Iron Davis
American baseball player (1890-1961)
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::summary American baseball player (1890-1961) ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox baseball biography"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | George Davis |
| image | GeorgeDavisPLOC.jpg |
| caption | Davis in 1912 |
| position | Pitcher |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Lancaster, New York, U.S. |
| death_date | |
| death_place | Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| bats | Switch |
| throws | Right |
| debutleague | MLB |
| debutdate | July 16 |
| debutyear | 1912 |
| debutteam | New York Highlanders |
| finalleague | MLB |
| finaldate | October 7 |
| finalyear | 1915 |
| finalteam | Boston Braves |
| statleague | MLB |
| stat1label | Win–loss record |
| stat1value | 7-10 |
| stat2label | Earned run average |
| stat2value | 4.48 |
| stat3label | Strikeouts |
| stat3value | 77 |
| module | {{Infobox officeholder |
| office | Member-at-large of the [Buffalo |
| Common Council](buffalo-common-council) | |
| term_start | 1928 |
| term_end | 1934 |
| party | Republican |
| :: |
| name = George Davis | image = GeorgeDavisPLOC.jpg | caption = Davis in 1912 | position = Pitcher | birth_date = | birth_place = Lancaster, New York, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = Buffalo, New York, U.S. | bats = Switch | throws = Right |debutleague = MLB | debutdate = July 16 | debutyear = 1912 | debutteam = New York Highlanders |finalleague = MLB | finaldate = October 7 | finalyear = 1915 | finalteam = Boston Braves |statleague = MLB | stat1label = Win–loss record | stat1value = 7-10 | stat2label = Earned run average | stat2value = 4.48 | stat3label = Strikeouts | stat3value = 77 | teams =
- New York Highlanders ()
- Boston Braves (–) |awards=
- Pitched a no-hitter on September 9, 1914 |module={{Infobox officeholder|embed=yes |office = Member-at-large of the Buffalo Common Council |term_start = 1928 |term_end = 1934 |party = Republican George Allen "Iron" Davis Jr. (March 9, 1890 – June 4, 1961) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of four seasons in Major League Baseball from 1912 to 1915. He played for the Boston Braves and New York Highlanders.
College
When Davis arrived at Williams College, he had never played baseball and he did not seem athletic enough for it. "His strength was confined to his brains and he had the physique of an Oliver Twist," wrote Ring Lardner. Davis neglected his studies in his freshman year because he was working out in the gymnasium and teaching himself to throw a baseball. When Williams coach Billy Lauder saw Davis in the gym one day, he allowed Davis to join the baseball team. He received attention from several major league scouts, and he signed with the New York Highlanders in 1912.
Major league career
Davis pursued studies at Harvard Law School while he was a major league pitcher. He won only seven career major league games, but one of those games was a no-hitter; he threw the no-hit game for Boston's World Series-winning "Miracle Braves" team of 1914 on September 9 of that year, against the Philadelphia Phillies.
From 1918 to 1919, Davis served in the U.S. Army. After his military service, he settled in Buffalo, New York, and took philosophy, comparative religion, and astronomy classes at University at Buffalo. For thirty years he conducted astronomy classes at the Buffalo Museum of Science, where he was also a trustee.
Davis was married to Georgiana "Kiddo" Jones, and they had four children. One of Kiddo's granddaughters said that she had been a suffragette and "the first in her circle to raise her skirts above the ankle."
Political career
From 1928 to 1934, Davis was a member-at-large of the Buffalo Common Council, and he unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for mayor in 1934. He practiced law under a family firm before joining what would become Hodgson Russ law firm. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Iron_Davis_mausoleum.jpg" caption="The mausoleum of Davis in Lancaster, New York"] ::
Death
Davis hanged himself in Buffalo on June 4, 1961.
References
References
- (2014). "The Miracle Braves of 1914: Boston's Original Worst-to-First World Series Champions". SABR, Inc..
- (1995). "The Braves Encyclopedia". Temple University Press.
- "Iron Davis {{!}} Society for American Baseball Research".
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