Red Davis
| Red Davis | ||
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Runs batted in 5 | | |
| Hits | 15 | |
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John Humphrey "Red" Davis (July 15, 1915 – April 26, 2002) was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball and a longtime manager in the minor leagues. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Davis threw and batted right-handed, stood 5'11" (180 cm) tall and weighed 172 pounds (78 kg).
Davis' major league career consisted of 21 games and 70
runs batted in, for a batting average
of .214.
Davis made a more indelible imprint as a minor league skipper, logging 27 years (1949–72; 1974–76) in the
Oklahoma City 89ers
. His teams won 1,993 games, losing 1,927 (.508) with four league championships.
He died in Laurel, Mississippi, at age 86.
References
- Johnson, Lloyd, ed., The Minor League Register. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1994.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)