Roosevelt Davis
1925–1945 · bats R / throws R · Chicago American Giants, CB2, CI2, Cincinnati Clowns, CUP, CVS, IN5, Kansas City Monarchs
313G
.174AVG
.213OBP
.215SLG
More career statistics
101H
3HR
33RBI
0SB
98–63W–L
1,565.2IP
701K
4.02ERA
169GS
16SV
5Rare 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 | 313 | 109 |
| Batting · At bats | 582 | 168 |
| Batting · Doubles | 11 | 4 |
| Batting · Hits | 101 | 28 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 1 | 2 |
| Batting · Home runs | 3 | 0 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 632 | 177 |
| Batting · Runs | 35 | 9 |
| Batting · RBI | 33 | 6 |
| Batting · Triples | 2 | 0 |
| Batting · Walks | 28 | 6 |
| Pitching · Games | 311 | 108 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 6,777 | 1,812 |
| Pitching · p cg | 93 | 57 |
| Pitching · p er | 700 | 107 |
| Pitching · p gs | 169 | 80 |
| Pitching · p h | 1,712 | 588 |
| Pitching · p hr | 66 | 28 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 4,697 | 1,929 |
| Pitching · p k | 701 | 197 |
| Pitching · p r | 858 | 319 |
| Pitching · p w | 393 | 93 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 313 | 632 | 582 | 35 | 101 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 125 | .174 | .213 | .215 | .428 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,565.7 | 311 | 169 | 93 | 98 | 63 | 16 | 1,712 | 858 | 700 | 66 | 393 | 701 | 0 | 0 | 4.02 | 1.344 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1935-06-30 to 1935-07-21
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77 | Fifteen K, No Walks | 1939-07-24 | 1 in 3,241 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | Complete Game, Fifteen K | 1939-07-24 | 1 in 1,054 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1933-06-11 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | SSN | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 3 | – |
| 1933 | CB2 | 10 | 15 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 62 | 16 |
| 1934 | PCPittsburgh Crawfords | 5 | 6 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 16 | 9 |
| 1935 | PCPittsburgh Crawfords | 14 | 31 | 11 | – | 3 | – | .355 | 85 | 35 |
| 1936 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 11 | 21 | 3 | – | – | – | .143 | 57 | 14 |
| 1937 | New York Black Yankees, Pittsburgh Crawfords | 15 | 24 | 3 | – | – | – | .125 | 74 | 18 |
| 1938 | Newark Eagles, New York Black Yankees, Pittsburgh Crawfords | 5 | 6 | 1 | – | – | – | .167 | 17 | 10 |
| 1939 | Memphis Red Sox, SAS | 10 | 12 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 47 | 29 |
| 1940 | MSMemphis Red Sox | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | .500 | – | – |
| 1943 | CI2 | 12 | 16 | 3 | – | – | – | .188 | 90 | 31 |
| 1944 | CCCincinnati Clowns | 21 | 32 | 5 | – | – | – | .156 | 166 | 35 |
| 1945 | CCCincinnati Clowns | 4 | 3 | 1 | – | 2 | – | .333 | 24 | – |