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	99
1942	NE	NN2	25	LF	25	100	87	13	27	1	2	2	22	2		13				0			.310	.400	.437	.837	144
1943	NE/NOS	NN2/NSA	26	CF	36	155	136	28	44	9	2	4	25	3		14			0	5	0		.324	.387	.507	.894	135
1944	EAS/NE	EWA/NN2	27	LF	32	118	105	17	37	4	3	2	23	0		12	0		0	1	0	0	.352	.419	.505	.924	148
1945	MULT	MULT	28	CF	24	94	80	14	28	9	0	4	21	0	0	12		1	1	1	0	0	.350	.441	.613	1.053	189
1946	SPS/NE	MULT	29	LF	79	332	296	47	93	18	1	9	59	4		31		0	4	1			.314	.387	.473	.860	138
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	290	1165	1016	162	308	53	13	30	195	12	0	126	0	1	7	16	0	0	.303	.384	.469	.853	135
162 Game Average						651	568	90	172	30	7	17	109	9	0	70	0	2	6	9	0	0	.303	.384	.469	.853	135

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				278	1118	971	158	295	50	13	29	187	12	0	125	0	1	7	15	0	0	.304	.387	.472	.859	135
2	vs Major Leagues				12	47	45	4	13	3	0	1	8	0		1		0	0	1			.289	.304	.422	.727	137

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	275	1107	962	158	292	50	12	29	183	12		123		1	7	15	0		.304	.386	.471	.857	135
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	0	.400	.571	.400	.971	137
1	Negro All Stars			-	2	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	0			.750	.750	.750	1.500	540
1	Satchel Paige's Colored All Stars			LF	10	43	41	4	10	3	0	1	7	0		1			0	1			.244	.262	.390	.652	99

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	.322	6.6%	8.3%					1.9%	1.2%	.134	.104
1942	NE	NN2	100	.401	.327	13.0%	9.6%					2.0%	1.0%	.126	.094
1943	NE/NOS	NN2/NSA	155	.400	.359	9.0%			9.6%			2.6%	0.7%	.184	.106
1944	EAS/NE	EWA/NN2	118	.423	.343	10.2%		0.0%	8.5%			1.7%	0.9%	.152	.106
1945	MULT	MULT	94	.471	.342	12.8%			9.0%			4.3%	0.8%	.263	.099
1946	SPS/NE	MULT	332	.402	.338	9.3%			9.1%			2.7%	1.1%	.159	.102
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		1165	.394	.340	10.8%	9.0%	0.0%	3.3%		1.00	2.6%	1.0%	.166	.102

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
9	Negro Leagues		1118	.397	.343	11.2%	9.1%	0.0%	3.3%		1.00	2.6%	1.0%	.168	.102
2	vs Major Leagues		47	.322	.282	2.1%	6.5%					2.1%	1.2%	.133	.108

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
9	Newark Eagles		1107	.396	.343	11.1%	9.1%					2.6%	1.0%	.167	.102
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	.242	0.0%	6.0%					0.0%	0.0%	.000	.042
1	Satchel Paige's Colored All Stars		43	.282	.286	2.3%	6.6%					2.3%	1.4%	.146	.114

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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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