Roosevelt Davis

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records

W–L 97–62
ERA 4.10
WHIP 1.35
SO 689
Pitcher PIV 26274.3
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
5'9" / 168 lb
Born
11/19/1904 in Bartlesville, OK, USA
Died
12/28/1968 in Chicago, IL, USA
Awards
All-Star
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Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
184.0 171.0 9.0 25.0 4.0 0 0 4.0 9.0 2.0 0 .146 .198 .170 .368

Pitching

W L GS CG GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP
43 41 89 65 23 2 705.0 613 345 103 29 102 217 1.31 1.01

Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
97 62 305 167 89 9 14 1545.0 1,702 704 57 391 689 4.10 26274.3

Career ERA 4.10 vs. league average 4.19 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1924 SLS NNL 7 4 25 12 6 0 0 120.7 142 62 31 51 4.62 4.13 (-12%) 516.5
1925 SLS NNL 16 6 35 19 9 0 0 168.0 175 83 26 48 4.45 4.55 (+2%) 4522.6
1926 SLS NNL 7 5 36 18 1 0 3 145.3 182 87 46 49 5.39 4.11 (-31%) -654.9
1927 SLS NNL 10 8 34 17 9 0 2 162.7 193 75 36 63 4.15 4.08 (-2%) 3323.6
1928 SLS NNL 8 0 24 9 5 1 1 98.0 108 40 13 36 3.67 4.13 (+11%) 2703.6
1929 SLS NNL 6 7 33 14 8 3 3 143.7 143 59 31 58 3.70 4.60 (+20%) 3414.5
1929 CAG NNL 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.0 5 4 1 0 36.00 — 0.0
1930 SLS NNL 10 3 19 11 7 0 0 109.7 121 54 40 65 4.43 4.80 (+8%) 1811.9
1930 KCM NNL 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 5.7 13 6 6 3 9.53 — 0.0
1931 SLS NNL 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 6.7 11 3 1 7 4.05 — 0.0
1931 AB2 NNL 1 4 5 4 3 0 0 43.7 49 22 22 20 4.53 4.10 (-11%) -901.1
1932 CLS EWL 1 2 5 4 3 0 0 34.3 33 15 11 30 3.93 4.13 (+5%) 1468.8
1932 CUP EWL 2 1 3 3 3 0 0 24.0 27 7 2 11 2.62 4.13 (+36%) 929.6
1933 CBB NN2 2 2 8 4 2 0 0 44.0 50 13 9 16 2.66 3.86 (+31%) 620.3
1934 PC NN2 1 0 5 2 1 0 1 23.0 25 10 10 12 3.91 4.29 (+9%) -184.2
1935 PC NN2 5 1 13 8 5 1 1 86.0 87 30 24 49 3.14 4.35 (+28%) 1463.9
1936 NBY NN2 2 4 14 9 4 1 1 66.7 76 33 22 27 4.46 4.59 (+3%) 226.8
1937 NBY NN2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 6 6 1 0 27.00 — 0.0
1937 PC NN2 2 4 7 6 5 0 0 44.7 50 25 8 22 5.04 4.34 (-16%) 977.8
1938 NBY NN2 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 7.0 18 11 6 3 14.14 — 0.0
1938 NE NN2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2.3 3 0 2 1 0.00 — 0.0
1938 PC NN2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2.3 11 7 1 0 27.00 — 0.0
1939 MRS NAL 2 3 5 5 4 0 0 40.0 44 13 4 20 2.92 4.28 (+32%) 1276.5
1940 MRS NAL 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 8.0 6 1 3 5 1.12 — 0.0
1940 NBY NN2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.7 1 0 0 1 0.00 — 0.0
1943 CC NAL 5 2 9 6 6 1 2 61.3 45 16 10 37 2.35 3.50 (+33%) 1956.2
1944 CIC NAL 6 2 8 8 5 1 0 60.0 59 16 16 42 2.40 3.57 (+33%) 2273.8
1945 CIC NAL 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6.3 4 3 5 1 4.26 — 0.0
1945 CBE NAL 2 0 3 2 2 1 0 26.3 15 3 4 12 1.03 3.67 (+72%) 528.2
Career · 29 seasons 97 62 305 167 89 9 14 1,545.0 1,702 704 391 689 4.10 — 26,274

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

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
307 569 34 101 11 2 3 33 0 28 0 .178 .217 .220 .437 -1,516

Career AVG .178 vs. league average .277 across their career seasons — 35.9% below league average.

Career OBP .217 vs. league average .341 across their career seasons — 36.4% below league average.

Career SLG .220 vs. league average .391 across their career seasons — 43.8% below league average.

