Steel Arm Davis

Walter Davis
(Lefty)

Born: June 22, 1896 in Wortham, TX
Died: November 30, 1941 in Chicago, IL
(45 years old)

Bats: L

Throws: L

Ht: 6'1"

Wt: 175

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Notes:

• Buried: Cook County Cemetery (Oak Forest, IL)

Teammates

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	First	Last	Team	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Willie Foster	SP	7	1927	1935	MULT	21.3	-0.2	-0.1	21.6	0.0
2	Pythias Russ	SS	3	1927	1929	CAG	15.6	9.8	4.4	0.0	1.4
3	Turkey Stearnes	CF	4	1923	1935	MULT	10.3	10.9	0.4	-0.7	-0.3
4	Willie Wells	SS	3	1929	1935	CAG/WES	5.6	3.9	1.0	0.0	0.6
5	Jelly Gardner	CF	4	1920	1930	CAG/DYM	5.5	4.0	1.9	0.0	-0.4
6	Willie Powell	SP	4	1927	1933	CAG/CUB	4.8	-0.3	0.0	5.1	0.0
7	Bill Riggins	SS	1	1923	1923	DS	4.7	0.8	3.5	0.0	0.4
8	Sanford Jackson	CF	4	1927	1930	CAG	4.4	1.1	3.1	0.0	0.2
9	Alex Radcliff	3B	5	1927	1935	CAG/WES	4.3	3.6	0.5	0.0	0.3
10	John Hines	C	5	1927	1932	CAG	4.2	2.8	1.5	0.0	-0.1
11	Nat Rogers	RF	5	1927	1935	CAG	3.9	3.7	0.9	0.0	-0.7
12	Webster McDonald	SP	3	1927	1929	CAG	3.6	-0.2	0.0	3.8	0.0
13	Dave Malarcher	3B	4	1927	1933	CAG	3.6	1.9	1.2	0.0	0.5
14	John Taylor	SP	1	1920	1920	COG	2.9	-0.3	0.0	3.2	0.0
15	George Britt	SP	1	1920	1920	DYM	2.8	0.3	0.1	2.3	0.0
16	Jim Brown	1B	6	1927	1935	CAG	2.5	4.1	-0.9	0.0	-0.7
17	Larry Brown	C	4	1927	1935	MULT	2.5	2.1	0.0	0.0	0.4
18	Bill Force	SP	1	1923	1923	DS	2.5	0.6	0.0	2.0	0.0
19	Andy Cooper	SP	1	1923	1923	DS	2.5	-0.6	0.0	3.0	0.0
20	Cool Turner	SS	2	1930	1932	CAG	2.4	1.1	0.9	0.0	0.4
21	Andy Porter	SP	1	1934	1934	BEG	2.4	-0.2	0.0	2.5	0.0
22	Sandy Thompson	LF	4	1928	1932	CAG	2.4	3.2	0.2	0.0	-1.1
23	Mitchell Murray	C	4	1920	1930	CAG/DYM	2.1	0.9	0.9	0.0	0.3
24	Mule Suttles	1B	3	1929	1935	CAG/WES	2.1	2.4	0.1	0.0	-0.3
25	Ted Trent	SP	1	1935	1935	CAG	2.1	-0.3	0.0	2.4	0.0
26	Edgar Wesley	1B	1	1923	1923	DS	1.9	1.4	0.8	0.0	-0.3
27	Oscar Charleston	CF	2	1927-28	1930	CAG/CUB	1.9	1.8	0.2	0.0	-0.1
28	Felton Snow	3B	1	1934	1934	BEG	1.9	1.1	0.7	0.0	0.1
29	Koke Alexander	LF	1	1920	1920	DYM	1.7	1.5	0.2	0.0	-0.1
30	Jim Willis	SP	1	1934	1934	BEG	1.6	-0.1	0.0	1.7	0.0
31	James Bray	C	3	1927	1930	CAG	1.6	1.7	-0.3	0.0	0.1
32	Charley Williams	2B	4	1927	1930	CAG	1.6	0.4	0.0	0.0	1.2
33	George Harney	SP	4	1927	1930	CAG	1.6	-0.3	-0.2	2.0	0.0
34	Sam Bankhead	SS	2	1933	1934	BEG/WES	1.5	1.1	0.3	0.0	0.1
35	Wild Bill Wright	RF	1	1934	1934	BEG	1.5	0.5	1.1	0.0	-0.1
36	Judy Johnson	3B	1	1927-28	1927-28	CUB	1.4	0.7	0.6	0.0	0.1
37	Slim Branham	SP	1	1920	1920	DYM	1.3	-0.1	0.0	1.4	0.0
38	George Sweatt	CF	1	1927	1927	CAG	1.2	1.9	-0.3	0.0	-0.4
39	Candy Jim Taylor	3B	2	1920	1934	BEG/DYM	1.2	0.4	0.7	0.0	0.1
40	Rap Dixon	CF	1	1930	1930	CAG	1.2	1.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
41	José María Fernández	C	1	1930	1930	CAG	1.2	1.2	-0.1	0.0	0.1
42	Luther Farrell	SP	1	1920	1920	COG	1.0	-0.2	0.0	1.2	0.0
43	Yellow Horse Morris	SP	2	1929	1930	CAG	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.0
44	John Beckwith	SS	1	1920	1920	COG	1.0	0.1	0.5	0.3	0.1
45	Charley Wilson	SP	1	1920	1920	DYM	0.9	-0.1	0.0	1.0	0.0
46	Cocaína García	SP	1	1927-28	1927-28	CUB	0.9	-0.1	0.0	1.0	0.0
47	Jack Marshall	2B	3	1932	1935	CAG	0.7	1.2	-0.9	0.0	0.4
48	Rube Curry	SP	1	1927	1927	CAG	0.7	-0.3	-0.2	1.3	0.0
49	Harold Treadwell	SP	1	1928	1928	CAG	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0
50	Jack Combs	SP	1	1923	1923	DS	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
51	Ruben Jones	RF	1	1928	1928	CAG	0.5	0.7	0.0	0.0	-0.2
52	Willie Cornelius	SP	2	1933	1935	CAG	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.0
53	Cando López	LF	1	1927-28	1927-28	CUB	0.4	0.0	0.5	0.0	-0.1
54	Joe Lillard	RP	2	1932	1933	CAG	0.3	0.4	0.1	-0.2	0.0
