{{Short description|American baseball player (1902–1983)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Kiddo Davis |image=George_Davis_baseball.jpg |position=Center fielder |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1902|2|12}} |birth_place=Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1983|3|4|1902|2|12}} |death_place=Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=June 15 |debutyear=1926 |debutteam=New York Yankees |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=May 7 |finalyear=1938 |finalteam=Cincinnati Reds |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.282 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=19 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=171 |teams= * New York Yankees ({{baseball year|1926}}) * Philadelphia Phillies ({{baseball year|1932}}) * New York Giants ({{baseball year|1933}}) * St. Louis Cardinals ({{baseball year|1934}}) * Philadelphia Phillies ({{baseball year|1934}}) * New York Giants ({{baseball year|1935}}–{{baseball year|1937}}) * Cincinnati Reds ({{baseball year|1937}}–{{baseball year|1938}}) |highlights= * World Series champion ({{wsy|1933}}) }} '''George Willis "Kiddo" Davis''' (February 12, 1902 – March 4, 1983) was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He played all or part of eight seasons in the majors, {{Baseball year|1926}} and {{Baseball year|1932}}-{{Baseball year|1938}}. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, New York Giants, New York Yankees, and Philadelphia Phillies.
==Biography== Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Davis acquired the nickname “Kiddo” because he typically played baseball with children who were a few years older than he was. Davis attended Bridgeport High School before beginning his professional baseball career.<ref>Harrison, Don. [https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/819f85c4 Kiddo Davis]. Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved September 10, 2018.</ref> He attended New York University where he also played baseball, batting .486 as an outfielder. <ref> {{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=June 10, 1926 |title=New York |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015313/1926-06-10/ed-1/seq-9/ |work= The Indianapolis Times|location= |access-date=January 8, 2022}}</ref>
In an eight-year major league career, Davis batted .282 (515-1824) with 281 runs scored, 19 home runs and 171 RBI. His on-base percentage was .336 and slugging percentage was .393. He compiled a .980 fielding percentage at all three outfield positions. In nine World Series games (1933 and 1936), he hit .381 (8-21).
Davis died in Bridgeport in 1983.
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==External links== {{baseballstats|mlb=|espn=|br=d/daviski01|fangraphs=1003064|brm=davis-016geo}} *{{Find a Grave}}
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