After playing his first years in the Majors with the Cleveland Spiders, George Davis was traded to New York in a pre-season 1893 trade that proved beneficial to the Giants.
A versatile player who started multiple games at Shortstop, Third Base, and the Outfield, Davis' hitting flourished under the new rules of the pushed back Pitcher's mound. Davis batted over 300 over the next nine seasons, three of which saw him exceed .350. He collected over 100 RBIs three times, including a league-leading 135 in 1897. Like many of the other players of his era, Davis was an excellent base stealer, swiping 357 bags of his 619 as a Giant.
Davis would jump to the Chicago White Sox of the American League before the 1902 Season, playing there a season before being forced to return in 1903 to New York, but that was a brief four Games before he was sent to the White Sox, where he closed out his career.
With New York, Davis batted .332 with 1,432 Hits.
Davis was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998 when he was elected by the Veteran's Committee.
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