Peaches Davis | |
Position: | Pitcher |
Birth Date: | 31 May 1905 |
Birth Place: | Glen Rose, Texas, U.S. |
Death Place: | Duncan, Oklahoma, U.S. |
Bats: | Left |
Throws: | Right |
Debutleague: | MLB |
Debutdate: | July 11 |
Debutyear: | 1936 |
Debutteam: | Cincinnati Reds |
Finalleague: | MLB |
Finaldate: | August 17 |
Finalyear: | 1939 |
Finalteam: | Cincinnati Reds |
Statleague: | MLB |
Stat1label: | Win–loss record |
Stat1value: | 27–33 |
Stat2label: | Earned run average |
Stat2value: | 3.87 |
Stat3label: | Strikeouts |
Stat3value: | 123 |
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Roy Thomas "Peaches" Davis (May 31, 1905 – April 28, 1995) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher from 1936 to 1939. He played for the Cincinnati Reds.
Davis' family moved to Duncan, Oklahoma as a child. Davis graduated from Duncan High School and played football at Oklahoma Baptist.[1]
Davis began his professional baseball career with the Class A Topeka Jayhawks of the Western League in 1929.[2] After seven years of minor league baseball, he made his MLB debut with the Reds on July 11, 1936.[3] His final game with the Reds came on August 17, 1939. He returned to minor league baseball for the 1940–42 and 1945 seasons.[2]
Born in Glen Rose, Texas, Davis died in Duncan, a month short of his 90th birthday.