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	48	200	178	30	50	13	2	2	28	3		18			2	2	0		.281	.354	.410	.764	140
1944	BBB/HG	MULT	26	1B	38	157	148	18	30	3	2	2	14	3		8		0	1	0	0	0	.203	.248	.291	.539	69
1945	BBB/NOS	NAL/NSA	27	1B	26	108	96	15	35	4	2	2	17	2		9		0	0	3			.365	.419	.510	.929	171
1946	BBB/WES	NAL/EWA	28	2B	12	53	43	9	13	2	2	0	2	1	0	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	.302	.423	.442	.865	162
1947	BBB/WES	NAL/EWA	29	2B	16	72	66	17	24	4	3	1	14	2	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	.364	.417	.561	.977	157
1948	BBB/WES	MULT	30	2B	38	160	147	30	55	10	2	2	21	7	0	10	0	0	3	0	0	0	.374	.425	.510	.935	159
7	4			2B	179	752	680	119	207	36	13	9	96	18	0	60	1	0	6	6	0	0	.304	.366	.435	.801	136
162 Game Average						681	615	108	187	33	12	8	87	19	0	54	41	0	5	5	0	0	.304	.366	.435	.801	136

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	171	717	650	112	199	33	13	9	89	15		56		0	5	6	0		.306	.366	.438	.804	136
1	Homestead Grays			1B	1	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		1		0	1	0		0	.000	.400	.000	.400	12
1	North All Stars			2B	1	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	2	0		0		0	0	0			.200	.200	.400	.600	85
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	174

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	200	.366	.309	9.0%			7.5%			1.0%	0.4%	.129	.070
1944	BBB/HG	MULT	157	.263	.306	5.1%			7.0%			1.3%	0.5%	.088	.070
1945	BBB/NOS	NAL/NSA	108	.421	.321	8.3%			7.1%			1.9%	0.6%	.146	.087
1946	BBB/WES	NAL/EWA	53	.418	.322	17.0%		1.9%	7.9%	9.00		0.0%	0.4%	.140	.068
1947	BBB/WES	NAL/EWA	72	.448	.357	8.3%			9.7%			1.4%	0.8%	.197	.108
1948	BBB/WES	MULT	160	.439	.340	6.3%		0.0%	8.9%			1.3%	1.0%	.136	.105
7	4		752	.378	.322	8.0%	7.9%	6.3%	5.5%	2.00	1.57	1.2%	0.6%	.131	.083

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
7	Birmingham Black Barons		717	.379	.323	7.8%	7.8%					1.3%	0.6%	.132	.084
1	Homestead Grays		5	.309	.350	20.0%	8.5%					0.0%	0.9%	.000	.106
1	North All Stars		5	.292	.330	0.0%	10.3%					0.0%	0.0%	.200	.043
3	West All Stars		25	.405	.289	12.0%	8.4%	6.3%	5.5%	2.00	1.57	0.0%	0.3%	.091	.063

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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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