Roosevelt Davis  St. Louis Stars (1924-1925)

Roosevelt Davis was born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. He found fame and a long, well traveled career in the Negro Leagues as pitcher. Davis was known as one of the best spitball and emery board pitchers of his time.

During his twenty–two year career in Negro League baseball, Roosevelt Davis pitched for the following teams:

St. Louis Stars                         1924-193                     Negro National League

Bismarck (North Dakota)            1931                               

Indianapolis ABC’s                     1931                           Negro National League

Indianapolis ABC’s                     1932                           Negro Southern League

Columbus Bluebirds                    1933                           Negro National League

Pittsburgh Crawfords                  1934-1935 and 1937    Negro National League

New York Black Yankees            1936-1938 and 1945    Negro National League

Newark Eagles                           1938                          Negro National League

Memphis Red Sox                       1939                          Negro American League

Ethiopian Clowns                        1939-1941                  Independent Team

Baltimore Elite Giants                  1940                         Negro National League

Chicago Brown Bombers              1942                             

Cincinnati Clowns                        1943                         Negro American League

Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns      1944-1945                  Negro American League

Cleveland Buckeyes                     1945                          Negro American League

Philadelphia Stars                        1945                          Negro National League

He pitched for these pennant winning teams:

                         St. Louis Stars              1928, 1930 and 1931

                           Pittsburgh Crawfords     1934 and 1935

                          Cleveland Buckeyes       1945         

                   

Davis also played for the Brooklyn Royal Giants and in Mexico during his career.

Roosevelt Davis - St. Louis Stars