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.
Statistics
Batting Stats
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
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
Fielding Stats
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
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
Pitching Stats
Year
Team
G
GS
W
L
ERA
K
R
ER
CG
SHO
SV
IP
H
HR
BB
IB
WP
HBP
1891
CLE
N
3
0
0
1
15.75
4
8
7
0
0
1
4
8
0
3
0
0
0
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).