What years did Curt Davis play?

Curt Davis played in Major League Baseball from 1934 to 1946.

Was Curt Davis a pitcher?

Yes. Curt Davis pitched in the major leagues, recording 158 wins and 684 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Curt Davis hit?

Curt Davis hit 11 career home runs with 165 hits.

What teams did Curt Davis play for?

Curt Davis played for 4 teams: the Philadelphia Phillies (1934–1936), the Chicago Cubs (1936–1937), the St. Louis Cardinals (1938–1940), and the Brooklyn Dodgers (1940–1946).

What awards did Curt Davis win?

Curt Davis was selected to 2 All-Star Games.

What were Curt Davis's career stats?

In 429 games, Curt Davis went 158-131 with a 3.42 ERA, 684 strikeouts, 2,325.0 innings pitched, and 33 saves. At the plate he had 165 hits and 11 home runs.

What position did Curt Davis play?

Curt Davis played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Curt Davis and how much did he weigh?

Curt Davis was listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 185 pounds.

What was Curt Davis's career ERA?

Curt Davis finished with a 3.42 career ERA, going 158-131 with 684 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Curt Davis have?

Curt Davis recorded 684 career strikeouts.

Is Curt Davis in the Hall of Fame?

No. Curt Davis has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

How many All-Star Games did Curt Davis make?

Curt Davis was selected to 2 All-Star Games.

Curt Davis

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1934-1946)

Curt Davis was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1934 to 1946 for 4 teams, including the Philadelphia Phillies, a span of 13 seasons. Across 429 career appearances, he went 158-131 with a 3.42 ERA, 684 strikeouts, and 33 saves. He also batted .203 with 11 home runs. Curt Davis was a 2-time All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 13486.8.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 24, 2026

W–L 158–131

ERA 3.42

WHIP 1.26

SO 684

Pitcher PIV 13486.8

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 185 lb
Born: 9/7/1903 in Greenfield, MO, USA
Died: 10/12/1965 in Covina, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 1934-04-21
Last Game: 1946-04-28
Awards: 2× All-Star

Full name: Curtis Benton Davis

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Career Pitching Statistics

Curt Davis — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
158	131	429	281	141	24	33	2325.0	2,459	884	142	479	684	3.42	13486.8

Career ERA 3.42 vs. league average 4.01 across their career seasons — 14.7% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Curt Davis Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1934	PHI	NL	19	17	51	31	18	3	5	274.1	283	90	60	99	2.95	4.29 (+31%)	2880.8
1935	PHI	NL	16	14	44	27	19	3	2	231.0	264	94	47	74	3.66	4.35 (+16%)	1869.6
1936	PHI	NL	2	4	10	8	3	0	0	60.1	71	31	19	18	4.62	4.59 (-1%)	-696.1
1936	CHN	NL	11	9	24	20	10	0	1	153.0	146	51	31	52	3.00	4.59 (+35%)	1370.3
1937	CHN	NL	10	5	28	14	8	0	1	123.2	138	56	30	32	4.08	4.34 (+6%)	217.5
1938	SLN	NL	12	8	40	21	8	2	3	173.1	187	70	27	36	3.63	4.35 (+16%)	2294.8
1939	SLN	NL	22	16	49	31	13	3	7	248.0	279	100	48	70	3.63	4.28 (+15%)	1434.7
1940	SLN	NL	0	4	14	7	0	0	1	54.0	73	31	19	12	5.17	4.21 (-23%)	-566.6
1940	BRO	NL	8	7	22	18	9	0	2	137.0	135	58	19	46	3.81	4.21 (+10%)	740.2
1941	BRO	NL	13	7	28	16	10	5	2	154.1	141	51	27	50	2.97	3.94 (+24%)	2832.1
1942	BRO	NL	15	6	32	26	13	5	2	206.0	179	54	51	60	2.36	3.57 (+34%)	528.8
1943	BRO	NL	10	13	31	21	8	2	3	164.1	182	69	39	47	3.78	3.50 (-8%)	179.2
1944	BRO	NL	10	11	31	23	12	1	4	194.0	207	72	39	49	3.34	3.57 (+7%)	-402.4
1945	BRO	NL	10	10	24	18	10	0	0	149.2	171	54	21	39	3.25	3.67 (+11%)	803.8
1946	BRO	NL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	3	2	0	13.50	—	0.0
Career · 15 seasons			158	131	429	281	141	24	33	2,325.0	2,459	884	479	684	3.42	—	13,487

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Curt Davis — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
449	813	70	165	17	0	11	81	1	28	176	.203	.229	.264	.494	-3,187

Career AVG .203 vs. league average .268 across their career seasons — 24.2% below league average.

