Steel Arm Davis - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

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)

Pitching

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1920	COG/DM	NNL	24	SP	0	0		3	1		0	0	0	3.1	8	8	10	0	3	3	2		0	23	21.60	18
1923	DS	NNL	27	RF	5	4	.556	12	10		4	0	1	66.1	43	35	64	7	37	27	0	0	0	287	4.75	98
1930	CAG	NNL/NvM	34	RF	0	0		5	0		0	0	0	8.2	6	5	7	0	8	6	1	0	2	43	5.19	70
1933	CAG/WES	EWA/NN2	37	LF	0	0		1	1		0	0	0	4.0	4	3	9	0	0	1	0		0	19	6.75	65
4	4			RF	5	4	.556	21	12		4	0	1	82.1	61	51	90	7	48	37	3	0	2	372	5.57	79
162 Game Average					10	8	.556	43	25		8	0	2	169.2	126	105	185	14	99	76	6	0	4	767	5.57	79

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1	Chicago Giants			-	0	0		2	0		0	0	0	1.1	3	3	4	0	2	2	2		0	10	20.25	20
1	Dayton Marcos			-	0	0		1	1		0	0	0	2.0	5	5	6	0	1	1	0		0	13	22.50	17
1	Detroit Stars I			SP	5	4	.556	12	10		4	0	1	66.1	43	35	64	7	37	27	0	0	0	287	4.75	98
2	Chicago American Giants			RF	0	0		6	1		0	0	0	12.2	10	8	16	0	8	7	1	0	2	62	5.68	68

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
1920	COG/DM	NNL	24	SP	3.1		3.90	1.37		13.0%	10.6%		13.0%	8.4%		1.00	1.27		0.0%	0.4%
1923	DS	NNL	27	RF	66.1		1.52	1.50		9.4%	8.8%		12.9%	8.1%		0.73	1.09		2.4%	1.3%
1930	CAG	NNL/NvM	34	RF	8.2		1.73	1.25		14.0%	12.5%		18.6%	7.1%		0.75	1.77		0.0%	1.2%
1933	CAG/WES	EWA/NN2	37	LF	4.0		2.25	1.37		5.3%	12.2%		0.0%	6.7%			1.82		0.0%	1.0%
4	4			RF	82.1		1.68	1.46		9.9%	9.5%		12.9%	7.9%		0.77	1.21		1.9%	1.2%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP		WHIP	Lg		K%	Lg		BB%	Lg		K/BB	Lg		HR%	Lg
1	Chicago Giants			-	1.1		4.50	1.39		20.0%	10.6%		20.0%	8.4%		1.00	1.26		0.0%	0.4%
1	Dayton Marcos			-	2.0		3.50	1.36		7.7%	10.7%		7.7%	8.3%		1.00	1.29		0.0%	0.4%
1	Detroit Stars I			SP	66.1		1.52	1.50		9.4%	8.8%		12.9%	8.1%		0.73	1.09		2.4%	1.3%
2	Chicago American Giants			RF	12.2		1.89	1.29		11.3%	12.4%		12.9%	7.0%		0.88	1.78		0.0%	1.2%

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1920	COG/DM	NNL	24	SP	3	23	20	8	10	3	0	0	2		3	3		0	0		0	.500	.565	.650	1.215
1923	DS	NNL	27	RF	12	287	242	43	64	8	3	7			37	27		0	8		6	.264	.362	.409	.771
1930	CAG	NNL/NvM	34	RF	5	43	33	6	7	2	0	0	0		8	6	0	2	0		1	.212	.395	.273	.668
1933	CAG/WES	EWA/NN2	37	LF	1	19	19	4	9	1	0	0	0		0	1		0	0		0	.474	.474	.526	1.000
4	4			RF	21	372	314	61	90	14	3	7	2		48	37	0	2	8		7	.287	.385	.417	.802

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Chicago Giants			-	2	10	8	3	4	1	0	0	1		2	2		0	0		0	.500	.600	.625	1.225
1	Dayton Marcos			-	1	13	12	5	6	2	0	0	1		1	1		0	0		0	.500	.538	.667	1.205
1	Detroit Stars I			SP	12	287	242	43	64	8	3	7			37	27		0	8		6	.264	.362	.409	.771
2	Chicago American Giants			RF	6	62	52	10	16	3	0	0	0		8	7	0	2	0		1	.308	.419	.365	.785

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