Was Satchel Davis a pitcher?

Yes. Satchel Davis pitched in the major leagues, recording 3 wins and 32 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Satchel Davis hit?

Satchel Davis hit 0 career home runs with 1 hits.

Satchel Davis

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records

W–L 3–4

ERA 6.48

WHIP 1.66

SO 32

Pitcher PIV 331.1

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 165 lb
Born: 7/28/1918 in Greenville, MS, USA
Died: 1/1/2013 in Houston, TX, USA

Full name: Ross Davis

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Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
34.0	28.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	0	0	2.0	4.0	0	0	.071	.182	.107	.289

Pitching

W	L	GS	CG	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
15	6	25	11	6	0	149.2	132	85	2	6	25	49	0.12	1.05

Negro Leagues (season totals). Additive Retrosheet-digitized totals for seasons not already in the logs above; they are not summed into the career line. No team/league breakdown is available, and coverage may be partial.

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting

Season	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1945	12.0	9.0	0	1.0	1.0	0	0	1.0	2.0	0	0	.111	.250	.222	.472
Listed seasons · 1	12	9	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	.111	—	—	—

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Pitching

Season	W	L	GS	CG	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1945	3	1	4	3	1	0	35.0	15	10	0	2	4	12	0.00	0.54
Listed seasons · 1	3	1	4	3	1	0	35.0	15	10	0	2	4	12	0.00	0.54

Career Pitching Statistics

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
3	4	12	9	3	0	2	50.0	64	36	3	19	32	6.48	331.1

Career ERA 6.48 vs. league average 3.99 across their career seasons — 62.5% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1939	CBR	NAL	0	1	1	1	0	0	0.7	6	4	1	0	54.00	—	0.0
1940	BEG	NN2	1	0	3	2	1	1	11.0	6	2	6	4	1.64	4.21 (+61%)	82.9
1943	CBE	NAL	1	3	5	4	1	0	26.0	40	27	10	22	9.35	3.50 (-167%)	254.9
1947	CBE	NAL	1	0	3	2	1	1	12.3	12	3	2	6	2.19	3.97 (+45%)	-6.7
Career · 4 seasons			3	4	12	9	3	2	50.0	64	36	19	32	6.48	—	331

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
12	18	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	.056	.105	.056	.161	0

Career AVG .056 vs. league average .265 across their career seasons — 79.0% below league average.

Career OBP .105 vs. league average .335 across their career seasons — 68.5% below league average.

Career SLG .056 vs. league average .376 across their career seasons — 85.2% below league average.

Career OPS .161 vs. league average .710 across their career seasons — 77.4% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1939	CBR	NAL	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1940	BEG	NN2	3	4	1	1	1	0	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
1943	CBE	NAL	5	10	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1947	CBE	NAL	3	4	0	0	1	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 4 seasons			12	18	1	1	2	1	.056	—	—	—	—	0

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1947	NWS	CBE	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	1	0	0	0.7	1	0	0	0	0.00

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1947	NWS	CBE	0	0	1	0	0	0.7	1	0	0	0	0.00

Game Log & Splits

View full game log (46 games) →

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

Batting — Home / Away

Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	11	5	0	0	0	0	.000
Away	12	11	1	1	0	1	.091

Pitching — Home / Away

Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	11	55.1	59	0	9	12	0.00
Away	12	48.0	36	1	4	4	0.19

Last 10 Games — Batting

Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	RBI
1947-08-10	CVB	CAG	W	0	0
1947-07-20	CVB	MEM	W	0	0
1947-07-04	CVB	BIR	W	0	0
1947-07-01	CVB	BIR	W	0	0
1947-06-15	CVB	KCM	L	0	0
1947-06-08	CVB	BIR	W	0	0
1947-06-04	CVB	KCM	W	4	1
1947-05-30	CVB	CAG	W	0	0
1945-09-03	CVB	CAG	L	0	0
1945-08-22	CVB	BIR	L	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	BB	SO	HR
1947-08-10	CVB	CAG	—	2.0	3	2	0	0	0
1947-07-20	CVB	MEM	W	9.0	10	3	0	0	0
1947-07-04	CVB	BIR	—	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
1947-07-01	CVB	BIR	W	7.0	5	4	0	0	0
1947-06-15	CVB	KCM	L	0.0	0	0	0	0	1
1947-06-08	CVB	BIR	—	2.2	7	5	1	2	0
1947-06-04	CVB	KCM	W	9.0	5	3	1	4	1
1947-05-30	CVB	CAG	—	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
1945-09-03	CVB	CAG	—	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
1945-08-22	CVB	BIR	L	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	12	9	2	8	2	0

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E
1939	CBR	P	1	1	0	0	0
1940	BEG	P	3	2	0	4	0
1943	CBE	P	5	4	2	1	2
1947	CBE	P	3	2	0	3	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position	Games
Pitcher	12

Frequently Asked Questions about Satchel Davis

Was Satchel Davis a pitcher?: Yes. Satchel Davis pitched in the major leagues, recording 3 wins and 32 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Satchel Davis hit?: Satchel Davis hit 0 career home runs with 1 hits.