Rosey Davis (baseball) explained

Rosey Davis
Position:	Pitcher
Birth Date:	November 19, 1904
Birth Place:	Bartlesville, Oklahoma, U.S.
Death Place:	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Bats:	Right
Throws:	Right
Debutleague:	Negro league baseball
Debutyear:	1924
Debutteam:	St. Louis Stars
Finalyear:	1945
Finalteam:	Cleveland Buckeyes
Stat1label:	Win–loss record
Stat1value:	96–62
Stat2label:	Earned run average
Stat2value:	4.07
Stat3label:	Strikeouts
Stat3value:	672
Teams:	St. Louis Stars (1924–1932) Chicago American Giants (1929) Kansas City Monarchs (1930) Indianapolis ABCs (1931) Pollock's Cuban Stars (1932) Columbus Blue Birds (1933) Pittsburgh Crawfords (1934–1935, 1937) New York Black Yankees (1936–1938) Newark Eagles (1938) Memphis Red Sox (1939–1940) Cincinnati Clowns (1943–1945) Cleveland Buckeyes (1945)

Roosevelt Davis (November 19, 1904 - December 28, 1968) was an American Negro league pitcher from the 1920s to the 1940s.^[1]

Biography

A native of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Davis made his Negro leagues debut with the St. Louis Stars in 1924. Known for his spitball and emery ball,^[2] he enjoyed a career that lasted over 20 years.^[3] Davis died in Chicago, Illinois in 1968 at age 64. His grave was marked by the Negro Leagues Baseball Grave Marker Project in 2005.^[4]

Web site: Roosevelt Davis Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More . 2024-11-09 . Baseball-Reference.com . en.
Web site: Roosevelt Davis . cnlbr.org . August 4, 2020.
Web site: Roosevelt Davis . seamheads.com . August 4, 2020.
Web site: Completed Grave Marker Projects . nlbgmp.com . August 4, 2020.