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  George Davis (baseball player) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
George Stacey Davis (August 23, 1870 - October 17, 1940) was a shortstop and manager in Major League Baseball at the turn of the 20th century.
Davis also spent multiple seasons as a third baseman and center fielder, and lesser amounts of time at other positions.
Davis sat out the bulk of the 1903 season before returning to the White Sox, with whom he spent the remainder of his career.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: George Davis (baseball player)
George Stacey Davis (August 23, 1870 - October 17, 1940) was a Major League Baseball player and manager at the turn of the 20th century.
The ballplayers rushed into the burning building, and Davis was responsible for the rescue of two women and a three-year-old child from a blaze that ultimately left 45 families homeless.
Davis reportedly scaled a ladder to rescue a woman from the blaze.
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 George Davis (baseball player) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
George Stacey Davis (August 23, 1870 - October 17, 1940) was a Major League Baseball player at the turn of the 20th century.
Davis broke into the majors with the Cleveland Spiders in 1890.
Davis was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998.
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 Legends of the Game
George Davis, one of baseball's premier players at the turn of the century, has been honored with being selected by the Veteran's Committee for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998.
George and his teammates got off the trolley and assisted in rescuing many women and children who were trapped on the fire escapes.
George Davis was also the center of controversy that caused a furor between the National and American Leagues.
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 George Davis | BaseballLibrary.com
Davis began his career as an outfielder in Cleveland, but was traded to the Giants in 1893 for future Hall of Famer Buck Ewing.
Davis was an outstanding hitter (he batted over.300 for nine consecutive seasons with the Giants), and an even better fielder, during a time when the National League was bitterly divided and corrupt.
John Montgomery Ward, the famous baseball lawyer, represented Davis in court, and his efforts were supported by Brush, who filed a counter-suit to keep Davis in the NL.
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 George Davis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
George Davis (politician) (1820–1896), Confederate States Attorney General
George Breckenridge Davis (1847-1914), U.S. Army officer, judge, teacher
George Whitefield Davis (1839–1918), American general, military governor of Puerto Rico
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 Player Bio: Josh Davis :: Men's Basketball
Davis enters his senior season as only the ninth player in school history to score 1,000 career points and grab 700 career rebounds.
Davis was named the District 8 Player of the Year by the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA), and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) selected him First Team All-District 13.
Davis saved his best game for last as he scored 34 points and pulled down 14 rebounds, blocked five shots and handed out five assists in the third-place game at the state tournament.
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 George Davis | The BASEBALL Page
Davis had refused to report to the White Sox, hoping to rejoin the NL with the Giants.
On April 26, 1900, George Davis and Kid Gleason of the Giants were walking to the Polo Grounds when they noticed a house fire.
Davis leaped into action, scaled a ladder, and rescued a woman from the blaze.
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 Baseball Prospectus | Articles | The Class of 2004
Players at each position are evaluated on the basis of range (plays made) rather than errors (plays not made), with adjustments (groundball/flyball, lefty/righty, number of baserunners) for team tendencies.
To consider a player's peak value, I debated a few different options but settled on a player's five best consecutive seasons, compensating for war- or severe injury-related seasons by ignoring them completely or, in the case of Carlton Fisk, combining two half-seasons into a full one.
He was a key player in turning the Mets around, and the starting first baseman on their 108-win team for the ages in 1986.
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 Cincinnati Reds News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Davis' wife, Sherri, was the first person he informed when he received word of the results.
Davis, who claimed the top spot with a total of 6,609 votes, spent nine of his 17 seasons with the Reds.
George played shortstop for the Red Stockings for two seasons, in 1869 and 1870 when he hit a whopping.633 and.536, respectively.
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 Palm Desert Youth Sports - (PALM DESERT, CA) - powered by LeagueLineup.com
The film treats the sport of baseball with a sort of casual reverence, highlighting both the drama and the humor inherent in the game, illustrated by Annie's numerous references to baseball as "her religion." Although not X-rated, there are a few instances requiring parental viewing prior to youth watching it.
