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Roosevelt Davis

Roosevelt Davis
(Rosey; Duro; Macan)

Born: November 19, 1904 in Bartlesville, OK
Died: December 28, 1968 in Chicago, IL
(64 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 5'9"

Wt: 168

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Notes:

Buried: Burr Oak Cemetery (Alsip, IL)

Pitching

Glossary

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1924	SLS	NNL	19	SP	7	4	.636	25	12	7	6	0	0	120.2	82	62	142	7	31	51	2	0	3	551	4.62	101
1925	SLS	NNC / NNL	20	SP	17	7	.708	37	21	0	9	0	0	180.2	97	91	186	1	32	54	0	1	58	4.53	119
1926	SLS	NNL	21	SP	7	5	.583	36	18	12	1	0	3	145.1	105	87	182	8	46	49	1	0	11	655	5.39	95
1927	SLS	NNL	22	SP	10	8	.556	34	17	2	9	0	2	164.0	88	78	194	2	36	66	0	4	145	4.28	93
1928	SLS	NLP / NNL	23	SP	8	0	1.000	25	9	2	5	1	1	99.0	48	42	111	2	13	36	1	1	415	3.82	116
1929	CAG / SLS	NNL / NvM	24	SP	7	7	.500	36	17	0	9	3	3	155.0	79	65	158	0	40	52	4	0	1	87	3.77	118
1930	KCM / SLS	NNC / NNL	25	SP	12	3	.800	22	12	6	8	0	0	124.1	76	66	145	4	50	73	0	0	6	558	4.78	100
1931	MULT	IND / NNL	26	SP	4	6	.400	11	8	1	7	1	0	78.2	51	39	85	5	31	47	2	1	348	4.46	92
1932	CLS / CUP	EWL	27	SP	3	3	.500	8	7	1	6	0	0	58.1	29	22	60	0	13	41	1	2	248	3.39	144
1933	CBB	NN2	28	SP	2	2	.500	8	4	3	2	0	0	44.0	19	13	50	1	9	16	0	3	196	2.66	167
1934	PC	NN2	29	SP	1	0	1.000	5	2	1	0	1	23.0	12	10	25	2	10	12	0	0	100	3.91	113
1935	PC	NLP / NN2	30	SP	7	2	.778	16	10	0	7	1	1	109.2	48	39	111	8	28	56	0	1	458	3.20	150
1936	NBY	NN2	31	SP	2	4	.333	14	9	1	4	1	1	66.2	38	33	76	4	22	27	0	3	296	4.46	119
1937	NBY / PC	NN2	32	SP	2	4	.333	8	6	1	5	0	0	46.2	37	31	56	3	9	22	0	2	209	5.98	88
1938	MULT	NN2	33	SP	0	3	.000	5	3	0	0	0	0	11.2	27	18	32	4	9	4	0	0	0	80	13.89	39
1939	MRS / SAS	NAL / NSA	34	SP	2	4	.333	6	6	1	4	0	0	45.2	18	13	49	2	5	25	0	0	1	196	2.56	155
1940	MRS / NBY	NAL / NN2	35	SP	0	1	.000	2	1	0	1	0	0	9.2	3	1	7	0	3	6	0	0	0	40	0.93	465
1943	CC	NAL	38	SP	5	2	.714	9	6	3	6	1	2	61.1	21	16	45	1	10	37	0	0	2	243	2.35	159
1944	CIC	NAL	39	SP	6	2	.750	8	8	0	5	1	0	60.0	24	16	59	0	16	42	1	0	0	254	2.40	133
1945	CBE / CIC	NAL	40	SP	2	0	1.000	4	3	1	2	1	0	32.2	9	6	19	1	9	13	0	0	1	126	1.65	254
20	14			SP	104	67	.608	319	179	41	97	10	14	1637.0	911	748	1792	55	422	729	12	0	43	5263	4.11	112
162 Game Average					14	9	.608	44	24	7	13	1	2	223.2	124	102	245	8	58	100	2	0	6	806	4.11	112

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
20	Negro Leagues				103	67	.606	317	178	41	96	10	14	1626.1	908	746	1785	55	419	723	12	0	43	5221	4.13	111
1	vs Major Leagues				1	0	1.000	2	1	1	0	0	10.2	3	2	7	0	3	6	0	0	0	42	1.69	210