Career OPS .437 vs. league average .732 across their career seasons — 40.3% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1924 SLS NNL 25 40 4 6 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 .150 — — — — 0.0
1925 SLS NNL 35 61 4 10 1 0 1 5 0 1 0 .164 .288 (-43%) .349 (-49%) .407 (-44%) .756 (-46%) -475.4
1926 SLS NNL 36 55 2 8 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 .145 .279 (-48%) .345 (-45%) .390 (-63%) .735 (-54%) -483.7
1927 SLS NNL 34 58 6 13 1 1 0 4 0 3 0 .224 .282 (-21%) .344 (-24%) .392 (-30%) .736 (-27%) -260.4
1928 SLS NNL 24 34 4 10 1 0 2 4 0 2 0 .294 — — — — 0.0
1929 SLS NNL 34 48 3 10 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 .208 — — — — -296.6
1929 CAG NNL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — -296.6
1930 SLS NNL 19 45 3 10 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 .222 — — — — 0.0
1930 KCM NNL 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 — — — — 0.0
1931 SLS NNL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1931 AB2 NNL 5 19 1 4 2 0 0 4 0 2 0 .211 — — — — 0.0
1932 CLS EWL 5 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .154 — — — — 0.0
1932 CUP EWL 3 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .111 — — — — 0.0
1933 CBB NN2 8 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1934 PC NN2 5 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 — — — — 0.0
1935 PC NN2 13 32 4 11 2 0 0 4 0 3 0 .344 — — — — 0.0
1936 NBY NN2 14 25 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .120 — — — — 0.0
1937 NBY NN2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1937 PC NN2 7 15 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 .200 — — — — 0.0
1938 NBY NN2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1938 NE NN2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1938 PC NN2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1939 MRS NAL 5 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .062 — — — — 0.0
1940 MRS NAL 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 — — — — 0.0
1940 NBY NN2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1943 CC NAL 9 20 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .150 — — — — 0.0
1944 CIC NAL 8 26 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .077 — — — — 0.0
1945 CIC NAL 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1945 CBE NAL 3 10 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 .100 — — — — 0.0
Career · 29 seasons 307 569 34 101 11 2 3 33 0 28 0 .178 — — — — -1,813

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

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
7 18 1 5 1 0 0 3 1 0 .278

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1935 NLC PC 3 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222
1930 NNC SLS 1 3 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 .667
1928 NNC SLS 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1925 NNC SLS 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .200

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
4 2 7 5 0 46.3 49 25 14 18 4.86

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1935 NLC PC 2 1 3 2 0 23.7 24 9 4 7 3.42
1930 NNC SLS 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 11 6 4 5 6.00
1928 NNC SLS 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 3 2 0 0 18.00
1925 NNC SLS 1 1 2 2 0 12.7 11 8 6 6 5.68

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home456361502.238
Away427031204.171

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home44296.02424741931.43
Away42239.02244032601.51

Last 10 Games — Batting

DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1945-05-27 CIABIRL 300000000
1945-05-23 CIAKCML 000000000
1945-05-20 CIACVBW 000000000
1945-05-13 CIAMEMW 001100200
1944-09-04 CIABIRL 000000000
1944-08-20 CIACVBL 301000000
1944-08-16 CIAMEMW 000000000
1944-08-11 CIAKCMW 000000000
1944-08-06 CIACVBW 000000000
1944-08-02 CIAKCMW 000000000

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1945-05-27 CIABIR — 6.0433300
1945-05-23 CIAKCM L 9.0720000
1945-05-20 CIACVB — 0.0000000
1945-05-13 CIAMEM W 9.0410000
1944-09-04 CIABIR L 9.0040000
1944-08-20 CIACVB L 6.01070100
1944-08-16 CIAMEM W 9.01330000
1944-08-11 CIAKCM W 6.0040000
1944-08-06 CIACVB W 7.0600000
1944-08-02 CIAKCM W 7.0400000

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 305 170 27 386 21 22
SS 1 1 0 3 1 0

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1924 SLS P 25 12 2 37 3 1
1925 SLS P 35 19 0 0 0 0
1926 SLS P 36 18 2 42 2 2
1927 SLS P 34 17 4 64 4 8
1928 SLS P 24 9 1 20 1 1
1929 SLS P 33 16 3 43 2 3
1929 CAG P 1 1 0 0 0 0
1930 SLS P 19 11 7 27 1 2
1930 KCM P 2 0 0 3 0 0
1931 SLS P 2 0 0 1 0 0
1931 AB2 P 5 4 1 12 1 0
1932 CLS P 5 4 0 14 0 1
1932 CUP P 3 3 1 9 0 0
1933 CBB P 8 4 1 10 1 0
1934 PC P 5 2 0 6 0 1
1935 PC P 13 8 1 19 1 2
1936 NBY P 14 9 0 17 0 0
1937 NBY P 1 0 0 1 0 0
1937 NBY SS 1 1 0 3 1 0
1937 PC P 7 6 0 12 1 0
1938 NBY P 3 2 0 0 0 0
1938 NE P 1 0 0 0 0 0
1938 PC P 1 1 0 2 0 0
1939 MRS P 5 5 0 10 1 0
1940 MRS P 1 1 0 2 0 0
1940 NBY P 1 0 0 1 0 0
1943 CC P 9 7 3 13 2 0
1944 CIC P 8 8 0 13 0 0
1945 CIC P 1 1 0 3 0 1
1945 CBE P 3 2 1 5 1 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Position Games
Pitcher 305
Shortstop 1

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

  1. 98
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  2. 96
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    97-101, 4.13 ERA
  3. 93
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  4. 92
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    69-84, 3.94 ERA
  5. 90
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    67-88, 3.73 ERA
  6. 90
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    83-88, 3.80 ERA

Frequently Asked Questions about Roosevelt Davis

Was Roosevelt Davis a pitcher?
Yes. Roosevelt Davis pitched in the major leagues, recording 97 wins and 689 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Roosevelt Davis hit?
Roosevelt Davis hit 3 career home runs with 101 hits.