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American baseball player
A.K.A.
Roosevelt Davis
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Male
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Birth:
19 November 1904(Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma, USA)
Death:
28 December 1968
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Roosevelt Davis (November 19, 1904 – December 28, 1968) was an American Negro league pitcher from the 1920s to the 1940s.
Biography
A native of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Davis made his Negro leagues debut with the St. Louis Stars in 1924. Known for his spitball and emery ball, he enjoyed a career that lasted over 20 years. Davis died in Chicago, Illinois in 1968 at age 64. His grave was marked by the Negro Leagues Baseball Grave Marker Project in 2005.