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Ronald Everette Davis
Pittsburgh Pirates
Outfield
Born: October 21, 1941, Roanoke Rapids, NC
Signed: Signed by the Houston Colt .45s as an amateur free agent before 1961 season
Major League Teams: Houston Colt .45s 1962; Houston Astros 1966-68; St. Louis Cardinals 1968; Pittsburgh Pirates 1969
World Series Appearances: St. Louis Cardinals 1968
Died: September 5, 1992, Houston, TX (age 50)
Ron Davis made his big league debut on August 1, 1962, with the Colt .45s and per the statistics kept by Baseball Reference, he was the 12,000th player in major league history. After his cup of coffee (six games) in 1962, Davis spent all of the next three seasons in the minors. He earned another promotion in 1966, appearing in 48 games for the Astros and batting .247 with a pair of home runs. Davis' first entire season in the majors came in 1967, and it was also his strongest season. As the club's most regularly used left fielder, he made 70 starts and batted .256 with seven home runs and 38 RBIs. He'd split the 1968 season between the Astros and Cardinals and was dealt to the Padres that December.
Davis was dealt again to the Pirates right before the start of the 1969 season, and he'd play in his final 62 big league games for Pittsburgh. He'd spend the next two seasons getting regular playing time with the Pirates' Triple-A team before retiring in 1971. Davis appeared in 295 games, collected 199 hits and batted .233 with ten home runs and 79 RBIs for his career.
Died: September 5, 1992, Houston, TX (age 50)
Ron Davis made his big league debut on August 1, 1962, with the Colt .45s and per the statistics kept by Baseball Reference, he was the 12,000th player in major league history. After his cup of coffee (six games) in 1962, Davis spent all of the next three seasons in the minors. He earned another promotion in 1966, appearing in 48 games for the Astros and batting .247 with a pair of home runs. Davis' first entire season in the majors came in 1967, and it was also his strongest season. As the club's most regularly used left fielder, he made 70 starts and batted .256 with seven home runs and 38 RBIs. He'd split the 1968 season between the Astros and Cardinals and was dealt to the Padres that December.
Davis was dealt again to the Pirates right before the start of the 1969 season, and he'd play in his final 62 big league games for Pittsburgh. He'd spend the next two seasons getting regular playing time with the Pirates' Triple-A team before retiring in 1971. Davis appeared in 295 games, collected 199 hits and batted .233 with ten home runs and 79 RBIs for his career.
December 15, 2024 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards)
On Sunday, December 15th, Doug and I attended the latest Philly Show, spaciously spread out inside Hall A of the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania. I wrote a full show report over at The Phillies Room, including some thoughts on attending the show with our oldest son, who first graced the Philly Show floors back in 2012.
Having had success the prior two shows at Uncle Dick's Cards with his well-organized, neon common binders, I opted to pull up a chair once again at the friendly dealer's array of tables. The aim was simple: Clear out Uncle Dick's 1969 Topps commons, starting off where I had left off the year before with card #501 and going through the end of the set, card #664. In less than 25 minutes, I completed my quest, and this is the 27th of 98 commons pulled from the binder. After a generous dealer discount due to my bulk purchase, this card cost me less than a dollar.
Davis has appearances in three Topps' sets, and I'm pretty sure the photos used for his 1968 and 1969 cards were taken within seconds of each other. I was familiar with the pitcher Ron Davis, and didn't realize there was also an outfielder Ron Davis. The brief write-up on the back explains how Davis came to Pittsburgh via San Diego.
Accuracy Index: Davis scores a -8 for the lack of a hat (-3) and the Astros jersey (-5).
1969 Season
On December 3, 1968, the Cardinals traded Davis, Danny Breeden (#536), Ed Spiezio (#249) and minor leaguer Philip Knuckles to the Padres for Dave Giusti (#98). He'd spend spring training with the new Padres team and was dealt to the Pirates on March 28th with Bobby Klaus (#387) for Chris Cannizzaro (#131) and Tommie Sisk (#152). Davis made just ten starts all season, and the bulk of his playing time came as a late-inning defensive replacement. He batted .234 with a double, a triple and four RBIs.
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First Mainstream Card: 1967 Topps #298
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (3): 1967-69
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 1969 Topps #553
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards: 19 in the Beckett online database as of 2/25/25.
Sources:
Baseball Reference / Wikipedia
Beckett Database / The Trading Card Database
#552 Dodgers Rookie Stars / #554 Frank Bertaina - Washington Senators
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