Career OBP .229 vs. league average .335 across their career seasons — 31.5% below league average.

Career SLG .264 vs. league average .377 across their career seasons — 29.9% below league average.

Career OPS .494 vs. league average .713 across their career seasons — 30.7% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Curt Davis Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1934	PHI	NL	51	95	9	20	2	1	7	0	1	17	.211	.278 (-24%)	.340 (-36%)	.392 (-33%)	.733 (-34%)	-536.3
1935	PHI	NL	46	75	4	13	0	1	6	0	7	8	.173	.279 (-38%)	.342 (-29%)	.399 (-47%)	.742 (-38%)	-462.0
1936	PHI	NL	11	26	4	4	1	0	2	0	0	5	.154	—	—	—	—	0.0
1936	CHN	NL	24	53	6	8	1	0	3	0	2	13	.151	.283 (-47%)	.349 (-48%)	.404 (-58%)	.753 (-53%)	0.0
1937	CHN	NL	28	40	6	12	2	1	9	0	2	3	.300	—	—	—	—	0.0
1938	SLN	NL	40	57	8	13	0	3	9	0	0	16	.228	.272 (-16%)	.341 (-33%)	.392 (-2%)	.734 (-16%)	-169.3
1939	SLN	NL	63	105	10	40	5	1	17	0	3	22	.381	.274 (+39%)	.342 (+16%)	.393 (+16%)	.735 (+16%)	299.2
1940	SLN	NL	14	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1940	BRO	NL	22	47	3	6	1	1	4	0	2	7	.128	—	—	—	—	0.0
1941	BRO	NL	31	59	5	11	2	2	9	0	1	10	.186	.262 (-29%)	.332 (-40%)	.373 (-14%)	.705 (-26%)	-261.5
1942	BRO	NL	32	68	4	12	2	0	5	0	1	24	.176	.253 (-30%)	.323 (-42%)	.349 (-41%)	.672 (-41%)	-433.8
1943	BRO	NL	31	55	5	9	0	0	3	0	5	14	.164	.255 (-36%)	.324 (-28%)	.346 (-53%)	.671 (-41%)	-327.6
1944	BRO	NL	31	63	3	10	1	0	4	0	2	19	.159	.261 (-39%)	.325 (-43%)	.357 (-51%)	.683 (-47%)	-457.0
1945	BRO	NL	24	51	3	7	0	1	3	1	2	12	.137	.260 (-47%)	.328 (-48%)	.354 (-45%)	.683 (-46%)	-367.5
1946	BRO	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 15 seasons			449	813	70	165	17	11	81	1	28	176	.203	—	—	—	—	-2,716

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Curt Davis — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Curt Davis — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1941	WS	BRO	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Curt Davis — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	1	1	1	0	5.1	6	3	3	1	5.06

Playoff Pitching by Year

Curt Davis — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1941	WS	BRO	0	1	1	1	0	5.1	6	3	3	1	5.06

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Curt Davis — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	234	432	39	92	6	53	.213
Away	215	381	31	73	5	30	.192

Pitching — Home / Away

Curt Davis — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	223	1271.2	1304	482	252	414	3.41
Away	206	1052.0	1153	397	228	271	3.40

