Johnny Davis
1940–1949 · bats R / throws R · ASE, ASP, ASW, HOE, NAS, NNS, Newark Eagles
293G
.300AVG
.382OBP
.474SLG
More career statistics
301H
32HR
194RBI
11SB
5–5W–L
69.0IP
41K
5.48ERA
8GS
1SV
4Rare feats
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 | 293 | 312 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,003 | 967 |
| Batting · Doubles | 54 | 50 |
| Batting · Hits | 301 | 316 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 8 | 3 |
| Batting · Home runs | 32 | 51 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,151 | 1,100 |
| Batting · Runs | 167 | 190 |
| Batting · RBI | 194 | 182 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 11 | 8 |
| Batting · Triples | 12 | 16 |
| Batting · Walks | 125 | 118 |
| Pitching · Games | 13 | 35 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 332 | 497 |
| Pitching · p cg | 5 | 12 |
| Pitching · p er | 42 | 31 |
| Pitching · p gs | 8 | 19 |
| Pitching · p h | 80 | 145 |
| Pitching · p hr | 2 | 6 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 207 | 442 |
| Pitching · p k | 41 | 54 |
| Pitching · p r | 49 | 95 |
| Pitching · p w | 36 | 58 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 293 | 1,151 | 1,003 | 167 | 301 | 54 | 12 | 32 | 194 | 125 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 475 | .300 | .382 | .474 | .856 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69.0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 80 | 49 | 42 | 2 | 36 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 5.48 | 1.681 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1941-09-01 to 1942-08-23
17longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Ten Strikeouts in Relief | 1947-09-12 | 1 in 3,062 games | box score ↗ |
| 52 | 7 RBI | 1947-05-12 | 1 in 6,468 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1944-08-26 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 161 | 545 | 163 | 29 | 99 | 57 | 5 | .339 | .404 | .578 |
| Away | 151 | 555 | 153 | 22 | 83 | 61 | 6 | .315 | .386 | .562 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| May | 70 | 233 | 61 | 12 | 36 | 27 | 4 | .300 | .378 | .557 |
| June | 61 | 217 | 58 | 11 | 38 | 26 | 0 | .307 | .387 | .540 |
| July | 69 | 247 | 73 | 10 | 41 | 20 | 1 | .332 | .377 | .545 |
| August | 83 | 299 | 96 | 18 | 52 | 36 | 4 | .368 | .441 | .667 |
| September | 28 | 101 | 28 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 2 | .308 | .366 | .462 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| homestead-grays | 69 | 262 | 80 | 7 | 45 | 26 | 6 | .340 | .405 | .540 |
| baltimore-elite-giants | 67 | 237 | 51 | 7 | 31 | 35 | 1 | .259 | .363 | .442 |
| philadelphia-stars | 64 | 211 | 63 | 11 | 29 | 6 | 0 | .315 | .327 | .540 |
| new-york-cubans | 43 | 157 | 44 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 1 | .321 | .395 | .540 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 42 | 158 | 52 | 11 | 35 | 18 | 3 | .377 | .443 | .696 |
| kansas-city-monarchs | 10 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .429 | .556 | .964 |
| HSL | 4 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .200 |
| birmingham-black-barons | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .222 | .462 | .333 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | NENewark Eagles | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 8 | 1 |
| 1941 | NENewark Eagles | 22 | 85 | 27 | 2 | 10 | – | .318 | – | – |
| 1942 | NENewark Eagles | 14 | 47 | 19 | 2 | 8 | – | .404 | – | – |
| 1943 | NENewark Eagles | 38 | 130 | 42 | 5 | 20 | 1 | .323 | 15 | 3 |
| 1944 | NENewark Eagles | 35 | 102 | 32 | 3 | 16 | – | .314 | 51 | 9 |
| 1945 | NENewark Eagles | 31 | 102 | 36 | 5 | 17 | – | .353 | 1 | – |
| 1946 | NENewark Eagles | 58 | 204 | 69 | 8 | 38 | 2 | .338 | 12 | 5 |
| 1947 | NENewark Eagles | 69 | 194 | 59 | 13 | 38 | 3 | .304 | 41 | 28 |
| 1948 | NENewark Eagles | 9 | 30 | 4 | – | 4 | – | .133 | – | – |
| 1949 | HOE | 31 | 72 | 28 | 13 | 31 | 2 | .389 | 18 | 8 |