Butch Davis
1947–1949 · bats L / throws R · ASE, Baltimore Elite Giants
69G
.338AVG
.384OBP
.506SLG
More career statistics
91H
3HR
52RBI
25SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 69 | 116 |
| Batting · At bats | 269 | 437 |
| Batting · Doubles | 12 | 22 |
| Batting · Hits | 91 | 147 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 4 | 5 |
| Batting · Home runs | 3 | 4 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 292 | 468 |
| Batting · Runs | 51 | 77 |
| Batting · RBI | 52 | 66 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 25 | 26 |
| Batting · Triples | 12 | 17 |
| Batting · Walks | 16 | 23 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69 | 292 | 269 | 51 | 91 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 52 | 16 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 136 | .338 | .384 | .506 | .890 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1949-06-06 to 1949-07-05
15longest on-base streak
The rarest thing in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1947-05-04 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 92 | 368 | 124 | 4 | 58 | 17 | 1 | .359 | .383 | .533 |
| Away | 24 | 100 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | .250 | .290 | .337 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | 27 | 110 | 32 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .305 | .318 | .438 |
| June | 35 | 133 | 39 | 4 | 19 | 7 | 1 | .315 | .346 | .540 |
| July | 21 | 86 | 28 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 | .373 | .419 | .520 |
| August | 27 | 112 | 38 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 0 | .349 | .366 | .459 |
| September | 6 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .417 | .444 | .542 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-cubans | 24 | 99 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .319 | .343 | .479 |
| philadelphia-stars | 19 | 80 | 24 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 0 | .320 | .350 | .480 |
| newark-eagles | 13 | 56 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .250 | .286 | .308 |
| kansas-city-monarchs | 13 | 48 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .250 | .292 | .341 |
| homestead-grays | 12 | 50 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .383 | .380 | .489 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 12 | 49 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .442 | .469 | .837 |
| birmingham-black-barons | 7 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .280 | .250 |
| memphis-red-sox | 4 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .471 | .471 | .529 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 |  Baltimore Elite Giants | 65 | 256 | 83 | 2 | 43 | 20 | .324 | – | – |
| 1949 | Baltimore Elite Giants | 51 | 181 | 64 | 2 | 23 | 6 | .354 | – | – |