| 257
| 27
| 21
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .931
|
| 1891
| CLE
| N
| 3B
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 35
| 49
| 12
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1892
| CLE
| N
| SS
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 37
| 54
| 9
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .910
|
| 1892
| CLE
| N
| 3B
| 79
| 0
| 0
| 100
| 166
| 25
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .914
|
| 1892
| CLE
| N
| 2B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 11
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .895
|
| 1892
| CLE
| N
| OF
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 55
| 10
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .903
|
| 1893
| NY
| N
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1893
| NY
| N
| 3B
| 133
| 0
| 0
| 181
| 305
| 64
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .884
|
| 1894
| NY
| N
| 3B
| 122
| 0
| 0
| 150
| 247
| 40
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .908
|
| 1895
| NY
| N
| 1B
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 126
| 9
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .993
|
| 1895
| NY
| N
| 2B
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 33
| 34
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1895
| NY
| N
| 3B
| 80
| 0
| 0
| 122
| 175
| 40
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .881
|
| 1895
| NY
| N
| OF
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1896
| NY
| N
| 3B
| 74
| 0
| 0
| 117
| 169
| 26
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .917
|
| 1896
| NY
| N
| OF
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1896
| NY
| N
| SS
| 45
| 0
| 0
| 107
| 141
| 20
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .925
|
| 1896
| NY
| N
| 1B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 31
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1897
| NY
| N
| SS
| 129
| 0
| 0
| 337
| 434
| 62
| 67
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .926
|
| 1898
| NY
| N
| SS
| 121
| 0
| 0
| 349
| 421
| 55
| 61
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .933
|
| 1899
| NY
| N
| SS
| 108
| 0
| 0
| 311
| 412
| 42
| 57
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .945
|
| 1900
| NY
| N
| SS
| 114
| 0
| 0
| 279
| 450
| 43
| 53
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1901
| NY
| N
| 3B
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 25
| 47
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
| 1901
| NY
| N
| SS
| 113
| 0
| 0
| 296
| 396
| 45
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .939
|
| 1902
| CHI
| A
| 1B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1902
| CHI
| A
| SS
| 129
| 0
| 0
| 289
| 427
| 37
| 72
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .951
|
| 1903
| NY
| N
| SS
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 9
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .870
|
| 1904
| CHI
| A
| SS
| 152
| 0
| 0
| 347
| 514
| 58
| 62
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .937
|
| 1905
| CHI
| A
| SS
| 151
| 0
| 0
| 330
| 501
| 46
| 56
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .948
|
| 1906
| CHI
| A
| SS
| 129
| 0
| 0
| 263
| 475
| 42
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .946
|
| 1906
| CHI
| A
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1907
| CHI
| A
| SS
| 132
| 0
| 0
| 223
| 485
| 38
| 53
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .949
|
| 1908
| CHI
| A
| 1B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 49
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1908
| CHI
| A
| 2B
| 95
| 0
| 0
| 191
| 314
| 21
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
| 1908
| CHI
| A
| SS
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 51
| 65
| 11
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .913
|
| 1909
| CHI
| A
| 1B
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 189
| 15
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .986
|
| 1909
| CHI
| A
| 2B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .667
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 408
| 34
| 5
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .989
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 303
| 0
| 0
| 611
| 74
| 47
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .936
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 113
| 0
| 0
| 239
| 364
| 29
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .954
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 527
| 0
| 0
| 730
| 1158
| 210
| 89
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .900
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 1372
| 0
| 0
| 3231
| 4787
| 511
| 589
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .940
|
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1891
| CLE
| N
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 15.75
| 4
| 8
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 8
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Cleveland Spiders (1890).
- Traded by Cleveland Spiders to New York Giants in exchange for Buck Ewing (February 28, 1893).
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