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George Davis

Full name George Stacey Davis
Born August 23, 1870, Cohoes, New York
Died October 17, 1940, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Buried at Fernwood Cemetery, Fernwood- Delaware County, Pennsylvania (Lot 85- Section 34- Northwest Corner)
First Game: April 19, 1890; Final Game: August 15, 1909
Managed First Game: April 18, 1895; Managed Final Game: October 5, 1901
Bat: Both Throw: Right Height: 5' 9" Weight: 180
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1998
Ejections as player: 1890 (1), 1897 (2), 1902 (1), 1904 (1), 1905 (1), 1907 (3), 1908 (1). Total: 10
Ejections as manager: 1900 (2), 1901 (3). Total: 5
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Discrepancies
                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH  XI   SB   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1890 CLE N                  136   526   98  139  22   9   6   73   53   34   4           22  .264  .336  .375   1.2 1890 CLE N
1891 CLE N                  136   570  115  165  35  12   3   89   53   29   4           42  .289  .354  .409   1.5 1891 CLE N
1892 CLE N                  144   597   95  144  27  12   5   82   58   51   3           36  .241  .312  .352  -1.1 1892 CLE N
1893 NY  N                  133   549  112  195  22  27  11  119   42   20   9           37  .355  .410  .554   3.2 1893 NY  N
1894 NY  N                  124   486  125  171  27  19   9   93   67   10   4   9       42  .352  .434  .541   2.2 1894 NY  N
1895 NY  N                  110   430  108  146  36   9   5  101   55   12   2   3       48  .340  .417  .500   3.2 1895 NY  N
1896 NY  N                  124   494   98  158  25  12   5   99   50   24   4   6       48  .320  .387  .449   3.0 1896 NY  N
1897 NY  N                  131   521  112  184  31  10  10  135   43   23   7   5       65  .353  .410  .509   5.1 1897 NY  N
1898 NY  N                  121   486   80  149  20   5   2   86   32   15   1  10       26  .307  .351  .381   4.0 1898 NY  N
1899 NY  N                  109   419   69  141  22   5   1   59   38   15   2   8       35  .337  .394  .420   6.1 1899 NY  N
1900 NY  N                  114   426   69  136  20   4   3   61   35   23   4   7       29  .319  .376  .406   4.3 1900 NY  N
1901 NY  N    Daily Splits  130   491   69  148  26   7   7   65   40   38   2   5   0   27  .301  .356  .426   4.6 1901 NY  N
1902 CHI A    Daily Splits  132   485   76  145  27   7   3   93   65   23   4  12   0   31  .299  .386  .402   2.0 1902 CHI A
1903 NY  N    Daily Splits    4    15    2    4   0   0   0    1    1    0   0   0   0    0  .267  .313  .267  -0.2 1903 NY  N
1904 CHI A    Daily Splits  152   563   75  142  27  15   1   69   43   61   5  15   0   32  .252  .311  .359   3.7 1904 CHI A
1905 CHI A    Daily Splits  151   550   74  153  29   1   1   55   60   66   4  40   0   31  .278  .353  .340   4.4 1905 CHI A
1906 CHI A    Daily Splits  133   484   63  134  26   6   0   80   41   53   4  12   0   27  .277  .338  .355   3.2 1906 CHI A
1907 CHI A    Daily Splits  132   466   59  111  16   2   1   52   47   60   4  17   0   15  .238  .313  .288   1.1 1907 CHI A
1908 CHI A    Daily Splits  128   419   41   91  14   1   0   26   41   46   7  30   0   22  .217  .298  .255  -0.4 1908 CHI A
1909 CHI A    Daily Splits   28    68    5    9   1   0   0    2   10   10   1   5   0    4  .132  .253  .147  -0.5 1909 CHI A
Total NL (13 Years)        1516  6010 1152 1880 313 131  67 1063  567  294  46  53i  0i 457  .313  .376  .442  37.1 Total NL
Total AL ( 7 Years)         856  3035  393  785 140  32   6  377  307  319  29 131   0  162  .259  .333  .332  13.5 Total AL
Total    (20 Years) Splits 2372  9045 1545 2665 453 163  73 1440  874  613  75 184i  0i 619  .295  .362  .405  50.6 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH  XI   SB   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
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              World Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1906 CHI A    Daily Splits    3    13    4    4   3   0   0    6    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    1   1  .308  .308  .538 1906 CHI A

                             Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H  HR    R   ER   BB   SO  WP HBP  BK   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
1891 CLE N                    3   0   0   0   3   1    4      8   0    8    7    3    4   0   0   0   0   1  15.75     -  -0.6 1891 CLE N