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
8	St. Louis Stars I			SP	67	34	.663	212	104	27	46	4	9	978.1	565	482	1104	25	239	379	9	0	27	2415	4.43	105
1	Chicago American Giants			RP	1	0	1.000	3	2	0	1	0	0	11.2	7	6	12	0	4	6	0	0	0	51	4.63	70
1	Kansas City Monarchs			-	1	0	1.000	2	0	2	0	0	0	5.2	7	6	13	0	6	3	0	0	0	35	9.53	48
1	Indianapolis ABCs II			SP	1	4	.200	5	4	1	3	0	0	43.2	30	22	49	4	22	20	1	0	198	4.53	95
5	Pittsburgh Crawfords			SP	12	9	.571	33	23	1	17	2	2	208.0	114	95	222	14	55	110	0	0	4	890	4.11	113
1	Cleveland Stars			SP	1	2	.333	5	4	1	3	0	0	34.1	19	15	33	0	11	30	1	1	148	3.93	127
1	Pollock's Cuban Stars			SP	2	1	.667	3	3	0	3	0	0	24.0	10	7	27	0	2	11	0	1	100	2.63	178
1	Columbus Blue Birds			SP	2	2	.500	8	4	3	2	0	0	44.0	19	13	50	1	9	16	0	3	196	2.66	167
4	New York Black Yankees			SP	2	6	.250	19	11	1	4	1	1	77.1	60	50	101	6	29	31	0	0	3	363	5.82	91
1	Newark Eagles			-	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	5	0	3	1	2	1	0	0	14	0.00	0
1	South All Stars			-	0	1	.000	1	1	1	0	0	0	5.2	0	0	5	0	1	5	0	0	1	24	0.00	0
2	Memphis Red Sox			SP	2	4	.333	6	6	0	5	0	0	48.0	21	14	50	2	7	25	0	0	0	206	2.63	151
3	Indianapolis Clowns			SP	11	4	.733	18	15	3	11	2	2	127.2	49	35	108	1	31	80	1	0	2	522	2.47	142
1	Cleveland Buckeyes			SP	2	0	1.000	3	2	1	2	1	0	26.1	5	3	15	1	4	12	0	0	1	101	1.03	409