A baseball pitcher who never had quite the professional career he dreamed about is visited by the ghost of his former catcher, for whom he always harbored a secret jealousy.
One of the better baseball comedies of the era, Rhubarb maintains its merriment right to the end, which is capped by a cameo appearance by a well-known actor who happened to be married to leading lady Jan Sterling.
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 George Davis (baseball player)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
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 George Davis (baseball player)
Bryan Davis enters his first season as assistant coach on the George Washington University men's soccer coaching staff after...
George Davis batting, fielding and pitching major league baseball lifetime statistics for each season and his career, and a list...
George Davis profile from BaseballLibrary.com, the most comprehensive baseball history encyclopedia on the Internet.
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 Major League Baseball : News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Davis was a graduate of the Belmont Heights Little League in Tampa, Fla., and participant in the 1975 Little League World Series.
Davis was part of the Army's Third Infantry Division and died in action on April 3.
Davis' older brother was at the ceremony with the family to accept the award on behalf of Staff Sgt.
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 George Davis Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
George Davis was born on Tuesday, August 23, 1870, in Cohoes, New York.
Davis was 19 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 19, 1890, with the Cleveland Spiders.
His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive George Davis baseball stats page.
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 George Davis - TheBestLinks.com - Disambig, George Davis (armed robber), George Davis (baseball player), George Davis ...
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 Brooks Robinson | BaseballLibrary.com
He worked in slowly as a replacement for Hall of Famer George Kell, who was finishing his career at third base for the Orioles.
May 21, 1956: The White Sox send 3B George Kell, OF Bob Nieman, and pitchers Mike Fornieles and Connie Johnson to the Orioles for P Jim Wilson and OF Dave Philley.
Davis is then picked off, but an error by Dick Allen at 1B allows both runners to move up.
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 It doesn't hurt to have a fan cheering for you   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Davis was selected by the Veterans Committee for induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame Tuesday, making Lipka proud on both counts.
Lipka, a "less-than-casual fan" who learned of Davis on a public TV broadcast, couldn't understand why a player so accomplished had only one article on file in his hometown library.
Meanwhile, Lamb's biography of Davis was published in The Baseball Research Journal, a publication of the Society for American Baseball Research.
www.thedailystar.com /news/stories/1998/03/04/hallfame.html   (819 words)

  
 Kiddo Davis Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
Kiddo Davis was born on Wednesday, February 12, 1902, in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Davis was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 15, 1926, with the New York Yankees.
His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Kiddo Davis baseball stats page.
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 Cal State Fullerton Baseball
Sergio Pedroza is leading the team with seven round-trippers and 23 RBI and Blake Davis is leading the team with a.380 average in front of the home crowd.
All Division I head baseball coaches will take part in the voting for the honor, in addition to a selected panel of national media and all past winners of the Rotary Smith Award, which was retired after the 2003 dinner by the committee that is sponsoring the Clemens Award.
March 8, the College Baseball Foundation announced that sophomore first baseman Brett Pill (Covina, Calif.) was added to the revised 2005 Wallace Watch, which annually presents the Brooks Wallace award to the top collegiate baseball player of the year.
sports.fullerton.edu /baseball/2005/headlines/weeklyrelease50405.html   (3108 words)

  
 George Davis | National Baseball Hall of Fame
A slick-fielding shortstop and superior batsman, George Davis compiled 2,683 hits, a.297 batting average, and 631 stolen bases over a 20-year big league tour.
Download Hall of Fame desktop wallpaper featuring George Davis.
Tell someone about George Davis by sending a free Hall of Fame Digital Postcard.
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 Baseball Toaster : Mike's Baseball Rants : March 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The only reference to 1905 that I can find in DC baseball history is that it was the year that the official, but rarely if ever even mentioned, name of "Nationals" was given to the Washington team.
I have a guest appearance on The Baseball Analysts discussing the Braves dry spell of late in the postseason.
