Johnny Davis

John Howard Davis
(Cherokee)

Born: February 6, 1917 in Ashland, VA
Died: November 17, 1982 in Fort Lauderdale, FL
(65 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 6'2"

Wt: 217

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Notes:

• College: City University of New York (New York, NY)
• Played in the Minor Leagues

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1940	NE	NN2	23	RP	3		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0				0
1941	NE	NN2	24	CF	26	106	97	10	25	3	2	2	13	0		7				2			.258	.308	.392	.699	100
1942	NE	NN2	25	LF	25	100	87	13	27	1	2	2	22	2		13				0			.310	.400	.437	.837	144
1943	NOS/NE	NSA/NN2	26	CF	36	155	136	28	44	9	2	4	25	3		14			0	5	0		.324	.387	.507	.894	134
1944	NE/EAS	NN2/EWA	27	LF	32	118	105	17	37	4	3	2	23	0		12	0		0	1	0	0	.352	.419	.505	.924	147
1945	MULT	MULT	28	CF	25	99	84	14	28	8	0	4	22	0	0	13			0	2	0	0	.333	.423	.571	.994	178
1946	SPS/NE	MULT	29	LF	72	301	268	45	82	15	1	7	60	4		30			2	1			.306	.380	.448	.828	134
1947	NE	NN2	30	LF	58	234	192	33	52	9	2	7	29	3		35			2	5			.271	.389	.448	.837	128
1948	NE	NN2	31	LF	7	26	23	0	2	0	1	0	3	0		2			0	1			.087	.160	.174	.334	-3
9	5			LF	284	1139	992	160	297	49	13	28	197	12	0	126	0		4	17	0	0	.299	.381	.460	.840	133
162 Game Average						650	566	91	169	28	7	16	112	8	0	72	0		3	10	0	0	.299	.381	.460	.840	133

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
9	Negro Leagues				275	1105	960	157	288	47	13	28	193	12	0	125	0		4	16	0	0	.300	.383	.464	.846	134
2	vs Major Leagues				9	34	32	3	9	2	0	0	4	0		1			0	1			.281	.303	.344	.647	104

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
9	Newark Eagles			LF	272	1094	951	157	285	47	12	28	189	12		123			4	16	0		.300	.382	.463	.845	133
1	North All Stars			-	1	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	3	0		0			0	0	0		.250	.250	.750	1.000	189
2	East All Stars			-	2	7	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.571	.400	.971	137
1	Negro All Stars			-	2	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.750	.750	.750	1.500	425
1	Satchel Paige's Colored All Stars			LF	7	30	28	3	6	2	0	0	3	0		1			0	1			.214	.241	.286	.527	61

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1940	NE	NN2		.000	.355		9.7%						1.4%		.124
1941	NE	NN2	106	.317	.321	6.6%	8.2%					1.9%	1.2%	.134	.103
1942	NE	NN2	100	.401	.327	13.0%	9.6%					2.0%	1.0%	.126	.094
1943	NOS/NE	NSA/NN2	155	.400	.360	9.0%			9.6%			2.6%	0.7%	.184	.106
1944	NE/EAS	NN2/EWA	118	.423	.344	10.2%		0.0%	8.5%			1.7%	0.9%	.152	.106
1945	MULT	MULT	99	.453	.340	13.1%			8.8%			4.0%	0.8%	.238	.089
1946	SPS/NE	MULT	301	.391	.335	10.0%			8.5%			2.3%	1.1%	.142	.094
1947	NE	NN2	234	.388	.344	15.0%	9.0%					3.0%	1.0%	.177	.104
1948	NE	NN2	26	.161	.327	7.7%	8.6%					0.0%	0.8%	.087	.095
9	5		1139	.389	.339	11.1%	8.9%	0.0%	0.3%		328.27	2.5%	1.0%	.160	.099

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
9	Negro Leagues		1105	.392	.341	11.3%	8.9%	0.0%	0.3%		328.27	2.5%	1.0%	.164	.099
2	vs Major Leagues		34	.297	.299	2.9%	7.5%					0.0%	1.0%	.063	.095

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
9	Newark Eagles		1094	.391	.341	11.2%	8.9%					2.6%	1.0%	.163	.099
1	North All Stars		4	.410	.301	0.0%	3.8%					0.0%	0.0%	.500	.095
2	East All Stars		7	.478	.361	28.6%	7.8%	0.0%	3.3%		1.00	0.0%	0.8%	.000	.127
1	Negro All Stars		4	.756	.293	0.0%	7.6%					0.0%	0.0%	.000	.045
1	Satchel Paige's Colored All Stars		30	.235	.299	3.3%	7.5%					0.0%	1.2%	.071	.102

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All biographical data, copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.

Logo by Gary Cieradkowski

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James

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