Davis, Harry H.
Baseball
b. July 19, 1873, Philadelphia, PA
d. Aug. 11, 1947
A right-handed hitting first baseman, the 5-foot-10, 180-pound Davis won four consecutive American League home run titles during the dead ball era.
Davis virtually had two major league careers. The first began with the National League's New York Giants in 1895. Traded to Pittsburgh during the 1897 season, Davis led the league with 28 triples in 1897.
He spent 1898 with Pittsburgh, Louisville, and Washington and then appeared in only 18 games with Washington in 1899, batting .188. Davis was out of baseball in 1900, but he began his second career with the Philadelphia Athletics in the new American League in 1901.
Davis led the league with 43 doubles in 1902 and won his home run titles with 10 in 1904, 8 in 1905, 12 in 1906, and 8 in 1907. He also led the league in RBI with 83 in 1905 and 96 in 1906, in runs with 93 in 1905, and in doubles with 47 in 1905 and 37 in 1907.
He was with Philadelphia through 1911 and then became Cleveland's manager in 1912, when he appeared in 2 games. Davis returned to the Athletics as a coach in 1914, making occasional appearances as a pinch-hitter before retiring after the 1917 season.