55	Red Haley	2B	1	1928	1928	CAG	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
56	Ted Radcliffe	RP	1	1929	1929	CAG	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
57	Quincy Trouppe	C	1	1933	1933	CAG	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
58	Francis Nance	SS	1	1929	1929	CAG	0.3	-0.1	0.4	0.0	0.0
59	Bob Griffith	SP	1	1934	1934	BEG	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
60	Waters	RP	1	1920	1920	COG	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
61	Sammy Hughes	2B	1	1934	1934	BEG	0.3	0.9	-0.7	0.0	0.1
62	Tommie Dukes	C	2	1928	1934	BEG/CAG	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1
63	Henry Wright	SP	1	1934	1934	BEG	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
64	Francisco Correa	SS	1	1927-28	1927-28	CUB	0.3	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.2
65	Roberts	SS	1	1920	1920	COG	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
66	Jim West	1B	1	1934	1934	BEG	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.0	-0.1
67	Lou Dials	RF	1	1927	1927	CAG	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
68	Nish Williams	C	1	1934	1934	BEG	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
69	Granville Lyons	1B	1	1934	1934	BEG	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
70	Jabbo Andrews	CF	1	1930	1930	CAG	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
71	Butler White	1B	1	1920	1920	COG	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.1
72	Carl Glass	RP	1	1930	1930	CAG	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
73	Willie Green	3B	1	1920	1920	COG	0.1	1.0	-1.0	0.0	0.1
74	Roosevelt Davis	RP	1	1929	1929	CAG	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
75	J. Toledo	3B	1	1927-28	1927-28	CUB	0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
76	George Holcomb	RP	1	1923	1923	DS	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
77	Pelayo Chacón	2B	1	1927-28	1927-28	CUB	0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1
78	Bobby Campbell	C	1	1932	1932	CAG	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
79	Hoss Walker	SS	1	1934	1934	BEG	0.1	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.1
80	José López	RF	1	1927-28	1927-28	CUB	0.1	0.3	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
81	Bruce Hocker	1B	1	1920	1920	DYM	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1
82	Willie Gay	RF	1	1929	1929	CAG	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
83	Bobby Winston	LF	1	1920	1920	COG	0.1	0.6	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
84	Walter Ball	-	1	1920	1920	COG	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
85	William Webster	C	1	1920	1920	DYM	0.1	-0.3	0.3	0.0	0.1
86	Earl Gurley	RF	1	1927	1927	CAG	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
87	Arthur Coleman	RF	1	1920	1920	DYM	0.0	0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0
88	Clarence Smith	RF	1	1923	1923	DS	0.0	0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.2
89	Johnson	RP	1	1930	1930	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
90	Ramón Bragaña	-	1	1927-28	1927-28	CUB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
91	Leroy Morney	-	1	1933	1933	WES	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
92	Mack Eggleston	C	1	1934	1934	BEG	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
93	Anthony Cooper	CF	1	1934	1934	BEG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
94	Jimmie Lyons	-	1	1932	1932	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
95	Armando Marsans	-	1	1927-28	1927-28	CUB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
96	Johnny Jones	2B	1	1923	1923	DS	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
