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	30	123	116	13	23	3	1	2	13	2		6			0	1	0		.198	.238	.293	.531	71
1945	NOS/BBB	NSA/NAL	27	1B	24	99	91	15	32	4	2	2	14	2		5		0	0	3			.352	.385	.505	.891	164
1946	BBB/WES	NAL/EWA	28	2B	11	48	39	8	12	1	2	0	2	1	0	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	.308	.426	.436	.861	164
1947	BBB/WES	NAL/EWA	29	2B	15	68	62	15	22	4	3	1	13	2	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	.355	.412	.565	.976	160
1948	BBB/WES	MULT	30	2B	38	157	144	28	53	10	2	2	22	6	0	10	0	0	3	0	0	0	.368	.420	.507	.927	158
7	4			2B	167	697	632	109	192	35	12	9	92	16	0	53	1	0	5	7	0	0	.304	.362	.440	.802	138
162 Game Average						676	613	106	186	34	12	9	89	17	0	51	41	0	6	7	0	0	.304	.362	.440	.802	138

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	159	662	602	102	184	32	12	9	85	13		49		0	5	6	0		.306	.363	.444	.806	138
1	Homestead Grays			1B	1	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		1				1			.000	.250	.000	.250	-29
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	123	.256	.298	4.9%			7.0%			1.6%	0.5%	.095	.067
1945	NOS/BBB	NSA/NAL	99	.400	.315	5.1%			7.0%			2.0%	0.6%	.154	.086
1946	BBB/WES	NAL/EWA	48	.417	.320	16.7%		2.1%	7.9%	8.00		0.0%	0.5%	.128	.066
1947	BBB/WES	NAL/EWA	68	.448	.353	8.8%			9.5%			1.5%	0.7%	.210	.105
1948	BBB/WES	MULT	157	.436	.340	6.4%		0.0%	8.9%			1.3%	0.9%	.139	.103
7	4		697	.378	.320	7.6%	7.9%	6.3%	5.5%	2.00	1.57	1.3%	0.6%	.136	.082

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
7	Birmingham Black Barons		662	.379	.321	7.4%	7.8%					1.4%	0.6%	.138	.083
1	Homestead Grays		5	.150	.344	20.0%	8.6%					0.0%	0.9%	.000	.104
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, 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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