                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1890 CLE N               OF  133                     282   35   18    9      .946     0  129    4 
1890 CLE N               2B    2                       5    2    0    1   0 1.000
1890 CLE N               SS    1                       1    1    0    0   0 1.000
1891 CLE N               OF  116                     257   27   21    1   0  .931     4  111    1 
1891 CLE N               3B   22                      35   49   12    5   0  .875
1891 CLE N                P    3                       0    0    0    0   0     -
1892 CLE N               3B   79                     100  166   25    8   0  .914
1892 CLE N               OF   44                      55   10    7    3      .903     0    3   41 
1892 CLE N               SS   20                      37   54    9    5   0  .910
1892 CLE N               2B    3                       6   11    2    1      .895
1893 NY  N               3B  133                     181  305   64   27   0  .884
1893 NY  N               SS    1                       0    2    0    0   0 1.000
1894 NY  N               3B  124                     155  252   41   19   0  .908
1895 NY  N               3B   80                     122  175   40   18   0  .881
1895 NY  N               1B   14                     126    9    1    5   0  .993
1895 NY  N               2B   10                      33   34    4    4   0  .944
1895 NY  N               OF    7                      15    2    1    0   0  .944     5    0    2 
1896 NY  N               3B   74                     117  169   26   11   1  .917
1896 NY  N               SS   45                     107  141   20   11   0  .925
1896 NY  N               1B    3                      31    4    1    0   0  .972
1896 NY  N               OF    3                       2    0    0    0     1.000     3    0    0 
1897 NY  N               SS  130                     339  438   62   67   1  .926
1898 NY  N               SS  121                     349  421   55   61   1  .933
1899 NY  N               SS  109                     317  415   42   58   1  .946
1900 NY  N               SS  114                     279  450   43   53   0  .944
1901 NY  N Daily Splits  SS  113  112  110   951  i  296  396   45   42   1  .939
1901 NY  N               3B   18   18   17   154.1i   25   47    3    2   0  .960
1902 CHI A Daily Splits  SS  129  129  128  1139.2i  289  427   37   72   0  .951
1902 CHI A               1B    3    2    1     6  i   13    1    0    2   0 1.000
1903 NY  N Daily Splits  SS    4    4    4    38      11    9    3    0   1  .870
1904 CHI A Daily Splits  SS  152  152  150  1325.2i  347  514   58   62   0  .937
1905 CHI A Daily Splits  SS  151  151  150  1356  i  330  501   46   56   0  .948
1906 CHI A Daily Splits  SS  129  128  128  1141.1i  263  475   42   44   0  .946
1906 CHI A               2B    1    0    0             3    0    0    1   0 1.000
1907 CHI A Daily Splits  SS  131  129  126  1124.2i  223  485   38   53   2  .949
1908 CHI A Daily Splits  2B   96   95   92   824  i  191  314   21   25   0  .960
1908 CHI A               SS   22   20   20   188  i   51   65   11    6   0  .913
1908 CHI A               1B    4    4    4    39.2    49    5    0    0   0 1.000
1909 CHI A Daily Splits  1B   18   17   17   146.1i  189   15    3    7   0  .986
1909 CHI A               2B    2    1    1     9  i    1    3    2    0   0  .667
Total (16 Years) Splits  SS 1372  825i 816i 7264.1i 3239 4794  511  590   7  .940
Total ( 7 Years)         3B  530   18i  17i  154.1i  735 1163  211   90   1  .900
Total ( 5 Years)         OF  303                     611   74   47   13   0i .936    12  243   48 
Total ( 6 Years)         2B  114   96i  93i  833  i  239  364   29   32   0i .954
Total ( 5 Years)         1B   42   23i  22i  192  i  408   34    5   14   0  .989
Total ( 1 Year )          P    3                       0    0    0    0   0     -
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
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              World Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1906 CHI A Daily Splits  SS    3    3    3    27       7   14    2    1   0  .913

                           Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1895 NY  N         33   16   17  .485   243   209          6- 4    8  9
1900 NY  N         78   39   37  .513   375   393   7-13           8  8
1901 NY  N        141   52   85  .380   544   755                  7
Total ( 3 Years)  252  107  139  .435  1162  1357
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING

Ejection Information

As player:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 7- 2-1890(2)       CLE N  George Strief       Fighting
 5-10-1897          NY  N  Jack Sheridan       Unknown reason
 7-16-1897(1)       NY  N  Tom Lynch           Fighting
 9- 7-1902(2)  BOX  CHI A  Bob Caruthers       Catch/trap call
 8- 1-1904     BOX  CHI A  Jack Sheridan       Call at 2B
 6- 6-1905     BOX  CHI A  Toss Kelly          Called third strike
 4-17-1907     BOX  CHI A  Jack Stafford       Call at 2B (Threw ball at umpire)
 5-18-1907     BOX  CHI A  Tim Hurst           Call at 3B
 7-30-1907(2)  BOX  CHI A  Jack Sheridan       Call at 3B (Appeal play)
 8-22-1908     BOX  CHI A  Tim Hurst           Call at 1B

As manager:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 8- 2-1900          NY  N  Adonis Terry        Call at 2B
 9-24-1900          NY  N  Pop Snyder          Call at HP
 4-27-1901     BOX  NY  N  Hank O'Day          Call at 1B
 5-17-1901     BOX  NY  N  Billy Nash          Call at HP
 7- 5-1901     BOX  NY  N  Harry Colgan        Call at 1B

Transaction Information

Signed as a 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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