They also sent players out to KC for more seasoning and then recall them when they were ready to contribute at the Yankees' level of play (like Ralph Terry).
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 Baseball and Jackie Robinson - Baseball, the Color Line, and Jackie Robinson (American Memory from the Library of ...
This excerpt covers Branch Rickey's ideas about his role in breaking the color line in baseball, some of why and how he did it, and his expectation that all leagues will be integrated in 1956.
Davis: Possibly that may be the answer to the entire question that I put to you
George McLaughlin and had a talk with him about and found he was sympathetic with my views about it
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Now Davis, the 49ers, who hired him to run their stadium bond campaign, and others who attended the party are trying to dampen the fallout.
At the same time, Davis, whom the 49ers hired to run the campaign for a new stadium, has gone into damage-control mode to keep party fallout from jeopardizing two stadium-related ballot initiatives.
Nancy Ho Belli, who also took pictures, said she had gotten a call from Davis' office, asking her not to give the film to anyone, especially the media, and that someone from Davis' office would pick up the film.
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 The Sporting News : Baseball - 30 Camps in 30 Days
He's a great player, but the Rangers are a long way from being a great team.
But Davis has been outstanding, compiling a 2-0 record and a 1.80 ERA in his first four outings.
Down behind the first-base stands is a stretch of open space between the batting cages and the clubhouse, and players walk through it to get from one to the other.
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 ESPN.com - Dan Patrick/Rob Dibble - Archive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
As a player, I had my fair share of run-ins with fans, but my safety was never an issue.
MLB owners and players should be mindful of 9/11 as they attempt to avoid another strike.
It's time for baseball to test for steroids, but speculating that 50 percent of players use is wrong.
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 Top baseball players of past 54 years
The highest player scores 10 in that category and the lowest player 0; others are scaled linearly between these two values.
The placing of Sandy Koufax and many current players, players with several spectacular seasons but relatively short careers, is highly dependent on weights given to short-term effects compared to those for career effects.
It is possible that I have overlooked someone, but I believe that the players that I rated, 17 firstbasemen, 9 secondbasemen, 6 shortstops, 8 thirdbasemen, 7 catchers, 35 outfielders, and 2 designated hitters, have the highest scores of eligible people at their position.
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 Tris Speaker | BaseballLibrary.com
The seventh player elected to the Hall of Fame, Tris Speaker's plaque there is inscribed "greatest centerfielder of his day." From the start of his 22-year career, he maintained confidence in his eventual success despite some early setbacks.
Bought in 1907 by the Red Sox for $750 from Houston of the Texas League, he did not hit, and the next spring, without a Boston contract, he was left behind at Little Rock as payment for the use of the training camp.
Speaker and Ty Cobb were alleged to have participated, and AL president Ban Johnson secured their "resignations" as managers to protect baseball's image.
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..........George Neggan (1808-1836), born in South Carolina, a resident of Gonzales, died in the Battle of the Alamo.
Davis was a former Texas district judge who had become a brigadier in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Davis was to alienate Texans by nullifying all laws made by the Confederacy.
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 USATODAY.com - Soros' bid for Nationals gets political   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Republicans in Congress threatened Major League Baseball on Monday with repeal of its antitrust exemption if billionaire financier George Soros is involved in buying the Washington Nationals.
Davis, who convened the recent congressional hearings on steroids, added, "I don't think it's the Nats that get hurt.
Said Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., chairman of the House Democratic Policy Committee, in a statement: "Tom Davis should be charged with an error for this abusive political power play.
www.usatoday.com /sports/baseball/nl/nationals/2005-06-28-soros-republicans_x.htm   (356 words)

  
 George Davis Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
Davis would have been an All-Star 3B or SS on the basis of his fielding and hitting, most every year from 1893-1907.
View George Davis's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
Statistics may come from our work, the Baseball Databank, or other sources including SABR.org.
www.baseball-reference.com /d/davisge01.shtml   (805 words)

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