Monday, January 2, 2023

NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION: 1971 JIM DAVENPORT

On the blog today, we have a career-capping “not so missing” 1971 card for former long-time San Francisco Giant Jim Davenport, who called it a career after 13 years:
 

Davenport played all of his career with the Giants, coming up in 1958, the first year the franchise relocated to San Francisco following a storied history in New York.
Over that time Davenport gave the team a solid glove at third base, with time also spend at shortstop and second base, with occasional “pop” in his bat.
In his final season of 1970, he appeared in only 22 games, hitting .243 with nine hits over 37 at-bats, and finished up with 1501 games played, which is STILL fourth most in team history believe it or not, with his 1130 games at third place still the most ever at that position for the team.
Known more for his fielding, he led the National league in fielding at third base three years in a row: 1959-1961, winning a Gold Glove in 1962, and set a record at that time with 97 straight games without an error from July 1966 to April 1968.
He’d finish his career with a .258 batting average, along with 77 homers and 456 runs batted in over 4427 at-bats, before moving on to coaching, and even a managerial stint with the team in 1985.

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