Jumbo Davis

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Full Name: James J. Davis	Primary Position: 3B,SS
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/195	First Game: July 27, 1884
Birthdate: September 5, 1861	Final Game: May 22, 1891
Birthplace: New York, New York	MLB Experience: 7 years
Died: February 14, 1921
Deathplace: St. Louis, Missouri
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
8 Categories

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Jumbo Davis (James J. Davis) was born on September 5, 1861 in New York, New York. He made his Major League debut on July 27, 1884 for the Kansas City Unions. In 1886, his rookie year, he hit .194 with 1 home run and 20 RBI. Davis played for the Kansas City Unions, Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Cowboys, St. Louis Browns, Brooklyn Gladiators and Washington Senators over the course of his 7 year career.

Most people believe that Jumbo Davis's best season was 1887, when he stole 49 bases, hit for a .309 average and knocked in 109 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1884	KC	U	7	29	3	6	0	0	.207	.207	.207	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1886	BAL	a	60	216	23	42	1	20	.194	.240	.250	5	2	11	0	2	0	12	0	0
1887	BAL	a	130	485	81	150	8	109	.309	.353	.485	23	19	28	0	5	0	49	0	0
1888	KC	a	121	491	70	131	3	61	.267	.304	.363	22	8	20	0	6	0	42	0	0
1889	STL	a	2	4	1	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1889	KC	a	62	241	40	64	0	30	.266	.319	.307	4	3	17	35	2	0	25	0	0
1889	TOT	a	64	245	41	64	0	30	.261	.317	.302	4	3	18	36	2	0	25	0	0
1890	STL	a	21	71	8	18	0	13	.254	.338	.324	3	1	9	0	0	0	5	0	0
1890	BRO	a	38	142	33	43	2	28	.303	.385	.437	9	2	15	0	4	0	10	0	0
1890	TOT	a	59	213	41	61	2	41	.286	.369	.399	12	3	24	0	4	0	15	0	0
1891	WAS	a	12	44	7	14	0	9	.318	.412	.477	3	2	7	5	0	0	8	0	0
Total	UA		7	29	3	6	0	0	.207	.207	.207	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	AA		446	1694	263	462	14	270	.273	.323	.382	69	37	108	41	19	0	151	0	0
Total			453	1723	266	468	14	270	.272	.322	.379	69	37	108	41	19	0	151	0	0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1884	KC	U	3B	7	0	0	5	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.633
1886	BAL	a	3B	60	0	0	82	114	35	6	0	0	0	0	0	.848
1887	BAL	a	3B	87	0	0	91	199	61	7	0	0	0	0	0	.826
1887	BAL	a	SS	43	0	0	57	132	37	5	0	0	0	0	0	.836
1888	KC	a	SS	8	0	0	12	27	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.813
1888	KC	a	3B	113	0	0	155	334	91	27	0	0	0	0	0	.843
1889	STL	a	SS	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1889	STL	a	OF	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1889	KC	a	3B	62	0	0	93	140	57	14	0	0	0	0	0	.803
1890	STL	a	3B	21	0	0	23	53	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.731
1890	BRO	a	3B	38	0	0	49	87	25	9	0	0	0	0	0	.845
1890	TOT	a	3B	59	0	0	72	140	53	11	0	0	0	0	0	.800
1891	WAS	a	3B	12	0	0	19	22	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	.820
Total			SS	52	0	0	70	159	46	5	0	0	0	0	0	.833
Total			3B	400	0	0	517	963	317	67	0	0	0	0	0	.824
Total			OF	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Baltimore Orioles to Kansas City Cowboys for $700 (February 13, 1888).

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