97	Don Jefferson	-	1	1920	1920	DYM	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
98	Walter Harper	-	1	1929	1929	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
99	George Boggs	RP	1	1923	1923	DS	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
100	Clarence Palm	C	1	1932	1932	CAG	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
101	Lloyd Scott	2B	1	1934	1934	BEG	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
102	Ameal Brooks	C	2	1929	1932	CAG	0.0	0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0
103	Charlie Hancock	C	1	1928	1928	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
104	Roy Parnell	CF	1	1934	1934	BEG	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
105	Paul Hardy	C	1	1934	1934	BEG	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
106	Johnny Carr	-	1	1920	1920	DYM	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
107	Kermit Dial	RP	1	1932	1932	CAG	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0
108	Tom Parker	LF	1	1934	1934	BEG	-0.1	0.5	-1.0	0.5	-0.1
109	Alfred Carter	RF	1	1934	1934	BEG	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
110	Bruce Petway	C	1	1923	1923	DS	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.1
111	George Scales	-	1	1930	1930	CAG	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
112	Albert McNeal	C	1	1920	1920	DYM	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
113	George McAllister	1B	1	1930	1930	CAG	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
114	Joe Green	LF	1	1920	1920	COG	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
115	Bill Johnson	RF	1	1920	1920	DYM	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
116	Anderson Pryor	2B	1	1923	1923	DS	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
117	Biff Clark	LF	1	1930	1930	CAG	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
118	Bun Hayes	RP	1	1930	1930	CAG	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
119	Ernest Gooden	3B	1	1923	1923	DS	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
120	Boots McClain	SS	2	1920	1923	DS/DYM	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.1
121	Frank Duncan	C	1	1920	1920	COG	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1
122	Miguel Solís	SS	1	1927-28	1927-28	CUB	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
123	Ed Rile	1B	2	1927-28	1929	CAG/CUB	-0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
124	Subby Byas	C	2	1932	1935	CAG	-0.2	-0.4	0.2	0.0	0.1
125	George Brown	CF	1	1920	1920	DYM	-0.2	0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
126	Bobby Robinson	3B	1	1934	1934	BEG	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
127	Harry Bauchman	2B	1	1920	1920	COG	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
128	Chester Williams	SS	1	1930	1930	CAG	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1
129	Felipe Sierra	-	1	1927-28	1927-28	CUB	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
130	Sam Crawford	C	1	1929	1929	CAG	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
131	Robert Poindexter	-	1	1929	1929	CAG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
132	Fred Goliah	RF	1	1920	1920	COG	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
133	Pablo Martínez	-	1	1927-28	1927-28	CUB	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
134	Herlen Ragland	RP	1	1920	1920	DYM	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
135	Johnie Watson	LF	1	1923	1923	DS	-0.2	-0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.2
136	Owen Smaulding	SP	1	1928	1928	CAG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
137	Chase	RP	1	1920	1920	COG	-0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
