"Spud" Davis, who got his nickname because of his fondness for potatoes, started playing ball in 1926, for the Gulfport Club. He, in turn, was sold by them to the New York Yankees, who optioned him to Reading. In 1928 he was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals, and traded. to the Phillies in 1929, along with Homer Peel, for Jimmy Wilson. He played with the Phillies until 1933, batting better than .300 each year. At the end of the season he was traded back to the Cardinals, along with Eddie Delker, for Jimmy Wilson, and at the end of the 1936 season he was purchased by the Cincinnati Reds, who sold him back to the Phillies in 1938, along with Al Hollingworth, and $55,000 in cash, for "Buckie" Walters. In 11 years of major-league baseball, Spud" Davis has played 1138 games, getting 1094 hits, for a batting average of .309.