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	NOS/NE	NSA/NN2	26	CF	36	155	136	28	44	9	2	4	25	3		14			0	5	0		.324	.387	.507	.894	135
1944	MULT	MULT	27	LF	34	131	115	19	40	5	3	2	22	0		14	0	1	0	2			.348	.419	.496	.914	142
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		30		0	5	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	127
1948	NE	NN2	31	LF	8	30	26	0	3	0	1	0	3	0		3			0	1			.115	.207	.192	.399	16
9	5			LF	293	1182	1029	164	312	54	13	30	194	12	0	128	0	2	8	17	0	0	.303	.385	.468	.853	134
162 Game Average						654	569	91	173	30	7	17	107	9	0	71	0	3	5	9	0	0	.303	.385	.468	.853	134

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				281	1135	984	160	299	51	13	29	186	12	0	127	0	2	8	16	0	0	.304	.388	.471	.858	134
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	277	1120	971	158	294	51	12	29	182	12		125		2	8	16	0		.303	.387	.470	.856	134
2	North All Stars			CF	2	8	8	2	3	0	1	0	3	0		0			0	0	0		.375	.375	.625	1.000	192
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	134
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	NOS/NE	NSA/NN2	155	.400	.359	9.0%			9.6%			2.6%	0.7%	.184	.106
1944	MULT	MULT	131	.411	.347	10.7%		0.0%	8.2%			1.5%	0.9%	.148	.107
1945	MULT	MULT	94	.471	.342	12.8%			9.0%			4.3%	0.8%	.263	.099
1946	SPS/NE	MULT	332	.402	.338	9.0%			9.1%			2.7%	1.1%	.159	.103
1947	NE	NN2	234	.388	.345	15.0%	9.0%					3.0%	1.0%	.177	.105
1948	NE	NN2	30	.196	.327	10.0%	8.5%					0.0%	0.8%	.077	.095
9	5		1182	.393	.341	10.8%	9.0%	0.0%	3.3%		1.00	2.5%	1.0%	.165	.103

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
9	Negro Leagues		1135	.396	.343	11.2%	9.1%	0.0%	3.3%		1.00	2.6%	1.0%	.167	.103
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		1120	.395	.344	11.2%	9.1%					2.6%	1.0%	.167	.103
2	North All Stars		8	.430	.305	0.0%	2.7%					0.0%	0.0%	.250	.095
2	East All Stars		7	.479	.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, 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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