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Johnny Davis

Pitcher

Born: July 13, 1883
Kentucky

Died: October 7, 1946 (aged 63)
St. Paul, Minnesota

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

debut

1902, for the Columbia Giants

Last appearance

1915, for the Chicago Giants

Teams

Columbia Giants (1902)
Algona Brownies (1903)
Chicago Union Giants (1903–1906)
Leland Giants (1905–1906)
Philadelphia Giants (1907)
Club Fé (1907)
Cuban Stars (West) (1909)
St. Paul Colored Gophers (1907, 1909–1910)
French Lick Plutos (1913)
Chicago Giants (1915)

John Barton Davis (July 13, 1883 – October 7, 1946) was a Negro leagues pitcher for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League.

A 1907 St. Paul newspaper paper noted that Davis and fellow St. Paul Colored Gophers pitcher Clarence Lytle both had No-hitter games to their credit.

During World War I, when Davis registered for selective service and the draft, he listed he was working for International Harvester as a "dirt shaper" operator (which may have been a road grader). It also listed that he was married to Lizzie Davis.

Davis died in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1946 at the age of 63.

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