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Harry Davis
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Birthdate: 7/19/1873
Died: 8/11/1947
Height / Weight: 5' 10" / 180 lbs.
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, PA, USA
Bats / Throws: R / R

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Harry Davis 1906 photo, Philadelphia Athletics first baseman standing at first base in South Side Park in game against Chicago White Sox . SDN - 052193 Chicago Daily News Photo courtesy Chicago HIstorical Society

Jasper Davis was the first major league player to lead his league in home runs for four straight years. He also led the league twice in RBI's, 3 times in doubles, and once in runs scored. In the Dead Ball Era of 1904, Slugger Harry Davis won his first Homer Crown by blasting 10. The following year Jasper Davis slugged 8 homers to take another crown, he also led the league in doubles, 47, in runs scored with 92 and in RBIs with 83. Davis hitting helped the Philadelphia A's in their pennant winning years thru the early 1900's. Connie Mack appointed Jasper Davis the team captain for his field strategy and made him a coach following Harry Davis retirement in 1913, he coached until 1919. In his career, Davis batted 6,653 times, hit 363 doubles, 145 triples, 75 homers, batting average .277, and scored 1001 runs. baseballhistorian.com archives


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
25 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1895 NYG (NL) 7 24 1 7 0 1 0 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .292 .346 SLG
1896 PIT (NL) 44 168 24 32 5 6 0 23 13 21 9 0 0 2 4 0 .190 .257 SLG
1896 NYG (NL) 64 233 43 64 11 10 2 50 31 20 16 0 0 5 5 0 .275 .372 SLG
1897 PIT (NL) 111 429 70 131 10 28 2 63 26 0 21 0 0 10 10 0 .305 .359 SLG
1898 PIT (NL) 58 222 31 65 9 13 1 24 12 0 7 0 0 1 6 0 .293 .332 SLG
1898 WHS (NL) 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1898 LOU (NL) 37 138 18 30 5 2 1 16 7 0 6 0 0 0 3 0 .217 .255 SLG
1899 WHS (NL) 18 64 3 12 2 3 0 8 8 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 .188 .288 SLG
1901 PHA (AL) 117 496 92 152 28 10 8 76 23 0 21 0 0 2 4 0 .306 .340 SLG
1902 PHA (AL) 133 561 89 172 43 8 6 92 30 0 28 0 0 1 7 0 .307 .343 SLG
1903 PHA (AL) 106 420 77 125 28 7 6 55 24 0 24 0 0 5 6 0 .298 .343 SLG
1904 PHA (AL) 102 404 54 125 21 11 10 62 23 0 12 0 0 2 6 0 .309 .350 SLG
1905 PHA (AL) 150 607 93 173 47 6 8 83 43 0 36 0 0 2 5 0 .285 .334 SLG
1906 PHA (AL) 145 551 94 161 42 7 12 96 49 0 23 0 0 5 9 0 .292 .355 SLG
1907 PHA (AL) 149 582 84 155 35 8 8 87 42 0 20 0 0 2 12 0 .266 .318 SLG
1908 PHA (AL) 147 513 65 127 23 9 5 62 61 0 20 0 0 4 21 0 .248 .332 SLG
1909 PHA (AL) 149 530 73 142 22 11 4 75 51 0 20 0 0 5 17 0 .268 .338 SLG
1910 PHA (AL) 139 492 61 122 19 4 1 41 53 0 17 0 0 9 19 0 .248 .332 SLG
1911 PHA (AL) 57 183 27 36 9 1 1 22 24 0 2 0 0 2 5 0 .197 .297 SLG
1912 CLE (AL) 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
1913 PHA (AL) 7 17 2 6 2 0 0 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .353 .389 SLG
1914 PHA (AL) 5 7 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 .429 .556 SLG
1915 PHA (AL) 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .333 SLG
1916 PHA (AL) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .1000 SLG
1917 PHA (AL) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .0 SLG
25 years   1755 6653 1001 1841 361 145 75 951 525 45 285 2 0 59 142 0 .277 .335 .SLG



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