What years did Harry Davis play?

Harry Davis played in Major League Baseball from 1895 to 1917.

Was Harry Davis a pitcher?

No. Harry Davis was a position player (First Baseman).

How many home runs did Harry Davis hit?

Harry Davis hit 75 career home runs with 1841 hits.

What was Harry Davis's career batting average?

Harry Davis batted .277 over his career, with 1,841 hits in 6,653 at bats.

How many RBI did Harry Davis have?

Harry Davis drove in 951 runs in his career.

Is Harry Davis in the Hall of Fame?

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

Harry Davis

First Baseman · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1895-1917)

Harry Davis was a first baseman who played in Major League Baseball from 1895 to 1917 for 6 teams, including the New York Giants, a span of 23 seasons. In 1,755 career games, he hit .277 with 1,841 hits, 75 home runs, and 951 RBI. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 15,572.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated October 12, 2026

AVG .277

HR 75

RBI 951

H 1,841

OPS .743

PIV 15,572

Position: First Baseman
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'10" / 180 lb
Born: 7/18/1873 in Philadelphia, PA, USA
Died: 8/11/1947 in Philadelphia, PA, USA
MLB Debut: 1895-09-21
Last Game: 1917-05-30

Full name: Harry H. Davis

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Career Batting Statistics

Harry Davis — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,755	6,653	1,001	1,841	361	145	75	951	285	525	644	.277	.335	.408	.743	15,572

Career AVG .277 vs. league average .259 across their career seasons — +6.8% above league average.

Career OBP .335 vs. league average .322 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .408 vs. league average .339 across their career seasons — +20.3% above league average.

Career OPS .743 vs. league average .661 across their career seasons — +12.5% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Harry Davis (b. 1873) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1895	NY1	NL	7	24	1	7	0	1	0	6	1	2	0	.292	—	—	—	—	0.0
1896	NY1	NL	64	233	43	64	11	10	2	50	16	31	20	.275	.290 (-5%)	.354 (+5%)	.387 (+12%)	.741 (+9%)	372.2
1896	PIT	NL	44	168	24	32	5	6	0	23	9	13	21	.190	.290 (-34%)	.354 (-27%)	.387 (-25%)	.741 (-26%)	372.2
1897	PIT	NL	111	429	70	131	10	28	2	63	21	26	40	.305	.291 (+5%)	.354 (+1%)	.387 (+22%)	.741 (+12%)	837.8
1898	PIT	NL	58	222	31	65	9	13	1	24	7	12	22	.293	.270 (+8%)	.333 (-1%)	.347 (+34%)	.680 (+17%)	467.9
1898	LS3	NL	37	138	18	30	5	2	1	16	6	7	15	.217	.270 (-20%)	.333 (-24%)	.347 (-12%)	.680 (-18%)	467.9
1898	WAS	NL	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	467.9
1899	WAS	NL	18	64	3	12	2	3	0	8	2	8	1	.188	.282 (-34%)	.343 (-16%)	.366 (-15%)	.710 (-15%)	-169.1
1901	PHA	AL	117	496	92	152	28	10	8	76	21	23	16	.306	.271 (+13%)	.326 (+4%)	.359 (+26%)	.686 (+15%)	1237.2
1902	PHA	AL	133	561	89	172	43	8	6	92	28	30	27	.307	.266 (+15%)	.321 (+7%)	.343 (+29%)	.665 (+18%)	1697.3
1903	PHA	AL	106	420	77	125	28	7	6	55	24	24	48	.298	.261 (+14%)	.316 (+8%)	.345 (+27%)	.662 (+18%)	1272.3
1904	PHA	AL	102	404	54	125	21	11	10	62	12	23	46	.309	.246 (+25%)	.300 (+16%)	.321 (+52%)	.622 (+35%)	2184.3
1905	PHA	AL	150	607	93	173	47	6	8	83	36	43	46	.285	.248 (+15%)	.307 (+9%)	.322 (+31%)	.629 (+20%)	2024.5
1906	PHA	AL	145	551	94	161	42	7	12	96	23	49	59	.292	.247 (+18%)	.307 (+16%)	.315 (+46%)	.622 (+31%)	2938.8
1907	PHA	AL	149	582	84	155	35	8	8	87	20	42	61	.266	.245 (+9%)	.304 (+4%)	.308 (+28%)	.613 (+16%)	1480.7
1908	PHA	AL	147	513	65	127	23	9	5	62	20	61	56	.248	.240 (+3%)	.298 (+11%)	.306 (+16%)	.605 (+14%)	1360.4
1909	PHA	AL	149	530	73	142	22	11	4	75	20	51	72	.268	.244 (+10%)	.306 (+10%)	.312 (+20%)	.618 (+15%)	1415.3
1910	PHA	AL	139	492	61	122	19	4	1	41	17	53	65	.248	.249 (-1%)	.317 (+5%)	.326 (-5%)	.644 (-1%)	110.8
1911	PHA	AL	57	183	27	36	9	1	1	22	2	24	24	.197	.266 (-26%)	.336 (-12%)	.356 (-23%)	.693 (-18%)	-474.4
1912	CLE	AL	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1913	PHA	AL	7	17	2	6	2	0	0	4	0	1	4	.353	—	—	—	—	0.0
1914	PHA	AL	5	7	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	.429	—	—	—	—	0.0
1915	PHA	AL	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
1916	PHA	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1917	PHA	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 25 seasons			1,755	6,653	1,001	1,841	361	145	75	951	285	525	644	.277	—	—	—	—	18,064

