Jim Davis
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[edit] Biography
Born on September 15, 1924 in Red Bluff, California, Jim Davis (James Bennett Davis) played for the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals and New York Giants over the course of his 4 year career. Davis broke into the bigs on April 18, 1954 with the Chicago Cubs, and put up a 3.52 ERA in 127.2 innings pitched in 1954, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Jim Davis's best season was 1954, when he posted a 3.52 ERA, won 11 games and struck out 58 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | CHI | N | 46 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 3.52 | 58 | 57 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 127.2 | 114 | 12 | 51 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 1955 | CHI | N | 42 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 4.44 | 62 | 79 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 133.2 | 122 | 16 | 58 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| 1956 | CHI | N | 46 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 3.66 | 66 | 56 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 120.1 | 116 | 11 | 59 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| 1957 | STL | N | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.27 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.2 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | NY | N | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.55 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | TOT | N | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.84 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24.2 | 31 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 154 | 39 | 24 | 26 | 4.01 | 197 | 209 | 181 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 406.1 | 383 | 42 | 179 | 12 | 13 | 11 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | CHI | N | P | 46 | 12 | 127.2 | 13 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | .974 |
| 1955 | CHI | N | P | 42 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .964 |
| 1956 | CHI | N | P | 46 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1957 | STL | N | P | 10 | 0 | 13.2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1957 | NY | N | P | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .750 |
| 1957 | TOT | N | P | 20 | 0 | 24.2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .857 |
| Total | P | 154 | 12 | 152.1 | 20 | 75 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | .969 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | CHI | N | 46 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .063 | .231 | .063 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | CHI | N | 42 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .027 | .100 | .027 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1956 | CHI | N | 46 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .179 | .207 | .179 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | STL | N | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | NY | N | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | TOT | N | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 154 | 99 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | .091 | .182 | .091 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 54 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1946).
- Sold by Boston Red Sox to Seattle (PCL) (October 2, 1949).
- Sold by Seattle (PCL) to Chicago Cubs (April 15, 1954).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs with Hobie Landrith, Sam Jones and Eddie Miksis to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Tom Poholsky, Jackie Collum, Ray Katt and Wally Lammers (December 11, 1956).
- Claimed on waivers by New York Giants from St. Louis Cardinals (June 4, 1957).
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