Piper Davis

Lorenzo Davis

Born: July 3, 1917 in Piper, AL
Died: May 21, 1997 in Birmingham, AL
(79 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 6'3"

Wt: 188

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Notes:

• High School: Fairfield Industrial HS (Fairfield, AL)
• College: Alabama State University (Montgomery, AL)
• Buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)
• Played in the Minor Leagues
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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+
1942	BBB	NAL	24	2B	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0				0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1943	BBB	MULT	25	SS	47	196	174	30	48	13	2	2	27	3		18			2	2	0		.276	.351	.408	.759	139
1944	HG/BBB	MULT	26	1B	30	123	116	13	23	3	1	2	13	2		6			0	1	0		.198	.238	.293	.531	65
1945	BBB	NAL	27	1B	21	86	78	13	30	3	2	1	11	2		5			0	3			.385	.422	.513	.935	174
1946	WES/BBB	EWA/NAL	28	2B	11	47	39	9	12	2	2	0	4	1	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.426	.462	.887	169
1947	WES/BBB	EWA/NAL	29	2B	13	57	51	11	20	4	3	0	9	2	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	.392	.456	.588	1.044	189
1948	BBB/WES	MULT	30	2B	31	131	120	26	47	10	2	2	18	5	0	8	0	0	3	0	0	0	.392	.443	.558	1.001	176
7	3			2B	154	642	580	102	180	35	12	7	82	15	0	51	1	0	5	6	0	0	.310	.371	.448	.819	142
162 Game Average						675	610	107	189	37	13	7	86	16	0	54	41	0	6	6	0	0	.310	.371	.448	.819	142

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+
7	Birmingham Black Barons			2B	147	612	555	96	173	33	12	7	77	12		47			5	5	0		.312	.371	.452	.823	143
1	Homestead Grays			1B	1	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		1				1			.000	.250	.000	.250	-28
3	West All Stars			2B	6	25	22	5	7	2	0	0	5	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.318	.400	.409	.809	154

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1942	BBB	NAL	2	.000	.308	0.0%	7.1%					0.0%	0.7%	.000	.078
1943	BBB	MULT	196	.364	.309	9.2%			7.5%			1.0%	0.4%	.132	.070
1944	HG/BBB	MULT	123	.256	.308	4.9%			7.2%			1.6%	0.5%	.095	.070
1945	BBB	NAL	86	.419	.318	5.8%	7.1%					1.2%	0.6%	.128	.090
1946	WES/BBB	EWA/NAL	47	.434	.323	17.0%		2.1%	8.1%	8.00		0.0%	0.4%	.154	.064
1947	WES/BBB	EWA/NAL	57	.483	.341	10.5%			9.1%			0.0%	0.7%	.196	.100
1948	BBB/WES	MULT	131	.465	.339	6.1%		0.0%	8.3%			1.5%	1.0%	.167	.105
7	3		642	.386	.320	7.9%	7.7%	6.3%	5.2%	2.00	1.88	1.1%	0.6%	.138	.082

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
7	Birmingham Black Barons		612	.387	.320	7.7%	7.7%					1.1%	0.6%	.141	.082
1	Homestead Grays		5	.150	.342	20.0%	8.6%					0.0%	0.9%	.000	.103
3	West All Stars		25	.405	.307	12.0%	8.8%	6.3%	5.2%	2.00	1.88	0.0%	0.3%	.091	.069

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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.

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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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