Career
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Davis threw and batted right-handed, stood 5"11" (180 cm) tall and weighed 172 pounds (78 kg). He collected 15 hits, with three doubles and five runs batted in, for a batting average of.214. Davis made a more indelible imprint as a minor league skipper, logging 27 years (1949-1972.
1974-1976) in the farm systems of the Giants, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians and Pittsburgh Pirates, and working at all levels of the minors.
He managed at Triple-A with the Minneapolis Millers, Phoenix/Tacoma Giants, Buffalo Bisons, Portland Beavers, Charleston Charlies and Oklahoma City 89ers. He died in Laurel, Mississippi, at age 86.