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

Harry Davis — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
16	61	8	15	5	0	0	7	3	8	.246

Playoff Batting by Year

Harry Davis — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1911	WS	PHA	6	24	3	5	1	5	0	3	.208
1910	WS	PHA	5	17	5	6	3	2	3	4	.353
1905	WS	PHA	5	20	0	4	1	0	0	1	.200

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Harry Davis — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	783	2891	463	855	44	440	.296
Away	749	2903	403	755	27	347	.260

Last 10 Games — Batting

Harry Davis — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H	RBI	BB
1917-05-30	PHA	NYY	L	1	0	0	0
1916-07-29	PHA	CHW	L	0	0	1	1
1915-08-07	PHA	DET	L	1	0	0	0
1915-07-20	PHA	DET	L	1	0	1	0
1915-06-30	PHA	BOS	L	0	0	1	0
1915-05-31	PHA	BOS	L	0	0	0	0
1915-05-29	PHA	BOS	W	1	1	2	0
1914-09-28	PHA	SLA	L	4	2	0	0
1914-09-19	PHA	DET	L	0	0	0	1
1914-09-04	PHA	BOS	L	1	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Harry Davis — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	1628	982	15666	950	343	682
2B	2	0	4	5	1	0
3B	32	0	47	55	24	2
OF	78	0	147	7	15	2
SS	2	0	2	3	2	0

Season-by-Season Fielding

Harry Davis — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1895	NY1	1B	7	0	62	4	3	4
1896	NY1	1B	23	0	226	11	4	14
1896	NY1	OF	40	0	81	2	11	0
1896	PIT	1B	35	0	325	18	12	17
1896	PIT	OF	10	0	20	3	1	2
1896	PIT	SS	1	0	1	3	1	0
1897	PIT	1B	64	0	570	29	22	26
1897	PIT	3B	32	0	47	55	24	2
1897	PIT	OF	14	0	26	1	1	0
1897	PIT	SS	1	0	1	0	1	0
1898	PIT	1B	53	0	556	22	12	30
1898	PIT	OF	6	0	9	1	0	0
1898	LS3	1B	34	0	336	20	12	23
1898	LS3	2B	2	0	4	5	1	0
1898	LS3	OF	1	0	1	0	1	0
1898	WAS	1B	1	0	7	0	1	0
1899	WAS	1B	18	0	161	4	2	6
1901	PHA	1B	117	0	1265	83	33	67
1902	PHA	1B	128	0	1247	87	22	58
1902	PHA	OF	5	0	8	0	0	0
1903	PHA	1B	104	0	942	63	29	38
1903	PHA	OF	2	0	2	0	1	0
1904	PHA	1B	102	102	1011	57	19	33
1905	PHA	1B	150	150	1447	92	24	43
1906	PHA	1B	145	145	1352	91	37	66
1907	PHA	1B	149	149	1478	103	38	50
1908	PHA	1B	147	147	1410	86	22	44
1909	PHA	1B	149	149	1432	74	19	65
1910	PHA	1B	139	140	1353	64	20	74
1911	PHA	1B	53	0	427	36	11	21
1912	CLE	1B	2	0	14	2	1	1
1913	PHA	1B	6	0	33	4	0	2
1914	PHA	1B	1	0	12	0	0	0
1915	PHA	1B	1	0	0	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Harry Davis (b. 1873) Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Catcher	1
First Base	1629
Second Base	2
Third Base	32
Shortstop	2
Left Field	50
Center Field	20
Right Field	11

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Harry Davis: the record in brief

September 21, 1895 and May 30, 1917 bracket Harry Davis's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. Club by club, the record runs the New York Giants (1895 to 1896), the Pittsburgh Pirates (1896 through 1898), the Louisville Colonels (1898), the Washington Senators (1898 through 1899), the Philadelphia Athletics (1901 to 1917), and the Cleveland Naps (1912). Davis is listed as a first baseman at 5'10" and 180 pounds. The bio says Davis batted and threw right-handed. Davis was born on July 18, 1873, in Philadelphia, PA, USA. Davis's death is recorded on August 11, 1947, in Philadelphia, PA, USA. The given name on file is Harry H. Davis.

The batting record for Davis: 1,755 games, 1,841 hits in 6,653 at bats, and a .277 average, along with 75 homers, 951 runs batted in, and 285 stolen bases. Davis got on base at a .335 rate and slugged .408 (.743 OPS).

Frequently Asked Questions about Harry Davis

What years did Harry Davis play?: Harry Davis played in Major League Baseball from 1895 to 1917.
Was Harry Davis a pitcher?: No. Harry Davis was a position player (First Baseman).
How many home runs did Harry Davis hit?: Harry Davis hit 75 career home runs with 1841 hits.
What was Harry Davis's career batting average?: Harry Davis batted .277 over his career, with 1,841 hits in 6,653 at bats.
How many RBI did Harry Davis have?: Harry Davis drove in 951 runs in his career.
Is Harry Davis in the Hall of Fame?: No. Harry Davis has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.