:Jumbo Davis

{{Short description|American baseball player (1861–1921)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Jumbo Davis

|image=Jumbo Davis.jpg

|position=Third baseman

|birth_date={{Birth date|1861|9|5}}

|birth_place=New York City

|death_date={{death date and age|1921|2|14|1861|9|5}}

|death_place=St. Louis, Missouri

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 27

|debutyear=1884

|debutteam=Kansas City Cowboys

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=May 22

|finalyear=1891

|finalteam=Washington Statesmen

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat2label=Hits

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat1value=.272

|stat2value=468

|stat3value=270

|teams=

• Kansas City Cowboys (UA) (1884)
• Baltimore Orioles (1886–1887)
• Kansas City Cowboys (AA) (1888–1889)
• St. Louis Browns (1889–1890)
• Brooklyn Gladiators (1890)
• Washington Statesmen (1891)

|highlights=

• American Association triples leader in 1887

}}

James J. "Jumbo" Davis (September 5, 1861 – February 14, 1921) was a Major League Baseball third baseman. He played all or part of seven seasons in the majors, between 1884 and 1891, for the Brooklyn Gladiators, St. Louis Browns, Baltimore Orioles, Washington Statesmen, and two different Kansas City Cowboys teams, one in the Union Association and the other in the American Association.