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1924	SLS	NNL	19	SP	120.2	1.43	1.48	9.3%	10.8%	5.6%	8.4%	1.65	1.29	1.3%	0.8%
1925	SLS	NNC / NNL	20	SP	180.2	1.21	1.42	7.2%	-155.4%	4.3%	-132.9%	1.69	1.20	0.1%	0.8%
1926	SLS	NNL	21	SP	145.1	1.57	1.53	7.5%	10.3%	7.0%	8.5%	1.07	1.20	1.2%	1.4%
1927	SLS	NNL	22	SP	164.0	1.40	1.42	45.5%	67.8%	24.8%	49.5%	1.83	1.37	1.4%	1.9%
1928	SLS	NLP / NNL	23	SP	99.0	1.25	1.38	8.7%	10.7%	3.1%	7.1%	2.77	1.56	0.5%	1.2%
1929	CAG / SLS	NNL / NvM	24	SP	155.0	1.28	1.44	59.8%	215.5%	46.0%	146.9%	1.30	1.39	0.0%	0.7%
1930	KCM / SLS	NNC / NNL	25	SP	124.1	1.57	1.49	13.1%	13.4%	9.0%	8.5%	1.46	1.51	0.7%	1.4%
1931	MULT	IND / NNL	26	SP	78.2	1.47	1.39	13.5%	11.4%	8.9%	8.3%	1.52	1.40	1.4%	0.9%
1932	CLS / CUP	EWL	27	SP	58.1	1.25	1.56	16.5%	11.2%	5.2%	8.7%	3.15	1.28	0.0%	0.8%
1933	CBB	NN2	28	SP	44.0	1.34	1.38	8.2%	12.4%	4.6%	6.8%	1.78	1.83	0.5%	1.0%
1934	PC	NN2	29	SP	23.0	1.52	1.37	12.0%	12.7%	10.0%	7.6%	1.20	1.67	2.0%	0.9%
1935	PC	NLP / NN2	30	SP	109.2	1.27	1.49	12.2%	14.6%	6.1%	9.3%	2.00	1.40	1.7%	1.7%
1936	NBY	NN2	31	SP	66.2	1.47	1.54	9.1%	11.4%	7.4%	8.9%	1.23	1.28	1.4%	1.5%
1937	NBY / PC	NN2	32	SP	46.2	1.39	1.52	10.5%	11.5%	4.3%	8.1%	2.44	1.39	1.4%	1.5%
1938	MULT	NN2	33	SP	11.2	3.51	1.53	5.0%	11.0%	11.3%	9.1%	0.44	1.19	5.0%	1.4%
1939	MRS / SAS	NAL / NSA	34	SP	45.2	1.18	1.44	12.8%	12.7%	2.6%	7.8%	5.00	1.60	1.0%	1.1%
1940	MRS / NBY	NAL / NN2	35	SP	9.2	1.03	1.40	15.0%	12.4%	7.5%	9.4%	2.00	1.48	0.0%	1.0%
1943	CC	NAL	38	SP	61.1	0.90	1.32	15.2%	12.1%	4.1%	7.6%	3.70	1.60	0.4%	0.5%
1944	CIC	NAL	39	SP	60.0	1.25	1.24	16.5%	12.8%	6.3%	7.5%	2.63	1.70	0.0%	0.4%
1945	CBE / CIC	NAL	40	SP	32.2	0.86	1.36	10.3%	12.4%	7.1%	7.8%	1.44	1.59	0.8%	0.7%
20	14			SP	1637.0	1.35	1.44	12.2%	-23.6%	7.1%	-22.0%	1.73	1.40	1.0%	1.0%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
20	Negro Leagues				1626.1	1.36	1.45	12.2%	-23.9%	7.1%	-22.2%	1.73	1.39	1.1%	1.0%
1	vs Major Leagues				10.2	0.94	1.19	14.3%	18.0%	7.1%	7.0%	2.00	2.57	0.0%	0.9%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
8	St. Louis Stars I			SP	978.1	1.37	1.46	12.2%	-57.3%	7.7%	-50.2%	1.59	1.33	1.0%	0.9%
1	Chicago American Giants			RP	11.2	1.37	1.19	11.8%	71.0%	7.8%	40.3%	1.50	2.49	0.0%	0.9%
1	Kansas City Monarchs			-	5.2	3.35	1.43	8.6%	12.0%	17.1%	7.7%	0.50	1.55	0.0%	1.2%
1	Indianapolis ABCs II			SP	43.2	1.63	1.46	10.1%	11.7%	11.1%	8.8%	0.91	1.33	2.0%	1.0%
5	Pittsburgh Crawfords			SP	208.0	1.33	1.45	12.4%	12.2%	6.2%	8.5%	2.00	1.45	1.6%	1.4%
1	Cleveland Stars			SP	34.1	1.28	1.59	20.3%	11.1%	7.4%	8.9%	2.73	1.26	0.0%	0.8%
1	Pollock's Cuban Stars			SP	24.0	1.21	1.52	11.0%	11.2%	2.0%	8.6%	5.50	1.31	0.0%	0.8%
1	Columbus Blue Birds			SP	44.0	1.34	1.38	8.2%	12.4%	4.6%	6.8%	1.78	1.83	0.5%	1.0%
4	New York Black Yankees			SP	77.1	1.68	1.54	8.5%	11.3%	8.0%	8.9%	1.07	1.27	1.7%	1.5%
1	Newark Eagles			-	2.1	2.14	1.49	7.1%	11.0%	14.3%	9.0%	0.50	1.22	7.1%	1.4%
1	South All Stars			-	5.2	1.06	1.93	20.8%	12.2%	4.2%	7.3%	5.00	1.67	0.0%	1.5%
2	Memphis Red Sox			SP	48.0	1.19	1.37	12.1%	13.2%	3.4%	8.3%	3.57	1.59	1.0%	0.7%
3	Indianapolis Clowns			SP	127.2	1.09	1.28	15.3%	12.5%	5.9%	7.6%	2.58	1.65	0.2%	0.4%
1	Cleveland Buckeyes			SP	26.1	0.72	1.36	11.9%	12.4%	4.0%	7.8%	3.00	1.59	1.0%	0.7%

