Ambrose Davis

{{short description|American baseball player}}

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| name = Ambrose Davis

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| position = Outfielder

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1863|1||mf=y}}

| birth_place = New York, New York, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1909|1|27|1863|1||mf=y}}

| death_place = New York, New York, U.S.

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| debutleague = Negro league baseball

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| debutyear = 1887

| debutteam = New York Gorhams

| finaldate =

| finalyear = 1891

| finalteam = New York Gorhams

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• New York Gorhams (1887, 1891)

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Ambrose G. Davis (January 1863 – January 27, 1909) was an American Negro league outfielder and team owner in the 1880s and 1890s.

A native of New York, New York, Davis was founder and owner of the New York Gorhams, and played for the club in 1887 and again in 1891. He died in New York City in 1909 at age 45 or 46.{{cite web|url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=davis01amb |title=Ambrose Davis |publisher=seamheads.com |date= |accessdate=August 16, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=davis-001amb |title=Ambrose Davis |publisher=baseball-reference.com |date= |accessdate=August 16, 2021}}{{cite web|author= |url=https://irp.cdn-website.com/33d0c3d0/files/uploaded/Colored%20Championship%20Series%20(1867-1899)%202018-04.pdf |title="Colored Championship" Series |publisher=Center for Negro League Baseball Research |date= |access-date=August 28, 2021}}{{cite web|author=Jimmy Keenan |url=https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/april-18-1890-amateur-john-lyston-wins-atlantic-league-tuneup-against-gorhams/ |title=April 18, 1890: Amateur John Lyston wins Atlantic League tuneup against Gorhams |publisher=sabr.org |date= |accessdate=August 28, 2021}}