Lloyd Davenport
1935–1949 · bats L / throws L · ASW, Birmingham Black Barons, Chicago American Giants, CCB, CI1, Cleveland Buckeyes, JAX, Kansas City Monarchs
266G
.286AVG
.347OBP
.368SLG
More career statistics
278H
2HR
98RBI
31SB
9.2IP
3K
2.79ERA
0GS
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 | 266 | 290 |
| Batting · At bats | 973 | 957 |
| Batting · Doubles | 48 | 46 |
| Batting · Hits | 278 | 306 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 5 | 4 |
| Batting · Home runs | 2 | 10 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,071 | 1,053 |
| Batting · Runs | 156 | 161 |
| Batting · RBI | 98 | 83 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 31 | 28 |
| Batting · Triples | 13 | 15 |
| Batting · Walks | 86 | 77 |
| Pitching · Games | 3 | 9 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 39 | 29 |
| Pitching · p cg | 0 | 1 |
| Pitching · p er | 3 | 4 |
| Pitching · p gs | 0 | 2 |
| Pitching · p h | 7 | 12 |
| Pitching · p hr | 0 | 1 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 29 | 49 |
| Pitching · p k | 3 | 0 |
| Pitching · p r | 3 | 4 |
| Pitching · p w | 2 | 1 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 266 | 1,071 | 973 | 156 | 278 | 48 | 13 | 2 | 98 | 86 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 358 | .286 | .347 | .368 | .715 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.79 | 0.931 |
Streaks
24longest hitting streak · 1937-06-06 to 1937-08-29
40longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | Four Extra-Base Hits | 1937-04-25 | 1 in 450 games | box score ↗ |
| 37 | 5 hits | 1939-05-29 | 1 in 1,624 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1937-05-23 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 139 | 491 | 148 | 5 | 46 | 39 | 3 | .334 | .381 | .447 |
| Away | 151 | 562 | 158 | 5 | 37 | 38 | 4 | .307 | .349 | .416 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 3 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .357 | .400 | .929 |
| May | 61 | 234 | 69 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 2 | .322 | .368 | .411 |
| June | 70 | 250 | 78 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 0 | .350 | .396 | .511 |
| July | 81 | 266 | 89 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 1 | .368 | .406 | .459 |
| August | 51 | 195 | 48 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 3 | .265 | .313 | .370 |
| September | 23 | 89 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .215 | .258 | .241 |
| October | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kansas-city-monarchs | 74 | 276 | 81 | 3 | 13 | 28 | 2 | .333 | .395 | .457 |
| memphis-red-sox | 33 | 126 | 40 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 1 | .336 | .365 | .504 |
| chicago-american-giants | 26 | 103 | 31 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .320 | .330 | .423 |
| birmingham-black-barons | 19 | 73 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | .391 | .438 | .469 |
| cleveland-buckeyes | 16 | 56 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .547 | .571 | .755 |
| homestead-grays | 15 | 48 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .233 | .312 | .256 |
| ATN | 14 | 58 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .296 | .328 | .444 |
| JAX | 9 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .385 | .429 | .500 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 |  Philadelphia Stars | 19 | 61 | 10 | – | 7 | 2 | .164 | – | – |
| 1936 | Philadelphia Stars, WEG | 21 | 56 | 10 | – | 1 | – | .179 | – | – |
| 1937 | CI1 | 46 | 173 | 61 | 1 | 13 | 6 | .353 | – | – |
| 1938 | MSMemphis Red Sox | 32 | 119 | 37 | – | 5 | 5 | .311 | – | – |
| 1939 | Memphis Red Sox, SAS | 32 | 105 | 40 | 3 | 13 | 6 | .381 | – | – |
| 1941 | BBBirmingham Black Barons | 4 | 12 | 1 | – | – | – | .083 | – | – |
| 1942 | Birmingham Black Barons, JAX | 26 | 82 | 29 | 3 | 13 | 4 | .354 | – | – |
| 1943 | Chicago American Giants, Kansas City Monarchs | 40 | 131 | 57 | 2 | 15 | 1 | .435 | – | – |
| 1944 | Chicago American Giants, Cleveland Buckeyes | 39 | 120 | 34 | 1 | 9 | 3 | .283 | 16 | – |
| 1945 | CBCleveland Buckeyes | 15 | 43 | 17 | – | 6 | 1 | .395 | – | – |
| 1949 | CGChicago American Giants | 16 | 55 | 10 | – | 1 | – | .182 | – | – |