Spud Davis career batting averages for catchers behind Joe Mauer, Mickey Cochrane and Bill Dickey. Davis led National League catchers twice in fielding percentage, once in assists and once in baserunners caught stealing. During his playing days, he was twice traded for the same player, fellow catcher Jimmie Wilson. These trades happened between the Phillies and Cardinals five years apart in 1928 and 1933. In 1977, Davis was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. Davis died in Birmingham, Alabama, at age 79, and is buried there. Spud Davis Virgil Lawrence "Spud" Davis (December 20, 1904 – August 14, 1984) was
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