138	Hubert Lockhart	RP	1	1929	1929	CAG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
139	Jimmy Miles	LF	1	1935	1935	CAG	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
140	Luther McDonald	SP	2	1930	1935	CAG	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.0
141	Joe Fleet	-	1	1930	1930	CAG	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
142	Frog Holsey	SP	3	1928	1930	CAG	-0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.5	0.0
143	Rogelio Alonso	-	1	1927-28	1927-28	CUB	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
144	Murray Gillispie	-	1	1930	1930	CAG	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
145	L. Casares	RF	1	1927-28	1927-28	CUB	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
146	Lewis Anderson	C	1	1930	1930	CAG	-0.4	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
147	Lemuel Hawkins	1B	1	1928	1928	CAG	-0.4	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
148	Clarence Lewis	SS	1	1934	1934	BEG	-0.4	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
149	Saul Davis	2B	2	1929	1930	CAG	-0.4	-0.7	0.0	0.0	0.2
150	Cheo Hernández	RF	1	1927-28	1927-28	CUB	-0.4	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	0.0
151	Haley	-	1	1923	1923	DS	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
152	Norman Cross	RP	2	1932	1933	CAG	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
153	Thurman Jennings	2B	1	1920	1920	COG	-0.5	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
154	Walter Thomas	RP	1	1935	1935	CAG	-0.5	0.1	-0.1	-0.5	0.0
155	Samuel Dewitt	2B	1	1920	1920	DYM	-0.5	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
156	Tompkins	RF	1	1920	1920	DYM	-0.5	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
157	Cliff Bell	-	1	1930	1930	CAG	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
158	Cool Papa Bell	CF	1	1929	1929	CAG	-0.5	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
159	Frank Duncan	RF	1	1920	1920	COG	-0.5	0.0	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
160	Willie Gray	-	1	1920	1920	DYM	-0.6	0.1	0.0	-0.6	0.0
161	David Wingfield	2B	1	1920	1920	DYM	-0.6	-0.1	-0.3	-0.2	0.0
162	Basilio Rosell	SP	1	1927-28	1927-28	CUB	-0.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	0.0
163	John Cunningham	SS	1	1920	1920	DYM	-0.7	-0.2	-0.6	0.0	0.1
164	Dave Knight	RP	1	1930	1930	CAG	-0.7	0.0	0.0	-0.7	0.0
165	Lem McDougal	-	1	1920	1920	COG	-0.7	0.1	0.0	-0.8	0.0
166	Percy Miller	RP	1	1934	1934	BEG	-0.8	-0.2	0.0	-0.6	0.0
167	José Pérez	1B	1	1927-28	1927-28	CUB	-0.8	-0.4	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
168	Ossie Brown	-	1	1935	1935	CAG	-0.9	0.0	0.0	-0.9	0.0
169	Herbert Gay	-	1	1929	1929	CAG	-0.9	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	0.0
170	Isaac Lane	3B	1	1920	1920	DYM	-0.9	0.3	-0.7	-0.4	0.0
171	Bobby Williams	3B	1	1928	1928	CAG	-0.9	-0.3	-0.8	0.0	0.1
172	Pepper Daniels	C	1	1923	1923	DS	-0.9	-0.5	-0.5	0.0	0.1
173	Horace Jenkins	CF	1	1920	1920	COG	-1.0	0.4	-1.2	-0.1	-0.1
174	Zack Clayton	1B	1	1935	1935	CAG	-1.1	-0.9	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
175	George Mitchell	RP	1	1930	1930	CAG	-1.2	0.3	0.1	-1.6	0.0
176	Bobby Anderson	2B	1	1920	1920	COG	-1.2	0.3	-1.6	0.0	0.1
177	Harry Jeffries	3B	4	1920	1930	MULT	-1.3	-2.2	0.6	0.0	0.4
178	Malvin Powell	SP	5	1929	1935	CAG	-1.5	0.4	0.4	-2.0	-0.3
179	Hooty Phillips	3B	1	1923	1923	DS	-1.6	-0.9	-0.7	0.0	0.1
180	Jack Marshall	SP	1	1929	1929	CAG	-1.6	-0.2	0.0	-1.4	0.0
181	Buck Alexander	SP	1	1923	1923	DS	-1.6	0.0	0.0	-1.6	0.0
182	Andy Drake	C	2	1932	1933	CAG	-1.6	-0.3	-0.1	-1.3	0.0
183	Wilson Redus	RF	1	1935	1935	CAG	-1.9	-1.2	-0.5	0.0	-0.2
184	Buck Miller	SS	4	1927	1930	CAG	-2.9	-0.3	-1.8	-1.3	0.4

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