Crash Davis

This article is about the baseball player. For the movie character named for him, see Bull Durham.

Crash Davis
Second baseman
Born: (1919-07-14)July 14, 1919
Canon, Georgia, U.S.
Died: August 31, 2001(2001-08-31) (aged 82)
Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 5, 1940, for the Philadelphia Athletics
Last MLB appearance
September 20, 1942, for the Philadelphia Athletics
MLB statistics
Batting average.230
Home runs2
Runs batted in43
Stats at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Teams

Lawrence Columbus "Crash" Davis (July 14, 1919 – August 31, 2001) was an American professional baseball player whose name inspired that of the main character of the 1988 movie Bull Durham.

Early life and baseball career

Born in Canon, Georgia, and raised in Gastonia, North Carolina, Davis earned the nickname "Crash" at age 14, when he collided with a teammate when chasing down a fly ball. Davis excelled as a middle infielder at Duke University, where he was the captain of the baseball team and a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity until he graduated in 1940.

After graduating from Duke, Davis played three seasons for the Philadelphia Athletics, batting .230 in 148 games.

Later life

He was drafted into the United States Navy in 1942 amid World War II, and was assigned to Harvard University, where he helped run the ROTC program. Davis also coached Harvard's baseball and squash teams.

When he was discharged from the Navy in 1946, Davis returned to Durham to begin graduate school at Duke and play for the Durham Bulls, then a part of the Carolina League. Davis would play in the minor leagues, with teams including the Reidsville Luckies and the Raleigh Capitals, until 1952.

After Bull Durham was released, Davis became a minor celebrity. He befriended the director of the film, Ron Shelton, and Shelton gave him a bit part in his movie Cobb about controversial baseball player Ty Cobb.

Sometime during the mid 1950s, Davis began working for the textile conglomerate Burlington Industries at their Gastonia Plant and advanced to become the Personnel Manager for the Domestics Division in Greensboro, NC, until his retirement in the mid-1980s.

Davis died on August 31, 2001, from complications of stomach cancer.[1]

References

  1. ^ Goldstein, Richard (September 4, 2001). "Crash Davis, 82, 'Bull Durham' Model, Dies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 4, 2024.

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