John Henry Albert "Daisy" Davis (November 28, 1858 November 5, 1902) was a right-handed professional baseball

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 pitcher

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 who played at the major league level in 1884 and 1885 for the St. Louis Browns

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 and Boston Beaneaters

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.

Career

Born in Boston

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, Massachusetts

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, Davis made his big league debut on May 6, 1884 for the Browns. In 25 games with them (24 starts), he went 10-12 with 20 complete games and an ERA of 2.90. His 6.49 strikeouts per nine innings pitched were second in the American Association

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 that year, and 4.09 strikeout to walk ratio was eighth. He then appeared in four games for the Beaneaters, completing all of them but going only 1-3 with a 7.84 ERA. Overall, he went 11-15 with 23 complete games in 29 games (28 starts). He had a 3.57 ERA.

In 1885, he appeared in 11 games, completing 10 of them. He went 5-6 with a 4.29 ERA.
He played his final game on July 29. Overall, Davis went 16-21 with a 3.78 ERA in 40 games. He completed 33 of the games he pitched. As a batter, he hit .157 in 140 at-bats, and he had a .826 fielding percentage. Statistically, he is most similar to Stan Yerkes

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, according to the Similarity Scores at Baseball-Reference.com.

Following his death of consumption

Tuberculosis

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 at the age of 43, he was interred at Pine Grove Cemetery

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 in Lynn.

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