Last 10 Games — Batting

Curt Davis — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	SO
1946-04-28	BRO	NY1	L	0	0
1945-09-02	BRO	NY1	W	2	0
1945-08-29	BRO	PHI	W	3	1
1945-08-26	BRO	NY1	L	0	0
1945-08-10	BRO	CIN	W	4	1
1945-08-05	BRO	BSN	L	1	0
1945-07-18	BRO	CHC	L	2	0
1945-07-12	BRO	CIN	L	3	3
1945-07-05	BRO	CIN	L	1	0
1945-07-01	BRO	PIT	W	3	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Curt Davis — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1946-04-28	BRO	NY1	—	2.0	3	3	0	2	0	1
1945-09-02	BRO	NY1	W	4.0	1	0	0	1	3	0
1945-08-29	BRO	PHI	W	9.0	8	1	1	3	0	0
1945-08-26	BRO	NY1	—	2.0	3	2	1	0	0	0
1945-08-10	BRO	CIN	W	9.0	11	4	3	0	3	1
1945-08-05	BRO	BSN	L	3.0	8	5	5	1	3	0
1945-07-18	BRO	CHC	L	7.0	10	5	2	0	1	0
1945-07-12	BRO	CIN	L	6.2	12	4	4	2	1	0
1945-07-05	BRO	CIN	L	4.1	9	6	6	3	1	0
1945-07-01	BRO	PIT	W	9.0	6	2	1	1	5	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Curt Davis — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	429	0	146	616	21	39

Season-by-Season Fielding

Curt Davis — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1934	PHI	P	51	21	95	8	12
1935	PHI	P	44	21	50	2	4
1936	PHI	P	10	3	13	2	2
1936	CHN	P	24	18	40	1	3
1937	CHN	P	28	10	34	1	1
1938	SLN	P	40	9	38	0	2
1939	SLN	P	49	7	59	1	2
1940	SLN	P	14	4	16	1	1
1940	BRO	P	22	14	32	1	0
1941	BRO	P	28	3	55	1	2
1942	BRO	P	32	6	61	0	7
1943	BRO	P	31	13	43	1	2
1944	BRO	P	31	9	47	1	1
1945	BRO	P	24	8	32	1	0
1946	BRO	P	1	0	1	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Curt Davis Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	429

Awards & Honors

Curt Davis — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1939	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P5
1939	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P3

Award Voting History

Curt Davis — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max
1939	Most Valuable Player	NL	5th	106.0	336
1935	Most Valuable Player	NL	21th	2.0	80
1934	Most Valuable Player	NL	8th	18.0	80

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Curt Davis: the record in brief

According to the bio, Curt Davis debuted on April 21, 1934 and played a final game on April 28, 1946. The team column moves through the Philadelphia Phillies (1934 through 1936), the Chicago Cubs (1936 through 1937), the St. Louis Cardinals (1938 through 1940), and the Brooklyn Dodgers (1940 through 1946). At 185 pounds on a 6-foot-2 frame, Davis is listed as a pitcher. The bio says Davis both batted and threw right-handed. The recorded birth is September 7, 1903, in Greenfield, MO, USA. The bio records the death on October 12, 1965, in Covina, CA, USA. The given name on file is Curtis Benton Davis.

The pitching table credits Davis with a 158-131 record and a 3.42 ERA in 429 games. The same table counts 684 strikeouts, 141 complete games, 24 shutouts, and 33 saves. The leagues Davis pitched in allowed 4.01 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 14.7% better than average. The best win total was 22, in 1939.

Frequently Asked Questions about Curt Davis

What years did Curt Davis play?: Curt Davis played in Major League Baseball from 1934 to 1946.
Was Curt Davis a pitcher?: Yes. Curt Davis pitched in the major leagues, recording 158 wins and 684 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Curt Davis hit?: Curt Davis hit 11 career home runs with 165 hits.
What teams did Curt Davis play for?: Curt Davis played for 4 teams: the Philadelphia Phillies (1934–1936), the Chicago Cubs (1936–1937), the St. Louis Cardinals (1938–1940), and the Brooklyn Dodgers (1940–1946).
What awards did Curt Davis win?: Curt Davis was selected to 2 All-Star Games.
What were Curt Davis's career stats?: In 429 games, Curt Davis went 158-131 with a 3.42 ERA, 684 strikeouts, 2,325.0 innings pitched, and 33 saves. At the plate he had 165 hits and 11 home runs.
What position did Curt Davis play?: Curt Davis played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Curt Davis and how much did he weigh?: Curt Davis was listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 185 pounds.
What was Curt Davis's career ERA?: Curt Davis finished with a 3.42 career ERA, going 158-131 with 684 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Curt Davis have?: Curt Davis recorded 684 career strikeouts.
Is Curt Davis in the Hall of Fame?: No. Curt Davis has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
How many All-Star Games did Curt Davis make?: Curt Davis was selected to 2 All-Star Games.