Rosey Davis (baseball)
American baseball player (1904–1968)
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Roosevelt "Rosey" Davis (November 19, 1904 – December 28, 1968) was an American professional baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues and the Mexican League from the 1920s to the 1940s.[1]
Biography
A native of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Davis made his Negro leagues debut with the St. Louis Stars in 1924. Known for his spitball and emery ball,[2] he enjoyed a career that lasted over 20 years.[3] Davis died in Chicago, Illinois in 1968 at age 64. His grave was marked by the Negro Leagues Baseball Grave Marker Project in 2005.[4]