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 Teachers College (Montgomery, AL)
• Buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)
• Played in the Minor Leagues
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Teammates

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	First	Last	Team	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Artie Wilson	SS	5	1944	1948	BBB/WES	8.7	6.1	1.8	0.0	0.8
2	Tommy Sampson	2B	6	1942	1947	BBB	7.0	3.3	3.1	0.0	0.5
3	Ed Steele	RF	7	1942	1948	BBB	5.5	6.4	-0.4	0.0	-0.6
4	Jimmie Newberry	RP	6	1943	1948	BBB	4.1	-0.1	0.0	4.2	0.0
5	Ray Brown	SP	1	1944	1944	HG	4.0	1.0	0.0	3.1	0.0
6	Felix McLaurin	CF	3	1942	1944	BBB	3.7	2.2	1.6	0.0	-0.1
7	Bill Powell	SP	3	1946	1948	BBB/WES	3.2	0.2	0.0	3.0	0.0
8	Buck Leonard	1B	2	1944	1945	HG/NOS	3.0	2.8	0.4	0.0	-0.2
9	Clyde Spearman	RF	1	1943	1943	BBB	2.4	1.7	1.0	0.0	-0.2
10	Johnny Markham	SP	4	1942	1945	BBB	2.4	-0.4	0.0	2.9	0.0
11	Lester Lockett	LF	5	1942	1946	BBB	2.2	0.8	1.8	0.0	-0.4
12	Sam Bankhead	SS	2	1944	1945	HG/NOS	2.2	0.6	1.3	-0.1	0.3
13	Josh Gibson	C	2	1944	1945	HG/NOS	1.9	2.3	-0.5	0.0	0.1
14	Alonzo Boone	RP	2	1944	1945	BBB	1.7	0.2	0.0	1.5	0.0
15	Dave Hoskins	RF	1	1944	1944	HG	1.6	1.2	-0.1	0.6	-0.2
16	Jehosie Heard	SP	3	1946	1948	BBB	1.5	0.1	0.0	1.5	0.0
17	Jerry Benjamin	CF	2	1944	1945	HG/NOS	1.3	1.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
18	Bill Greason	SP	1	1948	1948	BBB	1.2	0.1	0.0	1.1	0.0
19	Diamond Pipkins	SP	1	1942	1942	BBB	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.9	0.0
20	Willie Hubert	SP	1	1944	1944	HG	1.0	-0.1	0.0	1.1	0.0
21	Cool Papa Bell	LF	2	1944	1945	HG/NOS	1.0	1.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.2
22	Roy Welmaker	SP	1	1944	1944	HG	0.9	-0.1	0.0	0.9	0.0
23	Quincy Trouppe	C	3	1946	1948	WES	0.8	0.1	0.7	0.0	0.0
24	Dan Bankhead	SP	5	1942	1947	BBB/WES	0.8	0.4	-0.1	0.5	0.0
25	Lloyd Davenport	CF	1	1942	1942	BBB	0.8	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.0
26	Johnny Smith	RF	1	1942	1942	BBB	0.7	0.3	0.5	0.0	-0.1
27	Alvin Gipson	SP	5	1942	1946	BBB	0.6	-0.4	0.0	1.0	0.0
28	Eddie Snead	SP	1	1942	1942	BBB	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.6	0.0
29	Ted Radcliffe	C	4	1942	1945	BBB	0.5	-0.2	0.4	0.1	0.2
30	Walter Cannady	2B	1	1944	1944	HG	0.5	0.6	-0.2	0.0	0.1
31	Garnett Blair	SP	1	1944	1944	HG	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
32	Joe Scott	1B	1	1948	1948	BBB	0.5	0.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
33	Gentry Jessup	RP	4	1943	1948	BBB/WES	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
34	John Britton	3B	5	1944	1948	BBB	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
35	Paul Hardy	C	2	1942	1943	BBB	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.2
36	John Huber	SP	3	1943	1945	BBB	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0
37	Spoon Carter	SP	3	1944	1948	HG/WES	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.6	0.0
38	Jim Zapp	LF	1	1948	1948	BBB	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.0	-0.1
39	Jesse Warren	LF	1	1942	1942	BBB	0.4	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
40	Curtis Hollingsworth	RP	2	1946	1947	BBB	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
41	Alonzo Perry	SP	2	1947	1948	BBB	0.4	0.1	-0.1	0.5	0.0
42	Leonard Lindsay	1B	1	1943	1943	BBB	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.0	-0.1
43	Lyman Bostock	1B	2	1942	1946	BBB	0.3	0.5	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
44	Fay Washington	SP	1	1944	1944	BBB	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
45	Robert Keys	RP	1	1942	1942	BBB	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
46	Freddie Shepard	CF	2	1945	1946	BBB	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
47	Cowan Hyde	LF	1	1946	1946	WES	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
48	Edsall Walker	SP	1	1944	1944	HG	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
49	Neck Stanley	SP	1	1945	1945	NOS	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
50	Eli Chism	LF	1	1947	1947	BBB	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.1
51	Babe Charter	RF	1	1943	1943	BBB	0.2	-0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
52	Ray Neil	2B	1	1947	1947	WES	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
53	Earl Ashby	C	1	1947	1947	BBB	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
54	Johnie Scott	LF	2	1944	1946	BBB/WES	0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
55	Earl Bumpus	LF	2	1944	1945	BBB	0.2	0.3	-0.2	0.1	0.0
56	Sam Jethroe	CF	2	1946	1947	WES	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
