Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Player. He played with the New York Giants and the Chicago White Stockings/Sox. Starting his career as an outfielder with the Cleveland Spiders, he was traded to the Giants in 1893 for future Hall of Famer Buck Ewing. He played as a third baseman for his first four years in New York, then in 1897 he took over shortstop where he played for most of the remainder of his career. He was the Giants' player-manager for part of 1895, and again from mid-1900 through 1901. During his second tour of duty as leader of the Giants, he was Christy Mathewson's first Major League manager, even naming Mathewson's most famous pitch "the fadeaway". When Davis took batting practice against the rookie pitcher for the first time, Mathewson threw the veteran Davis his "freak ball". After Davis took several hacks at it, he told the rookie to "keep throwing that pitch, it sort of fades away." George Davis batted .300 or better nine times and wound up with a lifetime average of .295 and had 2,660 lifetime hits. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1998.

Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Player. He played with the New York Giants and the Chicago White Stockings/Sox. Starting his career as an outfielder with the Cleveland Spiders, he was traded to the Giants in 1893 for future Hall of Famer Buck Ewing. He played as a third baseman for his first four years in New York, then in 1897 he took over shortstop where he played for most of the remainder of his career. He was the Giants' player-manager for part of 1895, and again from mid-1900 through 1901. During his second tour of duty as leader of the Giants, he was Christy Mathewson's first Major League manager, even naming Mathewson's most famous pitch "the fadeaway". When Davis took batting practice against the rookie pitcher for the first time, Mathewson threw the veteran Davis his "freak ball". After Davis took several hacks at it, he told the rookie to "keep throwing that pitch, it sort of fades away." George Davis batted .300 or better nine times and wound up with a lifetime average of .295 and had 2,660 lifetime hits. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1998.

Bio by: Frank Russo