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Roosevelt Davis (November 19, 1904 – December 28, 1968) was an American Negro league pitcher from the 1920s to the 1940s.

Rosey Davis
Pitcher
Born: (1904-11-19)November 19, 1904 Bartlesville, Oklahoma
Died: December 28, 1968(1968-12-28) (aged 64) Chicago, Illinois
Batted: Right Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1924, for the St. Louis Stars
Last appearance
1945, for the Cleveland Buckeyes
Teams
St. Louis Stars (1924–1932) Chicago American Giants (1929) Kansas City Monarchs (1930) Indianapolis ABCs (1931) Pollock's Cuban Stars (1932) Columbus Blue Birds (1933) Pittsburgh Crawfords (1934–1935, 1937) New York Black Yankees (1936–1938) Newark Eagles (1938) Memphis Red Sox (1939–1940) Cincinnati Clowns (1943–1945) Cleveland Buckeyes (1945)

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,[1] he enjoyed a career that lasted over 20 years.[2] Davis died in Chicago, Illinois in 1968 at age 64. His grave was marked by the Negro Leagues Baseball Grave Marker Project in 2005.[3]

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads

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