57	Lefty Boone	RP	1	1944	1944	HG	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
58	Felix Evans	RP	1	1946	1946	WES	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
59	Clyde Nelson	3B	1	1946	1946	WES	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
60	Johnny Johnson	RP	1	1944	1944	HG	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
61	Leon Kellman	-	2	1947	1948	WES	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
62	José Colás	LF	2	1947	1948	WES	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
63	Alfred Saylor	SP	3	1943	1945	BBB	0.1	-0.2	-0.2	0.6	0.0
64	Sam Hill	-	1	1948	1948	WES	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
65	Willie Grace	RF	2	1946	1948	WES	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
66	Leandy Young	LF	2	1944	1945	BBB	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
67	Jack McLaurin	CF	1	1945	1945	BBB	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
68	James Dailey	1B	1	1945	1945	BBB	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
69	Roberto Vargas	RP	1	1948	1948	WES	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
70	Dave Barnhill	RP	1	1945	1945	NOS	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
71	Vic Harris	LF	1	1944	1944	HG	0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
72	Willie Mays	CF	1	1948	1948	BBB	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
73	Bob Boyd	1B	2	1947	1948	WES	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
74	Willard Brown	CF	1	1948	1948	WES	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
75	Buddy Armour	RF	2	1945	1947	NOS/WES	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
76	Bill Bradford	RF	2	1942	1945	BBB	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1
77	Clarence Lamar	3B	1	1942	1942	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
78	Jim Starks	1B	1	1945	1945	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
79	Neil Robinson	LF	1	1948	1948	WES	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
80	Herb Shaw	-	1	1942	1942	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
81	Robert Gaston	C	1	1944	1944	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
82	Winfield Welch	RP	1	1942	1942	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
83	Bennett	LF	1	1942	1942	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
84	John Henry Oliver	CF	1	1945	1945	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
85	Willie McNeely	LF	1	1946	1946	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
86	James Bizzle	LF	1	1947	1947	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
87	Harrington	1B	1	1944	1944	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
88	Quincy Smith	CF	1	1945	1945	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
89	Gready McKinnis	SP	3	1942	1944	BBB	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0
90	English	1B	1	1944	1944	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
91	Dolly King	RF	1	1944	1944	HG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
92	Herman Bell	C	5	1943	1948	BBB	0.0	-0.3	0.1	0.0	0.1
93	Chet Brewer	RP	1	1947	1947	WES	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
94	Leamon Johnson	SS	1	1943	1943	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
95	Jack Riley	LF	1	1945	1945	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
96	Sam Hairston	-	1	1948	1948	WES	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
97	Tipton	-	1	1942	1942	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
98	John Brown	-	1	1946	1946	WES	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
99	Herb Souell	-	2	1947	1948	WES	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
100	Johnnie Dawson	C	1	1942	1942	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
101	Nat Rogers	-	1	1942	1942	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
102	Walter Treherne	1B	1	1945	1945	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
103	Silas Griffin	3B	1	1947	1947	BBB	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
104	Raymond Taylor	-	1	1944	1944	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
105	Harry Barnes	C	1	1942	1942	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
106	Johnny Williams	RP	4	1943	1947	BBB/WES	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
107	Frank Thompson	RP	1	1945	1945	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
108	Harry Williams	3B	1	1945	1945	NOS	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
109	Tom Parker	-	1	1945	1945	NOS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
