Jumbo Davis Baseball player

James J. "Jumbo" Davis (September 5, 1861 in New York, New York – February 14, 1921 in St. Louis, Missouri), is a former Major League Baseball third baseman. He played all or part of seven seasons in the majors, between 1884 and 1891, for the Brooklyn Gladiators, St. Louis Browns, Baltimore Orioles, Washington Statesmen, and two different Kansas City Cowboys teams, one in the Union Association and the other in the American Association.

Personal facts

Jumbo Davis
Birth dateSeptember 05, 1861
Date of deathFebruary 14, 1921

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Baseball player

Career startJuly 27, 1884
Career endMay 22, 1891
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former teams
Kansas City Cowboys (Union Association)
Washington Senators (1891–99)
position
Third baseman
teams
Baltimore Orioles (19th century)
Brooklyn Gladiators
Kansas City Cowboys (American Association)
Kansas City Cowboys (Union Association)
St. Louis Cardinals
Washington Senators (1891–99)
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Jumbo Davis on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/davisju01.shtml