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1924	SLS	NNL	19	SP	25	551	500	82	142	24	5	7	21	31	51	3	16	1	5	.284	.329	.394	.723
1925	SLS	NNC / NNL	20	SP	37	58	49	97	186	1	1	1	1	1	32	54	1	3	0	1	3.796	2.671	3.918	6.589
1926	SLS	NNL	21	SP	36	655	569	105	182	31	7	8	14	46	49	0	11	29	21	.320	.382	.441	.823
1927	SLS	NNL	22	SP	34	145	129	88	194	3	1	2	5	36	66	4	2	3	1.504	1.385	1.589	2.974
1928	SLS	NLP / NNL	23	SP	25	415	386	48	111	15	3	2	5	0	13	36	1	15	7	.288	.313	.358	.670
1929	CAG / SLS	NNL / NvM	24	SP	36	87	80	79	158	4	0	0	0	40	52	1	1	0	1.975	1.645	2.025	3.670
1930	KCM / SLS	NNC / NNL	25	SP	22	558	489	76	145	23	8	4	5	50	73	6	13	15	.297	.369	.401	.770
1931	MULT	IND / NNL	26	SP	11	348	309	51	85	11	3	5	2	31	47	1	7	6	.275	.343	.379	.722
1932	CLS / CUP	EWL	27	SP	8	248	228	29	60	13	2	0	3	13	41	2	5	5	.263	.309	.338	.646
1933	CBB	NN2	28	SP	8	196	179	19	50	8	3	1	6	9	16	3	5	3	.279	.325	.374	.699
1934	PC	NN2	29	SP	5	100	88	12	25	4	0	2	4	10	12	0	2	4	.284	.357	.398	.755
1935	PC	NLP / NN2	30	SP	16	458	418	48	111	22	2	8	3	28	56	1	11	11	.266	.313	.385	.698
1936	NBY	NN2	31	SP	14	296	266	38	76	12	3	4	2	22	27	3	5	6	.286	.347	.398	.746
1937	NBY / PC	NN2	32	SP	8	209	192	37	56	13	0	3	3	9	22	2	6	5	.292	.330	.406	.736
1938	MULT	NN2	33	SP	5	80	69	27	32	5	2	4	0	9	4	0	2	0	.464	.526	.768	1.294
1939	MRS / SAS	NAL / NSA	34	SP	6	196	184	18	49	7	0	2	2	5	25	0	1	5	1	3	.266	.288	.337	.625
1940	MRS / NBY	NAL / NN2	35	SP	2	40	37	3	7	1	0	0	1	3	6	0	0	0	2	.189	.250	.216	.466
1943	CC	NAL	38	SP	9	243	232	21	45	4	2	1	0	10	37	2	1	0	.194	.234	.241	.475
1944	CIC	NAL	39	SP	8	254	234	24	59	5	0	0	9	16	42	0	0	4	3	.252	.300	.274	.574
1945	CBE / CIC	NAL	40	SP	4	126	111	9	19	2	1	1	2	9	13	0	1	5	1	.171	.240	.234	.474
20	14			SP	319	5263	4749	911	1792	208	43	55	88	1	422	729	0	43	137	2	101	.340	.396	.437	.833

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
20	Negro Leagues				317	5221	4711	908	1785	207	43	55	88	1	419	723	0	43	136	2	101	.342	.397	.439	.836
1	vs Major Leagues				2	42	38	3	7	1	0	0	0	3	6	0	1	0	.184	.244	.211	.454

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
8	St. Louis Stars I			SP	212	2415	2159	565	1104	98	23	25	50	1	239	379	0	27	77	1	53	.430	.487	.532	1.019
1	Chicago American Giants			RP	3	51	46	7	12	2	0	0	0	4	6	0	1	0	.261	.320	.304	.624
1	Kansas City Monarchs			-	2	35	28	7	13	2	2	0	1	6	3	0	1	0	.464	.559	.679	1.237
1	Indianapolis ABCs II			SP	5	198	172	30	49	6	1	4	2	22	20	0	4	3	.285	.366	.401	.767
5	Pittsburgh Crawfords			SP	33	890	810	114	222	45	4	14	9	55	110	4	21	22	.274	.323	.391	.715
1	Cleveland Stars			SP	5	148	131	19	33	9	1	0	2	11	30	1	5	4	.252	.315	.336	.651
1	Pollock's Cuban Stars			SP	3	100	97	10	27	4	1	0	1	2	11	1	0	1	.278	.300	.340	.640
1	Columbus Blue Birds			SP	8	196	179	19	50	8	3	1	6	9	16	3	5	3	.279	.325	.374	.699
4	New York Black Yankees			SP	19	363	324	60	101	15	5	6	3	29	31	0	3	7	6	.312	.374	.444	.818
1	Newark Eagles			-	1	14	11	5	3	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	.273	.385	.545	.930
1	South All Stars			-	1	24	22	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	1	0	1	.227	.292	.227	.519
2	Memphis Red Sox			SP	6	206	193	21	50	8	0	2	3	7	25	0	0	5	1	4	.259	.284	.332	.615
3	Indianapolis Clowns			SP	18	522	484	49	108	10	2	1	9	31	80	0	2	7	4	.223	.273	.258	.531
1	Cleveland Buckeyes			SP	3	101	93	5	15	1	1	1	2	4	12	0	1	3	0	.161	.204	.226	.430

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