110	Willie Young	RP	1	1945	1945	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
111	Jim West	1B	1	1947	1947	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
112	Curtis Palmer	-	1	1945	1945	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
113	Harper	2B	1	1945	1945	BBB	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
114	Jud Wilson	3B	1	1944	1944	HG	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
115	Bob Harvey	CF	1	1945	1945	BBB	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
116	Specs Ellis	RP	2	1942	1944	BBB	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
117	Chico Renfroe	-	1	1946	1946	WES	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
118	Pee Wee Jenkins	-	1	1944	1944	BBB	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
119	Sonny Harris	RF	1	1942	1942	BBB	-0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
120	Roy Phelps	CF	1	1945	1945	BBB	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
121	Wiley Griggs	2B	1	1948	1948	BBB	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
122	Robert Abernathy	-	1	1947	1947	WES	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
123	David Whatley	RF	1	1944	1944	HG	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
124	Alphonse Dunn	1B	2	1942	1943	BBB	-0.1	0.8	-0.8	0.0	-0.1
125	Jesse Matthews	1B	1	1942	1942	BBB	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
126	Jim Cohen	RP	1	1948	1948	WES	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
127	Matt Carlisle	-	1	1944	1944	HG	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
128	Sammy Williams	RP	2	1947	1948	BBB	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
129	Jesse Douglas	2B	1	1942	1942	BBB	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
130	Joe Spencer	SS	3	1942	1945	MULT	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1
131	Wadel Miller	2B	1	1942	1942	BBB	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
132	Ford Smith	RP	1	1947	1947	WES	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
133	Goose Tatum	RF	2	1942	1947	BBB/WES	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
134	Alex Radcliff	3B	2	1942	1946	BBB/WES	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
135	Emanuel Sampson	LF	1	1946	1946	BBB	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
136	Roland Anderson	-	1	1944	1944	HG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
137	Nat Pollard	RP	3	1946	1948	BBB	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
138	Collins Jones	CF	3	1944	1946	BBB	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
139	Lee Moody	LF	2	1946	1947	BBB	-0.2	-0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.1
140	Jimmy Reynolds	1B	1	1946	1946	BBB	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
141	Hill	-	1	1944	1944	HG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
142	Jim Daniels	RP	1	1943	1943	BBB	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
143	Jim LaMarque	RP	1	1948	1948	WES	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
144	Archie Ware	1B	1	1946	1946	WES	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
145	Bill Perkins	C	1	1945	1945	BBB	-0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
146	Leroy Morney	LF	3	1942	1944	BBB	-0.3	0.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
147	Jelly Jackson	2B	1	1944	1944	HG	-0.3	-0.6	0.2	0.0	0.1
148	Johnny Wright	RP	1	1944	1944	HG	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
149	Buster Haywood	-	1	1946	1946	WES	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
150	Norman Robinson	CF	2	1947	1948	BBB	-0.3	0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.0
151	Johnny Ray	CF	1	1945	1945	BBB	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
152	John Thomas	CF	2	1946	1947	BBB	-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
153	Tom Hunter	-	1	1944	1944	BBB	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
154	Eddie White	RF	1	1944	1944	HG	-0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
155	Luther Gilyard	1B	1	1942	1942	BBB	-0.4	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
156	Vibert Clarke	RP	3	1946	1948	WES	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
157	Buck Felder	2B	1	1945	1945	BBB	-0.5	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
158	Ray Battle	3B	1	1944	1944	HG	-0.5	-0.1	-0.4	0.0	0.0
159	Orinthal Anderson	CF	1	1947	1947	BBB	-0.6	0.1	-0.3	-0.3	0.0
160	Pepper Bassett	C	5	1944	1948	BBB/WES	-0.9	-0.1	-1.0	0.0	0.2
161	Hoss Walker	SS	2	1942	1943	BBB	-1.3	-0.9	-0.6	0.0	0.2

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