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Johnny Davis
Johnny Davis
	Pitcher
	Born: July 13, 1883; Kentucky, U.S.
	Died: October 7, 1946 (aged 63); St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
debut
	1902, for the Columbia Giants
Last appearance
	1915, for the Chicago Giants
Teams
	Columbia Giants (1902); Algona Brownies (1903); Chicago Union Giants (1903–1906); Leland Giants (1905–1906); Philadelphia Giants (1907); Club Fé (1907); Cuban Stars (West) (1909); St. Paul Colored Gophers (1907, 1909–1910); French Lick Plutos (1913); Chicago Giants (1915);

John Barton Davis (July 13, 1883 – October 7, 1946) was an American Negro leagues pitcher for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League.

Biography

A 1907 St. Paul newspaper paper noted that Davis and fellow St. Paul Colored Gophers pitcher Clarence Lytle both had No-hitter games to their credit.^[2]

During World War I, when Davis registered for selective service and the draft, he listed he was working for International Harvester as a "dirt shaper" operator (which may have been a road grader). It also listed that he was married to Lizzie Davis.^[3]

Davis died in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1946 at the age of 63.

References

External links

Negro league and Cuban League statistics and player information from Seamheads.com, or Baseball Reference (Negro leagues)

[leland1910-1] 1 2 "Frank Lelands' Chicago Giants Base Ball Club" Fraternal Printing Company, 1910

[gophers1907-2] 1 2 "St. Paul Gophers Base Ball Club" The Appeal, St. Paul, Minnesota, August 31, 1907, Page 3, Columns 3 to 5

[1918draft-3] "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K87Y-FMN : accessed 29 Jan 2013), John Barton Davis

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