John Humphrey "Red" Davis (July 15, 1915 — April 26, 2002) was an American

United States

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 third baseman

Third baseman

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 in Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 and a longtime manager

Manager (baseball)

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 in the minor leagues

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. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

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, Davis threw and batted right-handed, stood 5'11" (180 cm) tall and weighed 172 pounds (78 kg).

Davis' major league career consisted of 21 games and 70 at bats during September 1941 as a member of the New York Giants

San Francisco Giants

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. He collected 15 hit

Hit (baseball)

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s, with three doubles

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 and five runs batted in, for a batting average

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 of .214.

Davis made a more indelible imprint as a minor league skipper, logging 27 years (1949-72; 1974-76) in the farm systems of the Giants, Cincinnati Reds

Cincinnati Reds

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, Cleveland Indians

Cleveland Indians

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 and Pittsburgh Pirates

Pittsburgh Pirates

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, and working at all levels of the minors. He managed at Triple-A with the Minneapolis Millers

Minneapolis Millers

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, Phoenix/Tacoma Giants, Buffalo Bisons

Buffalo Bisons

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, Portland Beavers

Portland Beavers

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, Charleston Charlies

Charleston Charlies

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 and Oklahoma City 89ers

Oklahoma RedHawks

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. His teams won 1,993 games, losing 1,927 (.508) with four league championships.

He died in Laurel, Mississippi

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, at age 86.

External links

• Playing statistics, from Baseball Reference